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Wow! It’s a huge tree .

Really informative and clearly explained. Kept me hooked right to the end, thank you.

Never heard about this astonishing tree before yesterday - if I could, I would visit that par of the world only for this astonoshing tree.

Very eloquent and informative 😃

Makes it look easy, as skilled craftspeople often do. It isn't easy though - not at all. Lovely to watch. Thankyou for posting.

Great video! Any recommendations of ancient Yews to check out in the London area?

Me and my sister sent many happy times climbing in the Yew trees either side of the garden gate at our grandmother's. They were nice and tall and created an arch at the entrance to her front lawn. Beautiful memories.

What a fascinating TH-cam channel to stumble across. Only 61 subscribers ? The problem with yew preservation in places like churchyards in particular. Is that no one considered the maturity of these trees when planting. The churches themselves were probably expected to far outlive the churches but so many churches have been demolished or fallen to ruin in our lifetimes. If the roots of a yew start disturbing a building or even a bunch of graves, what do you do?

beautiful plants

Listen to this th-cam.com/video/j8nIFwpb3NQ/w-d-xo.html

Are you still at it? ancient-yew.org is not contactable??

Apart from the fact you are apparently smuggling a small yew yourself, I found this very enjoyable and useful ;) Thank you.

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A great addition to our Ulmus playlist.

Great video, if you agree, the full version is well worth a watch.

I saw some huge yew trees near the Santa Sophia in Turkey two years ago. I suspected that they went back to the age of Constantine who carried on the British tradition of planting them at sacred sites. Does anyone know?

This last June, while en route back to California from a trip to Iceland, my wife and I stopped in Windsor, England. We stayed in a hotel right across the street from Windsor Castle. There was a church nearby and I said to my wife, "The Brits usually plant yew trees in churchyards. Let's go over there and see if there are some. Well, there were two large yew trees. I'm a bowyer and have an intense interest in yews. The very first yew tree I ever saw was at the Alhambra in Spain. It has berries since it was autumn. That was 3 years ago and I've seen many since then, including in California (taxus brevifolia.) I don't harvest yew unless I can do it legally and they're protected here too. I found a grove of yew a few months ago in a national forest a few hours away. I learned that I can harvest some with a permit so I will do that in the spring. I love yew trees!

Ancient Yew Group (AYG) member Russell Ball & the Conservation Foundation have teamed up to produce this video for church wardens & others who find themselves responsible for this priceless national resource. Nowhere else in the world is it possible to find such a large number of ancient trees so closely associated with sacred space. The AYG has recorded no fewer than 900 churchyard yews in England & Wales considered to have an age of 500+ years. Of these, 270 are thought to have an age that exceeds 800 years.On many occasions during the lifetime of a 500 yr. old (veteran) or an 800 yr. old (ancient) yew decisions will have been taken regarding the best way to manage the tree. This will have been to 'leave alone unless absolutely necessary'. While that remains true today, there are occasions when intervention is needed. This video covers those occasions with common sense advice on issues ranging from treatment of ivy to looking after the root system.We are the present custodians of trees planted & cared for over many centuries, from those 500 year old trees planted in the Middle Ages, the 800 yr. old trees planted by the Normans, even older specimens planted by Saxons and the early Welsh Saints, with the possibility that some might even pre-date Christianity.There is simply no excuse for us to fail in the duty of care we owe to these remarkable yews.Tim Hills (AYG - Founder)January 2016

At last a little reminder to think and consult you church wardens. Not naming names but the countless yews I have visited and had my trip spoiled by mis - management. They are a enhancement of a place of belief with hundreds even thousands of years history. Not a rubbish dump and decapitation point.

Magnificent trees! :) In my country (Poland) we have several large elms (girth >7m) and ~10 with 6-7m girth (Ulmus laevis in majority, 1-2 Ulmus minor). They survived Dutch elm disease. Hopefully these elms in the Sussex will live on in good state, too. :)