Treestorey tales

Walkers enjoyed a guided tour among Beechworth’s historic trees on 19 April, with Beechworth History and Heritage president Jamie Kronborg recounting stories of botany and science along the way.

The walk was devised by arborist Col Gladstone with Beechworth Treescape Group's Jan Milhinch and Jamie, who described for participants how the town's exceptional tree-lined streets and colonial-era parks were planned and planted.

The group also ‘met’ Ferdinand von Mueller, colonial-era government botanist, saw his gifts to Beechworth, including a row of massive Sequoiadendron giganteum, or redwoods, in Town Hall Gardens, and heard about his 1890 address to the town in which he described Beechworth’s beauty.

The society’s next event, a walk exploring Beechworth’s art history, will be held on 16 May. Please go to www.trybooking.com/eventlist/digbeechworth for tickets. All funds support the Society’s heritage advocacy work.