Elton - and It's Trees

A Parish Tree Warden, currently Richard Donague, has been in place for nearly 20 years and the trees in the village are looked after by not only the tree warden but also the people whose house individual trees are outside being responsible for watering new trees in dry weather etc. tree planting has taken place at various times and these trees are cared for and now provide a valuable village asset screening new developments and defining the approaches to the village. Anyone with any tree related problems please speak to the tree warden.

 

Elton Sylvatica in the Village magazine contains useful and interesting information relating to the trees in the village (written by tree warden copy to HDC each quarter)

The large old elm tree at the entrance to the Highgate hall car park may have to be felled shortly as it is coming towards the end of its natural life. 1000 cuttings have been taken by the Royal Horticultural Society from Kew. This is a valuable asset for the village as it is one of only c 100 remaining Huntingdonshire elms that survived Dutch elm disease, the elm is one of the few habitats for letter L hairstreak butterflies in the country and as such is a valuable habitat which the village will try and preserve for as long as possible by careful management and advice from specialists.
As a general rule if the village loses an old tree a replacement is planted which is, if possible, a traditional English native species.

Elton Estates have planted numerous replacement trees in recent years which are starting to make their presence felt e.g. the two young chestnuts in the mill field.