The fallen tree was removed today by Landscape Services. It did not take long to remove it and it went away in three trailers to be shredded up for use in other landscape projects. However, we did not get rid of ALL of it! A section of the trunk was kept and the men removing it helped us turn it into a bench for the playground! Other parts of the trunk were used to make some stools for the Secret Garden. At least part of the tree will remain on the school grounds and will be used by the children.
Amazingly the tree did stand once more before finally being removed! Once all the greenery was cut off and a ot of the trunk had been cut off the tree suddenly sprung to life and righted itself so that about 15 feet of the trunk was back in its original position! We would love to have left it like that but it would have just been too dangerous!
Download some of the photos of the tree being cleared below!