There are exciting days ahead with the commencement of the enabling works on site at Queens Gardens in Hull this month!

The new plans for Queens Gardens include tree planting at a scale rarely seen within our cities. More than one hundred large specimen trees will be planted within the gardens as part of the project, combined with more than 400 additional trees planted within the surrounding city centre to further enhance a range of amenity spaces as a direct result of the project.

Most notably the scheme will include 34no. Metasequoia glyptostroboides (Dawn Redwood), which will be planted through the centre of the gardens to reinstate Sir Frederick Gibberb’s formal tree avenue. This will preserve the vista between the restored Rose Bowl Fountain and the Wilberforce Monument for generations to come.

Metasequoia or Dawn Redwood trees are an impressive statuesque, deciduous coniferous species, particularly well suited to urban environments such as Queens Gardens as they are tolerant of air pollution and prefer wet soils.

The trees will be planted at a significant size as shown in these example images, and will help to reimagine this landmark public space into a truly memorable city centre public park once again.

Keep a look out for further developments as the enabling works progress – there are lots more exciting developments coming soon.