Last week English Heritage held a public meeting in the Olde Kitchen at Kenwood to review the events held on the estate over the summer, to give details of the Christmas lights event and to flag up plans for 2023. All interested groups (Friends of Kenwood, Highgate Society, Heath and Hampstead Society) were there along …
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Set the Handkerchief Tree free!!
Have you ever met a Handkerchief Tree? They are relatively rare trees and in May they produce a profusion of large white bracts which look exactly like freshly washed handkerchiefs. The trees originate in China and were first discovered in 1869 by a French missionary/naturalist, Armand David. He found just a single tree way up …