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...
Our members are welcome to attend The Kent Men of the Trees Annual General Meeting Saturday 21st April 2018 at 2.30pm At Egerton Village Hall, Elm Close, Egerton TN27 9DS After the official business we will be delighted to introduce our Guest Speaker, Berty Van Hensbergen, a global expert in...
Here are the directions for our day trip next Wednesday 19th July, to explore the trees in Canterbury Cemetery, as recommended by the guest speaker at our AGM, Owen Johnson. The plan is to meet at 2.30 at the main entrance (on the south side of the Cemetery). The main...
In October 2016, KMOTT made its first overseas excursion. A group of us flew to Dublin and went by coach to the Glendalough Hotel in Laragh. En route we visited Glasnevin Botanic Gardens – home of Ireland’s National Herbarium and one of the world’s most important collections of plants. There...
