Oak Open Days, Gredington Park and Ness Botanic Gardens. United Kingdom, July 11-12, 2015

Christopher Carnaghan

Published May 2017 in International Oaks No. 28: 95–104

Introduction

A small but select party of IOS members and friends gathered on a bright but showery day at Gredington Park in North Wales, the home of our hosts (and IOS members) Lloyd and Sally Kenyon, and were struck immediately by the beauty of the site. The house, its formal gardens and park are set in gently hilly country, lying at about 300 ft altitude. The park of some 80 acres was created during the early 19^th century from natural oak woodland, as evidenced by a score of fine Q. robur, the native English oak, dating from around 1760, and other mature non-oak native species.

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