Celebrating Trees at Bruce Castle
Sunday 7 December 2025

Speaker
Russell Miller:  Collaborating with the Ancients -  Saving the Bruce Castle Oak
Earlier this year Russell of ReNature London led a small team in
an innovative project to protect the ancient Bruce Castle Oak.
Several fires had been set in the tree leading to it being protected
by ugly fencing for several years.  Haringey Tree Officers approached Russell as a local ancient tree expert for a better long-term solution. Thanks to funding from the Tree Trust for Haringey and support of the Friends of Bruce Castle Park they were able to craft bespoke 'doors' to partially close the big cavities on the old oak.

The afternoon included a walk to the Oak where Russell explained more about the oak’s long life.

Watch the video showing the Bruce Castle project to save the oak made by Ian Phillips here
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Try Stephen's ingenious tree quiz here.

Thank you to Bruce Castle Museum for their support
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In Tottenham seven trees were planted in a ring over 400 years ago for reasons lost in time; the Seven Sisters area and the underground station are named after them. The seven trees have been replanted a number of times, always by seven sisters. 

The Tottenham Trees logo, shown on the right, is a silhouette of the Bruce Castle Oak with the logo of the Charter for Trees, Woods and People launched in November 2017, on the 800th anniversary of the Royal Charter of the Forest.