Argyle Street ash in Glasgow wins tree of the year competition | Trees and forests
A popular ash tree in the heart of Glasgow won the Tree of the Year Competition of the Year, organized by Woodland Trust.
While many trees in the competition are located in the distant British countryside, Argyle Street Ash is in one of the busiest roads of the city.
The author James Cowan described the tree in the 1951 book as “the most elegant ash I’ve ever seen from Glasgow’s Treasury Fund. This is a point of pride for those living nearby, and the quote is displayed at the bar opposite the tree.
Cowan’s book also describes a urban legend where a sapling has accidentally grew when a local family and one contains a primrose roots containing ash seeds.
It is the only tree on the street and a shaded shadow in 75ft tall, sandstone rental houses.
Many ash trees across the country were cut off due to ash dieback mushroom disease that killed them. Argyle Street ash, which has been erected during the Victorian period, has survived Clydeside Blitz, the last redevelopment and disease.
The tree defeated Oak, the King of the King King of the King, and the Lon The Lonely Tree ,, sitting on the edge of Llyn Padarn in North Wales.
There was also a magnificent cedar with low sweeping branches in Lady Jane Gray Oak and Beatles, who once photographed at Chiswick House in London.
“Trees are really important for humans, and this is clear from the response we see to Argyle Street ash. Trees, cultural heritage and a sense of space and a place of space, and we encourage us to get more information about how they benefit us.”
Arborist David Treanor, who has managed the ash in recent years, was thought to be one of the first in Glasgow.
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Argyle Street Ash nominated the local MSP Paul Sweeney and Belle and Belle and Sebastian Stuart Murdoch.
A second victory for Scotland after the victory of Skipinnik Oak last year.
The winner of the Woodland Trust’s Tree Competition of the Year will continue to represent England at the beginning of 2026 in the European Tree of the Year competition.
