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Lewes Urban Arboretum
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Trees Committee of Friends of Lewes - planting trees and looking after them - for us, for wildlife and to improve resilience to climate change. We are an accredited Arboretum Town!
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16 more #trees planted around Convent Field, #Lewes, by our team today! They are 8 Sorbus thuringiaca Fastigiata, (Hybrid Whitebeam), and 8 Prunus padus, (Bird Cherry). We planted 30 trees there last Sunday and will be back next weekend to plant 11 more.
November 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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We planted 30 #trees around the perimeter of Convent Field today! Later in the month we have 26 more to plant, thanks to generous sponsorship and support from Lewes District Council, Lewes Town Council, @friendsoflewes.bsky.social, the Mosaic Project, Chalk Cliff Trust and #Lewes residents.
November 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Some of the beautiful leaves we collected from under the #trees at Southover Grange, #Lewes - from the Indian Bean Tree, Liquidambar, Tulip tree, Ginkgo, Chestnut-leaved Oak, Judas tree, and Japanese Maple.
November 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Bringing sunshine colours on a rainy day - the golden leaves of the Cappadocian Maple, (Acer cappadocicum 'Aureum'), in Malling Deanery Arboretum. So many lovely #trees in #Lewes!
November 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Some of the dazzling autumn leaves we saw on our visit to Malling Deanery Arboretum, #Lewes, yesterday to share information about the #trees with the owner. There were so many different colours and shapes!
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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On a little #tree in our # Lewes garden - Spindle leaves - Euonymus europaeus
November 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Leaf fall on the seven Elm #trees - Ulmus New Horizon - on St. Anne's Hill, #Lewes.
November 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Another beautiful Liquidambar! This one is at the end of Church Lane, #Lewes, and the carpet of leaves was a lovely reflection of the colours on the #tree.
November 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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Continuing our inventory of the #trees in #Lewes- this enormous tree at the front of St. Anne's Church has been identified by Peter Thurman as Phillyrea latifolia, (Green Olive Tree).
November 4, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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#Lewes Floods Event at the Town Hall today. We're collecting ideas for #tree planting in 2026!
November 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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On our #tree walk...
A wonderful knockout scent hits you when you walk around to the rear of St. Anne's Church, #Lewes, at the moment - from this Viburnum farreri!
October 31, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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We're all set up at the Town Hall - ready for the Floods Event on Saturday 1st November, 10.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.
- explaining how the #trees of #Lewes play an important part in flood prevention.
October 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Another surprise addition to our #tree inventory!
Tumbling gracefully over the wall of a garden in Rotten Row, #Lewes - Styphnolobium japonicum 'pendula', (Weeping Japanese Pagoda Tree).
October 30, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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Yesterday morning we had a lovely walk around #Lewes to map some more trees for our ongoing #tree inventory. With the expert guidance of Peter Thurman we recorded some real beauties, including this Red Oak, Quercus rubra, next to East Sussex College.
October 29, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Wonderful pomegranates on this Pomegranate #Tree in Grange Road, #Lewes!
October 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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We've just unloaded some beautiful #trees from Barcham trees for planting in #Lewes next month. We look forward to showing you them properly when they are planted. Here are Quercus palustris, Malus Evereste, and Quercus robur.
October 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Every year I look forward to seeing the fiery Autumn colours of this Ash #tree on Malling Recreation Ground, #Lewes.
October 26, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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There are some wonderful shiny berries on this Cockspurthorn #tree, (Crataegus persimilis prunifolia), that we planted at the edge of Nevill Green in November 2023. It was sponsored by #Lewes Footpaths Group in memory of John Vokins.
October 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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A stunning Ginkgo biloba #tree in the front garden of a House in Barons Down Road, #Lewes. The gentleman who lives there was just coming out to mow the lawn and he said that his mother grew it over 20 years ago and gave it to him when it was only a few inches tall!
October 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Beautiful colours on this Liquidambar styraciflua Worplesdon #tree that we planted in Prince Edward's Road, #Lewes, in November 2021 - before the wind came!
October 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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We are very pleased to report that we have just received grant funding from Lewes Town Council!
The money will be used to fund our next #tree planting projects in #Lewes in November.
Thank you very much to LTC for their support of our Arboretum Town!
October 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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The berries are ripening on this Whitebeam #tree with very large round leaves at the edge of St.Pancras School playground, #Lewes. Thank you to Peter Thurman for the ID - Sorbus thibetica 'John Mitchell'. Apparently the berries have a good flavour!
October 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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A pot of gold in our garden in #Lewes - the little Pomegranate #Tree
October 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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A lovely range of bright colours on this Norway Maple (?) #tree in #Lewes High Street - compared to during the summer when it looks quite dark and gloomy.
October 17, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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Toasty autumn colours on the special Maple #tree at the edge of The Paddock, #Lewes!
October 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM