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Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Rooting foR tRees
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Celebrating the CRD’s oldest tree and its kin Christine van Reeuwyk News staff
A woman and her dog walk past as Oak Bay Parks staffers Iain MacLeod and Chris Paul pack up their tree-climbing gear. She does a double take as she passes the towering Garry oak and notices the pair of arborists. “How is Mr. Tree?” she asks, gesturing to the towering Garry n Located in oak on the boulevard the 500-block of of Falkland Road. Falkland Road, It is, according the more than to Oak Bay parks 400-year-old Garry manager Chris Hydeoak tree is the Lay, likely the oldest oldest known in the Garry oak in the district. region at 400 years old. The dog-walker is assured, and pleased, to hear the tree is faring well. Staff evaluate it every couple years for decay and dead wood. Over the years it’s had work done, including the cables that bind limb to limb. “It minimizes how far those limbs can move in wind,” Hyde-Lay explains. “We keep a pretty close eye on it.” This tree, and its kin, will be celebrated on Nov. 2.
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Oak Bay Parks’ Iain MacLeod in the more than 400-year-old Garry oak, the oldest known in the district.
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