On Friday 30th March 1928, 120 young pine and plane trees were planted in the proposed centre grounds by local school children representing 48 Lanarkshire schools. The trees were supplied from the County Colony at Hairmyres, above East Kilbride. The planting of the trees was part of the scheme proposed by the Scottish Executive […]
Alex Rochead kindly sent me this photograph of a plaque embedded in a Beech tree at David Livingstone Centre along with some information: During Spring 2011, staff and volunteers at the National Trust for Scotland’s David Livingstone Centre, Blantyre said farewell to a much-loved local landmark as the Queen Mother’s Beech Tree was felled. The […]