Longleat 

Tales of the Garden, Majestic Oaks

‘Grand Oak trees can take three hundred years to grow, three hundred years to live and three hundred years to die. Such knowledge seriously considered, changes the grain of the mind.’ Robert Macfarlane

Each plinth represents this regal tree at different stages of its growth. From the preserved acorn seedling to sapling and then an older, more established tree. The gold leafed leaves, acorn and crowns reflect the regal nature and majesty of this grand oak, which was planted by King George V in 1759. The pigment of the bark is made from the very soil it emerges from, here at Longleat, intertwining this majestic tree with representations of its past self, in the place it first started its life.