Tree avenue

Tree avenues or tree alleys (French allée) are planted trees lining straight roadways and entrance drives in order to enhance the approach to mansions or manor houses. Sometimes the avenues are in double rows on each side of a road. Trees preferred for alleys were selected for their height and speed of growth, such as poplar, beech, lime, and horse chestnut.[1] In the American antebellum era South, the southern live oak was typically used, because the trees created a beautiful shade canopy.

Tree alley in Normandy, France

Sometimes tree avenues were designed to direct the eye toward some distinctive architectural building or feature, such as a chapels, gazebos, or architectural follies.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ Muir, Richard (2004). Landscape Encyclopedia. London: Windgather Press. p. 7. ISBN 0-9545575-1-4.
  2. ↑ Muir 2004,p.7
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