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SUMMARY:Wordsworthian Tree Planting and the English Lake District  
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DESCRIPTION:William Wordsworth was a keen planter of trees—from the Dove 
 Cottage garden to the grounds at Rydal Mount\, to landed estates\, frien
 ds’ houses\, and the local churchyard—he planted a variety of deciduous 
 and evergreen specimens ‘under [his] own eye & principally if not entire
 ly by [his] own hand’. This talk will explore the cultural and environme
 ntal significance of Wordsworthian tree planting in the English Lake Dis
 trict. It will consider how and why tree planting was meaningful to the 
 Wordsworths as a public\, private\, and multi-generational endeavour\; h
 ow William cultivated a reputation as a tree planting authority in the r
 egion\; and what this living heritage contributes to our existing unders
 tanding of both the poet and the environs in which he lived. For generat
 ions\, tree planting in Cumbria has been undertaken for a variety of pur
 poses. Trees are planted in the edges and hedges of farmland\, for agro-
 forestry and timber\, for biodiversity\, rewilding\, and flood defences\
 , and to retain the national park’s ‘picturesque’ appearance. The pressi
 ng nature of the climate crisis has highlighted an urgent need to plant 
 more trees\, and respectively\, this has meant that tree cover and plant
 ing in the Lake District has become a significant environmental and soci
 o-political issue. In building a picture of Wordsworth as a planter and 
 care-taker of trees\, this talk will also reflect on how the poet’s arbo
 ricultural perspectives might correlate with\, and add to\, current disc
 ourses surrounding tree planting in the region today.  \n\n[Please note 
 the change of date]. \n\nThis event forms part of the 'Forests' research
  activities organised by CIDRAL (Centre for Interdisciplinary Research i
 n Arts and Languages) 
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:A7\, Samuel Alexander Building\, Manchester
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