Sunday 10 March 2013

Third Place for King Oak!

Thanks to everyone who voted for the lovely King Oak in the Tree of the Year competition.
From my "Vote for King Oak! " post, you will know Ireland had a very beautiful and interesting entry in this year's competition.
 
King Oak was placed a respectable third with 5,785 votes!
 
The winner with a whopping 13,898 votes was the Plane Tree in Kozy, Poland.
 
 
Plane tree is more than 200 years old and is located in a village called Kozy situated between Malopolska and Silesia. Its huge trunk, consisting of several ingrown seedlings, stands in the middle of a manor park and resembles a wind-rose. The tree was planted by an anonymous gardener.

The Plane is a venue for local activities such as competitions, gatherings, concerts, sport and community events. It is a meeting point for couples in love and children. It is a focal point around which current community life revolves; exactly as it used to centuries ago.
 
 
 A worthy winner I believe!


2 comments:

  1. I'm glad "your" tree made it to the third place. But the winner is very interesting too!

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  2. I've not heard of this contest but congrats on being a 3rd place winner. I am not sure where in Poland that Kozy is found but I will look it up to see if it is close to where I want to visit.

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