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Dozens of Torbay Palms, (Corylines) have been felled in Torquay as reported in the press today including the Telegraph and Daily Mail.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/12/12/100-year-old-palm-trees-felled-torquay-devon-gardens/
I have called them palm trees in the video as that’s how they reported in the press and quoted.
What do you think about the felling of these trees?
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Over 40 tbet palm trees have been cut down in to key now strictly speaking these aren’t actually palm trees but they are Celine or stalis also known as The torbet Palms and it is mainly The torb Palms as well as a few true palm trees have been cut down in the seaside
Resort of T in the UK these magnificent specimens many of which are around 100 years old have been cut down by the local Council torbet palms and we’re going to call them palm trees for the rest of this video even though they’re not truly palm trees are Coline aralis
Many of which have these nice multicolored leaves are beautiful as garden plants but when they’re grown in the ideal locations like in tury where it’s nice and Mild all year round over many many decades they can grow into huge plants towering trees with many heads of spiky foliage and flowers as
Well that smell like vanilla the palm trees many of which were planted back as far as 1924 were planted in the public gardens along the sea front and basically the town’s pride and joy welcoming visitors throughout the years to the seaside Resorts dozens of these trees would shop
Down without warning according to report in the Telegraph newspaper and the felling of the palm trees has prompted widespread Ang in the town with residents left dismay after pictures showed 40 of the trees chopped down to their stumps to council have said they were part of a Rejuvenation of the area
And that many of the trees had significant degradation notice over the last 20 years it was need it was needed to remove them but it’s very Stark to see all these palm trees cut down and people have been shocked by the sight of this one talkie native s many happy
Childhood Days on the beach and on the green to see the palm trees have been chopped down saddens me as this is what talk was all about it was famous for its palms and visitors always enjoyed walking through the lovely Gardens with the Palms above them it’s going to look
Pretty bare now another Resident said absolutely beyond words for the total Destruction how can they justify doing this a similar thing happened last year actually in Plymouth where 100 10 trees were removed and you may remember from my look at palm trees Canary Island date palm video around the
Country one of the biggest iconic palm trees in lambur in London is set to be removed as well to make way for some traffic lights but back to T and these trees like I said are very iconic beautiful palm trees any Boo’s been to the to Devon and down to tury we have
Definitely seen these palm trees are you know unmistakable in the this area but the toi Palms have studing Italian Gardens which look out over Tor Abbey sand since 1924 the council promised the Gans will be transformed over the winter and into spring 2024 with more plantings promised
A spokesman for torb Council said with the 100th anniversary of the gardens being next year it felt timely to make the changes this did unfortunately mean the removal of the palm trees which after inspection showed significant signs of decline so what do you think about the palm
Trees being cut down in toi and will other towns follow suit or is this a one-off just to rejuvenate this area have you lived in toi recently and seen these Palms up close did you notice any degradation of the pals were they looking past their best or were they
Still thriving last time you saw them please put your comments below under this video and I’ll respond to those and we get conversation going about these palm trees and in your town do you have lots of palm trees growing in public gardens what do you think of palm trees
In public gardens and should there be more plantings around the country i’ love to hear your opinions thank you for watching this edition of exotic ging UK join me next week we’ll doing more in the garden
48 Comments
Shocking, shame on the council for not involving the locals
I went to Torquay when I was seven and was amazed with the "palm" trees and vowed to have palm trees in my garden.
The trees in you videos looked magnificent and it is a shame to see what has happened to them.
Unbelievable! Wonder what their plan is for the stumps as they will likely grow again from those if not removed. Seems drastic. I’m sure a bit of tidy up would have been a better option.
We should all money together to replace them properly!! I’d donate and I’m in Ireland 🙌 Guaranteed the council went with.. let’s ask forgiveness over permission from the locals! In a time when people could do with a little certainty in everyday life..just brutal!! Brutal
A private individual would have been prosecuted for this!
Labour council.
Wow! I go there every year for our hoildays. That's why I got into tropical gardening. What a shame. Most looked fine to me and we walked though the park too.
Discusting so called leaders of our 😉 (ha ha ha) country.
Not long lived trees over here unfortunetly iv seen them get rot leaving them unsafe in public places . At the age they are they are coming to the end unfortunetly . Council cant really win if leave them and blow down crushing someone they are at fault and obviously no one wants to see them gone . 60 to 80 years is usually a normal life span for cordylines so they are very old trees .
from all of the comments in your video, all the residents as well as the holiday makers are in shock, given public notice this would have caused outrage! unless plans are in place to replace them. lets see the health reports on them then, dont forget , the whole cornish county has been sold over the years on the cornish riviera , with photo's and railway posters depicting the palms in them as you say for over a hundred years they owe a lot to the county its not going to be the same without them, also its a shame the cipd on the lambeth bridge roundabout is going to be another victim , like the video you put up re palms all over the country many of the london ones were on or near council property or housing developments and have been removed also just sad!
Don't worry I'm sure they will be replaced with some rainbow flags
Disgraceful. 😢
Every people get the government they deserve…vote Greens next time
That's terrible 😢
Some ones in Cornwall declined around that age or even earlier. I can get that they might have been in decline or soon to be in decline due to their age. But… surely they knew they were getting old for decades. 80 years is extremely old! They could have started planting replacements…😮. Not that they take too long to grow, but now it will look bare for quite a few years.
99% of councils and council workers in the uk have zero clue what they are doing so not surprised.
It’s a shame.I love my cordyline.I think in reality they want to reduce maintenance cost of constant clearing up of the falling leaves.
Yet another example of people in a position of power riding roughshod over the views of their citizens. It is becoming endemic.
what a bunch of clowns. ruining it for future generations.
As usual government doing opposite what the public wants.
I think they could have have planted new trees years before chopping these trees down but I guess this way there is no maintenance at the end of the day it’s all about money
Disgraceful!
Why😮
Things like these should be illegal. At a certain age it should also be a decision of the inhabitants if old plants could be cut down. At least they should explain and inform the people beforehand and if it's really necessary then OK… but imagining living there for decades over generations and see all of those gorgeous Cordylines being chopped down is disrespectful to the people. We currently don't need any more distrust in politicians and authorities. Dumb way of handeling this imo…
Only been once but really shocked by this, as they truly were a beautiful sight and it seems the very people who are constantly at us to be environmentally friendly, completely ignore the publics feelings at their meetings, so please have a meeting where you agree that we must get public approval for our plans
Who'd have thought, a council that decimates trees, without considering the views of the environment or the people it supposedly represents.
This was done without public consultation. Shame on Torbay Council!
Proof that the human species is the worst of all!
I wonder how much of this just down to the council not wanting to pay to tidy up the fallen leaves.
honestly i'm surprised it's even possible to cultivate palm trees in england
That’s an fn joke 🤬😡
Vandalism by parasites with funny handshakes.
The rest of the gardens look bland as hell.
For shame!
The heart of the English Riviera gone thanks to idiotic councillors
Yes the council doing the opposite of what the common ppl want. It's like the destruction of real art, replaced with modern garbage, anything to bring down the spirit of mankind and demoralise them. Does the council take examples from the communist manifesto, destroy beauty and replace with abstract, to demoralise, of course it does, because if you see real beauty, you might search for spirituality, you might search forn God,and that would be ananthema for the controllers. They don't want the herd getting above themselves band entertaining the thought they were created in God's image, destroy the trees, destroy any beauty that may stop you being demoralised into the belief that there is a God and the beauty of nature proves it. Keep them all synthetic and dependent on the globalist profiteers.
The 'Gardeners' who did this are NOT Gardeners!! Neither is the Council….
Probably wanted to get rid of them because they were iconic and now they can get rid of the rest of the gardens and build some hotels or houses or maybe even an immigration detention centre !
They say some of the trees showed signs of degradation; do you think the idea is that they could have been dangerous i.e. falling branches, or just starting to look a bit tatty? It's a bit of an own goal by the council in my opinion, if they really had to go then it would have been better, as other commenters have suggested, to have planted some replacements several years back. A bit like RAACs, there was no plan to replace the defunct material! 🙂 I've never been to Torquay but it's famous for its palms, I remember being rather taken aback when my school friend told me about them after he'd been on holiday there.
It’s sad
Even with an apology
They wanted something they didn’t need to plant yearly
But decided to take out the trees which , of course , they did not need to replace yearly.
The council has apologise
Maybe we need to take them to court and make a law saying that any tree cutting needs to be publicised in local news paper for 6 months before felling
As well as clear signs posted on each tree saying it will be cut in 6 months and stating the felling date😮😢
An absolute disgrace. These councils do things like this to suit their own agendas. They know that if they do publicise them in advance there will be a huge backlash. So instead, they just go ahead, knowing that they can't be undone and there won't be any real repercussions. Heads need to roll for this.
I hope their "regeneration" plans are better than the Rock Walk. Millions spent and it still looks like scrubland 10+ years later. What idiots are making these decisions.
They were diseased.!!! Typical online hysteria without knowing the facts. They will be replaced. 🤦🏻♂️
Incoming 5G mini transmitters need clear line of sight. Palm trees are thick evergreens and would interfere. Just a thought so watch this space. .
Same council that planted 3 large Phoenix Dactylifera palms on the sea front which were doomed to die even in Torquay, lot of other proven palms could have been planted there but not their money wasted to worry about 😔
We call them cabbage trees in New Zealand. Weird that they are called palms in the U.K
Great video. The BBC asked to use footage from my Torquay Garden Tour video for their national news story.
As usual, this is government being deaf to their electorate. What with the Gunnera decision it seems little consultation was done with those with knowledge or understanding. I will be amused if they are left fighting the suckers for years to come 😂
They knew it would cause a public outcry. Why else did they choose to do it in the middle of the night. I see a pattern here. What is going on?