Jubilee oak at Swallowfield Parish Hall
#47 in 2013
Planting
| Location | Swallowfield Parish Hall |
| Town / Parish | Swallowfield |
| Grid ref. | SU 72640 65027 |
| Planting event date | 6 July 2013 |
| Participants | Cllr Angus Ross, WBC Executive member for the environment, officiating; Peter Sampson, Swallowfield Parish Council chairman; Cllr Stuart Munro, Swallowfield WBC councillor; Celia Adams, SPC clerk; Angela King, SPC councillor; Helen Lewis, SPC councillor; Gordon Collender, SPC councillor; representatives from the WI and Swallowfield pre-school and local residents. |
| Notes | This planting site is located adjacent to the Parish Hall and Parish Office. The area is very busy with community activity and the newly planted Jubilee Oak will provide a lasting back-drop. It is a very welcome addition as the site previously had a splendid horse chestnut tree commemorating the Riseley and Swallowfield Womens Institute. which, unfortunately, had to be removed. The oak will also add to an amazing garden recently created on the site by the local pre-school and, it is hoped, that people will have a chance to admire what the parents and children have created. It is also a tribute to Mr. Max Bowker who recently resigned from the Parish Council having served since 3rd May 1984. |
#47a in 2017
5-year anniversary
The original tree #47 died in September 2015 and was replaced in 2016 as #47a in the same location
#47a in 2019
Dead
The replacement tree #47a planted in 2016 died. The cause of death is unknown.
#47b in January 2022
Replacement planted
| Location | Swallowfield Meadow |
| Town / Parish | Swallowfield |
| Grid ref. | SU 72672 64713 |
| Planting event date | January 2022 |
| Participant | Oliver Ward |
| Notes | This replacement tree was located in a different area because both previous ones on Swallowfield Recreation Ground failed to thrive for reasons unknown. |
#47b in 2023
10-year anniversary
| Girth | 0.06m |
| Height | 2.5m |
| Condition | Good in 2023, dead in 2025. |
| Notes | This, the third replacement tree, was vandalised in winter 2024/5 and is now dead. It has been decided not to plant any more trees in this area but to place a new tree in a completely different location in the Borough. This will ensure that 60 trees will continue to thrive commemorating the Diamond Jubilee. Charvil has been proposed as a suitable ward for the new planting as no Diamond Jubilee tree had been planted there in 2012. |
