Bristol City Council - Not Getting It - Episode 16

We've been banging on about Ginkgos for a while, and still have a couple of posts left to complete the story, here at www.ginkgostreettrees.org, in the fine city of Ginkgo.

Today, however we chronicle where we think it all started.

It could have been an X-Files, Scully and Mulder type invasion from another galaxy. Yes, we suspect Redland was impregnated with Ginkgos years ago, sowing the seeds for their current dominance as Bristol City Council's STREET TREE OF CHOICE.

We know these trees have been with us for years, but previously they were confined to parks, gardens, arboreta and institutional settings. It seems, however, that they escaped sometime in the 1970s into the urban realm.

Specifically into tree pits. In streets.

Like these in Carnarvon Road. Redland.

The first of many, these aliens have quietly positioned themselves in a Victorian suburb, seducing the inhabitants with their charm, to the extent that this road is now becoming the Ginkgo centre of western Europe. They are the Stepford Wives of Bristol's Street Trees, and new additions continue to appear...

But we have questions...

Do the denizens of Carnarvon Road dream about Ginkgos?

Is this invasion benign, or is there something sinister afoot?

Do Bristol City Council have a contingency plan to fight off these potential triffids?

Stay tuned...