Victoria Park

The website of the Friends of Victoria Park

    Tree Planting

    This plan shows the proposed tree planting for the whole of Victoria Park and Watercress Fields. The next page includes a more detailed plan showing the Tree Planting Strategy for Victoria Park

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    1. Jemmett Road
    8 no. London plane – (Platanus x acerifolia)
    2. Fountain Entrance
    2 no. Small leaved lime – (Tilia cordata ‘Green Spire’)
    3. Fountain Plaza
    3 no. Persian ironwood – (Parrotia persica)
    4. Fountain Area
    7 no. Asian white birch – (Betula platyphylla ‘Jefpark’)
    5. Parkland tree
    1 no. Tulip tree – (Liriodendron tulipifera)
    6. New path from Gasworks Lane
    2 no. White mulberry – (Morus platanifolia)
    7. River margin
    1 no. English oak – (Quercus robur)
    3 no. European alder – (Alnus glutinosa)
    8 . Oak Field boundary
    2 no. English oak – (Quercus robur)
    9 . Mixed Avenue
    1 no. Freeman maple – (Acer freemanii)
    10 . Eastern Lime Avenue
    9no. Small leaved lime – (Tilia cordata ‘Green Spire’)
    11 . Rain Garden
    6no. River birch – (Betula nigra)

    12 . Children’s Playground
    6 no. Callery pear – (Pyrus ‘Chanticleer’)
    7 no. Whitebeam – (Sorbus lutescens)
    6 no. Field maple – (Acer campestre)
    4 no. Turkish hazel – (Corylus colurna)
    2 no. Norway maple – (Acer platanoides ‘Emerald Queen’)
    13 . Western Lime Avenue
    11 no. Small leaved lime – (Tilia cordata ‘Green Spire’)
    14 . Hillbrow Road Entrance
    1 no. Red oak – (Quercus rubra)
    15 . Sensory Garden
    3 no. Red filbert – (Corylus avellana Zellernus)
    2 no. Hazel tree – (Corylus avellana)
    16 . Basketball area
    3 no. Grey alder – (Alnus incana)
    17 . Bridge crossing
    1 no. White willow – (Salix alba – pollard)
    18 . Willow avenue (1)
    6 no. White willow – (Salix alba – pollard)
    19 . Willow avenue (2)
    8 no. White willow – (Salix alba – pollard)
    20 . Pump Track
    1 no. Dawn redwood – (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)

    21 . Watercress Fields path
    6 no. Beech – (Fagus sylvatica)
    6 no. English oak – (Quercus robur)
    8 no. Field maple – (Acer campestre)
    4 no. Hawthorn – (Crataegus monogyna)
    3 no. Hazel – (Corylus avellana)
    2 no. Hornbeam – (Carpinus betulus)
    2 no. Small leaved lime – (Tilia cordata)
    22 . Dipping Platform (1)
    1 no. River birch – (Betula nigra)
    4 no. European alder – (Alnus glutinosa)
    1 no. White willow – (Salix alba)
    1 no. Red oak – (Quercus rubra)
    23 . Dipping Platform (2)
    3 no. European alder – (Alnus glutinosa)
    1 no. White willow – (Salix alba)
    24 . Ford Way Path
    8 no. Callery pear – (Pyrus ‘Chanticleer’)
    25 . Community Orchard
    6 no. Apple – (Malus dom ‘Cox’s Orange Pippin’)
    6 no. Plum – (Prunus dom ‘Victoria’)
    6 no. Cherry – (Prunus avium ‘Burlatt’)
    6 no. Mirabelle – (Mirabelle ‘Von Nancy’)
    6 no. Pear – (Pyrus com ‘Conference’)
    6 no. Quince – (Cydonia oblonga)
    6 no. Medlar – (Mespilus germanica)
    26 . Ford crossing
    3 no. White willow – (Salix alba)