Late last year, the final tree in a commemorative avenue was planted at the Queens Walk Oval in New Town to commemorate the Queen’s Jubilee.
15 Chinese Elm trees have been replanted in this area and will restore a lost avenue of trees planted more than a century earlier for the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, Queen Elizabeth’s great-great grandmother.
The elm trees were chosen because of their suitability to Hobart’s predicted climate future. Like the plane trees they replace the elms are deciduous and show off a beautiful yellow leaf in autumn. This project was jointly funded through the City of Hobart and the Australian Government’s Planting Trees for The Queen’s Jubilee Program.
