MUG TREE, FAZAKERLEY Despite it looking as though it was made from lack of cupboard space, it is a tree belonging to a man I once knew briefly who took up the hobby - as well as other oddball house decorations - due to loneliness after...
CHERRY BLOSSOM TREE IN ABERCROMBIE SQUARE This tree is special to me as I spent a lot of time sat under it this spring on my way to the hospital to visit my boyfriends mum, who was dying of cancer. I’d walk with my boyfriend or...
For this project I have lit trees using green and red light to highlight their place within the environment, green for woodland and red for urban. I wanted to bring awareness to the trees within my home area of Sefton and show the green space trees...
SILVER BEECH The Silver Beech is my tree because it provides a home and food for the birds. It is a lovely, majestic, beautiful tree and it’s good for the air too. That’s what we need in the city centre. It helps us with our garden, the birds act...
SEFTON PARK, HORNBEAM I've shared a couple of pictures of a tree in Sefton Park, a type of Hornbeam I think, my son enjoys climbing (and his big sister before him) after I shared with him that me and my friends often used to climb this...
A variety of textures and sizes are presented within these photos. I wanted to capture all that is different and unique for each tree that has been growing for decades. Some small, some large but all mesmerizing and worth capturing. By Nicole Szadkowska...
This tree sits in a field near the village of Lunt in Sefton - that's Sefton Parish Church beyond it. I admire it for its' tenacity - heavily shaped by the prevailing wind, it leans, waiting for Spring to arrive and the sap to rise...
For this project I took images of some trees in a local park in my area due to them being there for decades so have seen multiple events that alter different lives. By Kelvin Hannah...
Following a lengthy battle to save the last remaining green space within the “business district” of Liverpool City Centre; local residents, workers and environmental activists suffered a heart-breaking defeat as Bixteth Street Gardens was flattened to make room for a (potential) nine-storey office block and...
I find the scale of this old tree on the edge of the pavement on Brownlow Hill impressive. I find it difficult to believe that I've walked past it innumerable times without really noticing it. By Linda Blythe...
The ancient trees of Croxteth Country Park Just a few of the wonderful trees I see on regular walks around Croxteth Park, they change colour and shape depending on the seasons so are ever changing but always beautiful. By Tony Beyga, West Derby, Liverpool...
In 2017 I became actively involved with the campaign to save Calderstones Park and the adjoining Beechley Stables ‘Green Wedge’ land from being built on for a luxury housing scheme. Over a 100 trees were to be axed as part of the approved development. I decided...
MR ELDER, RIMROSE VALLEY COUNTRY PARK Trees give life to us all but one particular tree in Liverpool has given me a new life and a new name to go along with it! Please, may I introduce to you Mr Elder, my husband...
Croxteth Park This is my favourite. I love the way the ivy covers this tree in Croxteth Park. The the ivy is so sinuous and tactile, almost looking like human forms from some angles. The tree beneath is protected, the bark not damaged by the ivy...
Bluecoat Garden Anna Burton University of Liverpool In 2016, I undertook a research project with the Bluecoat Gallery heritage team that involved creating a timeline for the garden space at the centre of this eighteenth-century building. The space only gradually developed into a garden (in a traditional...
Liverpool John Moores University Zi Lan Liao, Pagoda Arts I am interested in the tree, because when my father, who had come to Liverpool from China, was alive, he was very keen to have more of the gingko tree planted in Liverpool. He personally had grown some...
Speke Hall Anna Burton University of Liverpool Adam and Eve are two ancient yew trees within the courtyard of Speke Hall, a Tudor estate in South Liverpool, and the location of many day trips for me as a child (including going in full Tudor dress for a...
Calderstones Park Jon, Head Gardener, Calderstones Park Within the grounds of Calderstones Park in Liverpool stands an ancient Oak tree, propped up with metal supports which hold up its immense heavy branches. Known locally as the Allerton Oak, is reputed to be 1000 years old, which would...
Queens Drive, West Derby Dealga P O’Callaghan, Chartered Arboricultural Consultant Queen’s Drive in Liverpool, A5058, is known as the inner ring road running from Sefton Park in the south to Breeze Hill / Walton Hall Park in the north. It was constructed for Queen Victoria’s Golden...
This tree is located in Sefton Park towards Aigburth Road entrance I work on behalf of the family courts of a weekend providing contact with children and their non-residential parent. I take children to this Tree to climb do a snake hunt (rubber snakes) or just be...
THE PYTHON TREE OF CALDERSTONES PARK I often find shapes or creatures within trees and the pictures attached are of a tree I have nicknamed The Python Tree of Calderstones Park. It is situated in the Old English Garden and has the most fascinating interweaved branches...
SPRINGWOOD AVENUE I have chosen these trees because they show the range of colours of Liverpool and line the roads leading to 3 of the city’s cemetery's. Contributor: Jodie Duffy...
WOODBURNED TREES Over the past 6 months during lockdown I have been keeping myself sane by creating woodburned images of my favourite trees around Liverpool. I have become quite obsessed with the shapes and characteristics found within each tree, and in a year where the world has...
NORRIS GREEN PARK My favourite tree in Norris Green Park. It was a cold windy day but walking passed this tree is just showing how beautiful our planet is and it make me sad that some people don't care for it....
THE BEAUTIFUL OAK AT ST BRIDES CHURCH, CATHERINE STREET, IN OCTOBER 2020 St Brides has several beautiful trees but this oak is the most majestic of all. Its monumental scale gives it a reassuring permanence which has been especially comforting during the pandemic. This Autumn in...
ACER TREES Calderstones Park has been my local park since I was a small child and I have many fond memories of it over the years. My favourite feature of the park is the Japanese Garden with its stunning acer trees and beautiful tranquil atmosphere. The colours...
CHRISTMAS ALL YEAR LONG The Sefton coastline is defined not only by the sand dunes and beautiful beaches, but also the pinewoods. However, there are other trees one sees when walking near the sea - Christmas Trees! The sand dunes ecosystem is constantly changing and moving, very...
ALLERTON OAK This tree is the Allerton Oak in Calderstones Park, I picked this photo as my dad has a lot of health issues and every time I walk past this tree I think about the times we walked together past the tree with our last...
LIVERPOOL 8 This tree is in the front of my mums garden (liverpool 8) we thought it had died off a couple of years ago when we had a bad winter 😳 thankfully it didn't and its thriving now. It looks like a straw hut i...
SEFTON PARK This tree is not special to me on its own. It's just one of many trees that live in Sefton Park, just around the corner from where I live. However, in the past 10 months or so, as the pandemic has taken hold, the...
SYCAMORE TREE Two composite photos of the same tree, which I took over the course of the lockdown. I walk every morning and thought it would be interesting to record the sycamore tree leafing-up through spring and summer and shedding its leaves through autumn and winter. The...
THE LIVERPOOL TREE Back in the late 70’s when I was a photography student working on my Liverpool “Vauxhall" project, I produced quite a number of images of trees. This subject had been an important one to me at that time. I very much viewed the...
ST CHAD'S CHURCH Behind this wonderful tree you can just make out St Chad's Church, Kirkby. I was an Alter Boy singing in the church choir. This was one of many trees that surrounded this area around 1964 which I used to walk through on my...
APPLE TREE, PRINCES PARK When I moved to Liverpool I joined the Friends of Princes Park and was really excited to learn how to look after plants. This is the apple tree that I learned to prune on. I feel a bit like a proud parent and I still...
LONDON PLAIN TREES These are my favourite trees. Especially in winter. Maybe only in winter. The trunks and branches really stand out against the sky and it makes them look quite dramatic. London Plain trees on Brodie Avenue, Garston. Looking towards Garston Lifestyles Leisure Centre, Long...
FAVOURITE TREES Here are a few of my favourite trees from around liverpool. The first two are canopies in Southport Botanic Gardens and then a cherry blossom tree from Croxteth Country Park. The final one is the grounds of Walton Church spring 2019 when the old graveyard...
In 1956 I was a precocious 3 year old and was spending an afternoon with my Grandfather (Robert Kenrick), I am not sure quite why but my older brother, Tony, had been hospitalised with severe asthma around that time. My Father and his Father both...
THE SITTING TREE Situated close to the Fairy Glen beneath the Palm house in Sefton Park the sitting tree, magic tree or snert tree as we fondly used to call it, is actually a weeping elm. This small stunted tree has gnarled branches that are smooth from...
DANCING OAK This dancing oak tree from Oxton. He surprised me with his grace and beauty. Contributor: Alla Barkova...
THE BEECH TREES OF SOUTH LIVERPOOL I have walked for many miles through south Liverpool for work or pleasure, and everywhere there are beech trees. Sefton Park, Aigburth Road, Calderstones Park, Reynolds Park, Brodie Avenue – all have fine old specimens. I first met them on...
MAGIC SWEET TREE In Stanley Park there is a big oak tree surrounded by cast iron railings. When we were kids, my Dad would put a bag of sweets on the railings - he called it the sweet tree. We would walk round the tree and...
WEST KIRBY These are two photos of the same tree taken in the winters of 2017 and 2019 with different film and camera types. The tree is located on the beach between West Kirby and Hoylake facing Hilbre Island. The weather on the coast at that...
THE MAN WHO TURNED INTO A TREE For many years I volunteered with Lancs Wildlife Trust on their red squirrel monitoring project, and my “patch” was a wonderful piece of woodland at Ince Blundell in Sefton. Whilst carrying out my monitoring, I noticed this tree and...
CHRISTMAS TREE Found old photo of our Christmas tree taken in the 70s we thought it was the best. Notice it’s standing on a cardboard box covered in wrapping paper. There was 10 of us kids 8 girls 2 boys and Christmas was always a very...
THE MYSTERY Here is one of my pictures during lockdown of a tree scene in the Mystery Park, Wavertree, Liverpool. I am a local abstract photographer based in Liverpool and walk in the Mystery park most days. The picture provides people to make their own interpretation and...
THE MYSTERY PT. 2 This was a set of 3 pictures from the Liverpool park “The Mystery” in Wavertree. They describe Liverpool to me in detail as a city. Unique, arty, setting a trend, strong, colourful, bright, beautiful, musical, and mysterious. The trees in this set of...
BEECH, LITTLE WOOD My favourite tree is this Beech (Fagus sylvatica) in Little Wood. A coach road linking Croxteth Hall, home of the Earls of Sefton with Knowsley Hall, home to the Earls of Derby runs through Little Wood. The majority of the trees were planted...
SILVER BIRCH For the last five years I have been working from my home working space, the Blue Room Writing Studio in the middle of a housing estate in L15, I call my flat Treeview as because it is on the third floor, all you can...
DAWN REDWOOD TREE IN SEFTON PARK Also known affectionately as the bong tree...
LIFE ROOMS I have sent you these trees from Life Rooms, Everard Avenue, Walton, Liverpool because they look so magical when the blossoms fall 🌸 !! Contributor: Linda Cheveau ...
SEFTON PARK LAKE This particular tree once sat on the hillside of Sefton Park Lake on the East side of the lake close to the stepping stones end. It has been my favourite tree for years and one I have captured so many times over the...
CROXTETH PARK Two trees Croxteth Park Liverpool. The bright red one is still holding onto life in November 2019. The beautiful colours remind us that each season is beautiful and the bare old tree behind reminds us that life will return in the Spring. Contributor: Phil Longfoot...
Old Swan Charlotte Corrie Open Culture We bought our house back in December 2009. It was in a very bad way and had been left to fall in on itself for a number of years. It was quite literally a 'project'. We bought it in part because...
Childwall Woods Brenda Cameron Secretary, Friends of Childwall Woods and Fields Childwall Woods is just 6 miles from the Liverpool city centre but when you step inside you would think you were in the middle of the countryside. The woods are wild and covered in twisted rhododendrons....
TREES APRIL 2020 - JANUARY 2021 Here are a set of images from April 2020 to Jan 2021 that has been part of my daily life one way or another. 1/ Art and craft therapy, Inspired by the tree out side my window. 2/ After my daughter moved...
SPRINGWOOD BEECH Makes me smile. Looks as though it has sprung up through the path when no one was looking. Contributor: Helen Hudson ...
THE MAGIC TREE This is ‘the magic tree’ located in Caldy Hill, Wirral. Climbed and crawled over by children of all ages, the trunk’s arms hold the ground and welcome adventure. Contributor: Lindsey Fooks...
