Many people visit Bedgebury every year, and probably understand that this is the National Pinetum…but do not have the pleasure and privilege of being shown around by the Curator, Dan Luscombe. Dan has been the Curator for a number of years, and is passionate in his enthusiasm for the conifer...
Alun Griffiths – Chairman 2003 to 2022 Alun Griffiths left for Malaya in 1960, having finished his post-doctoral studies at Oxford. He spent 8 years working at the leprosy hospital in Sungei Buloh, after which he re-located with his family to Melbourne, Australia, and there developed a group to study...
On one of the hottest days of the year to date, an enthusiastic group of 22 gathered at Wildwood Trust for a visit that – unusually for a visit by Kent Men of the Trees – did not focus on a specific tree collection. Our expectation on this visit was...
In advance of the Green Card being finalised, we thought it may be helpful to circulate the PROVISIONAL dates for the KMOTT events this year, so that you can enter them in your diary. AGM on Saturday 15th April at 2.30pm. This year at a NEW VENUE, Lenham Community...
KMOTT went to Gloucester – and did not step into a puddle at all! The long-anticipated excursion to Gloucestershire started on a miserable note – our pick-up points at Stop 24 and at the Mercure Hotel near Maidstone caught our travellers in an unexpected downpour, but your correspondent is happy...
Hole Park Lime Avenue KMOTT presented 70 Lime Trees to Hole Park near Rolvenden to celebrate HM The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and the Prince of Wales’s tree planting initiative. The site is on both sides of an existing public footpath to form an avenue and the intention is to also...
On a perfect Summer’s afternoon, an enthusiastic group of two dozen members met as agreed at Ladham House near Goudhurst. Whilst the Kent Men have visited once before in 2009, we were excited to return to this beautiful garden and to observe the improvements made by the Johnson family. We...
The funeral of KMOTT’s former President, Sir Charles Jessel, Bt, took place on Wednesday, the 20th of April. He was 97. He studied PPE at Balliol College, Oxford and, after call-up, served in the final years of the war in the 15th/19th The Kings Royal Hussars. He was, in fact,...
Our final day trip of 2018 will be on November the 14th when we go to Sheffield Park to enjoy the autumn colour. This will be by coach like our first trip. The gardens feature some spectacular trees including a 140-year old Redwood and an old Thuja with the branches...
We hope to have a guide for our tour of Bedgebury Pinetum on the 18th of July 2018 where we will see some of the younger trees. As you will know, The National Pinetum at Bedgebury is one of the most complete collections of conifers on one site anywhere...
