Nave of Whipsnade Tree Cathedral in 2005
Lodi cattedrale vegetale in 2018
A tree cathedral is an arboretum laid out so the arrangement of the trees creates the typical architectural elements of the nave , chancel , and transepts usually constructed from masonry in a typical medieval cathedral .
Examples of tree cathedrals include:
Whipsnade Tree Cathedral in Bedfordshire, England. It was planted from 1932 by the lawyer Edmond Blyth as a First World War memorial, inspired by Liverpool Anglican Cathedral . It was donated to the National Trust in 1960, and became a Grade II registered garden in 2017.
The tree cathedral planted 1986 at Newlands , near Central Milton Keynes , to a design by the landscape architect Neil Higson, based on Norwich Cathedral .
De Groene Kathedraal , Almere , Netherlands, based on Reims Cathedral
The cattedrale vegetale at Malga Costa, in the Val di Sella [it ] in northern Italy, a project commenced in 2001 (see Arte Sella [it ] ), and a second one at Lodi, Lombardy , for Expo 2015 ; both by the Italian artist Giuliano Mauri [it ] .