A very special tree was planted today in Holywells Park to commemorate Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
One of the reasons this Silver Birch is so distinguished is because it formed part of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee ‘Tree of Trees’.
The Tree of Trees sculpture was 21 metres high and stood outside Buckingham Palace to draw attention to the Queen’s Green Canopy tree-planting campaign. It supported 350 trees on a steel structure and was lit up on 2 June 2022 as the first in a chain of 1,500 beacons illuminated across the UK and Commonwealth on the Platinum Jubilee weekend.
The Queen’s Green Canopy tree-planting campaign saw over one million trees planted in the UK to mark 70 years of the Queen’s reign.
The 350 trees that were on the Tree of Trees sculpture were held within aluminium pots supported on reclaimed steel ‘branches’. The tree was presented today in the original pot which bears the Queens crest and the words “The Queen’s Green Canopy – The Platinum Jubilee 2022”. The pot will go on display in one of Ipswich’s parks.
The tree was planted on the green area just outside the Stable Block (where the flag pole used to be) and therefore stands in a prime location overlooking the park. It is one of 4 multi-stemmed native Silver Birch trees given to Suffolk from the Jubilee Tree of Trees. The species was chosen to suit the soil conditions locally and will hopefully survive better in the dry summers we experience in Suffolk.
The tree was collectively planted by Ipswich Borough Council (IBC) councillors and park officials plus several members of the Friends of Holywells Park (FoHP). The FoHP Committee were represented by Robin Gape, Liz Harsant, Richard Bloomfield and Simon Hodding.
Robin Gape, FoHP Chair, commented, “This special tree becomes a commemorative mark of both the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II and a celebration of her life as Head of State.”
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