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Plant of the Day

Sunday 29 March 2020

The landscape of Wimpole Hall, Cambridge, has a history of dramatic avenues. Here is a more recently replanted one of the UK native Carpinus betulus (hornbeam). This deciduous tree has pale grey bark with vertical markings, the mature trees can reach up to 30m and live for more than 300 years. In the low spring sunshine the older landscape feature of ‘ridge and furrow’ (lynchet) topography was apparent. This was a result of ploughing with non-reversible ploughs on the same strip of land each year. It is visible on land that was ploughed in the Middle Ages, and has not been ploughed since then, here it has been grazing land.

Henry Taylor Lamb, MC, RA (1883-1960). Australian-born British. Founder member of the Camden Town Group. Studied at the Chelsea School of Art,1906, abandoning his medical studies to do so, then in Paris. Resumed medical studies in WW1, returning to painting thereafter. Appointed an official war artist in December 1940. Prolific portrait painter, also producing a considerable number of landscapes.

#manual365 /193 It's Just A Little Bit Of Space...#blackmorevale #wiltshire #landscape #home

But it’s your bit of space; look, see, love and look some more!

And then get a photo of it! ;o)

Peace Peeps! xxx