Yesterday.
Dublin 1.
Dramatic additions to Beresford Place: a phalanx of apparently Leyland Cypresses has been parachuted by Dublin City Council (parks biodiversity) into the crescent that encircles the Custom House, lending a Roman formality to its 1780s south front. Such confident investment is rare, startling and welcome.
Meanwhile…
The tree line appears to carefully maintain views to the north portico while preserving the relationship between it and Gandon’s consciously designed terrace of houses opposite. Yew may have been a better choice, but the ability to withstand pollution may have been the decider.
— Dublin Civic Trust (@dubcivictrust) February 27, 2022
Now yew tell us.
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That area needed a spruce-up!
fir the love of god, stop with the puns
I can cedar they’re needling you!
Yew made me sycamore puns.
I’m pining for them
I might be a sap but I love the poplar ones!
They really look out of place .Mind you the canines will be happy for the extra loos
Grainne Seoige & John Nolan were interviewed by Ryan Tubridy this morning.
As the interview ended he thanked them.
Then Ryan came back & said that as Grainne was leaving she turned her head & said ” It was in our contract sooner was obligatory” Obviously she wasnt happy with how interview went.
Real trees – and Cork got the electronic yokes.
This looks nice, and amazingly all tress of similar height, fair play DCC!
They grow a metre a year. They’ll be cutting them down in five years time. Irish Yew would be a better option.
Planting Leylandii as trees will affect the environment about as much as those mad trees in Cork..a hedge would be better …
Leylandii, for that cheap and nasty look.
Actually, it suits what dub-a-lin has become.
Wouldnt occur to anyone to plant say, elm ?
What a strange choice. While they’re nice trees and they did do a good job on procuring similarly sized trees, I don’t think coniferous dense trees were the right way to go here. Breaks up any view of the facade of the Customs House.
Evergreens.