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Kingston Lacey House celebrated in new exhibition !The famous East Dorset landmark that is Kingston Lacey House is being celebrated in a new exhibition of paintings, photographs, embroidery and stories, all inspired by Beech Avenue, the tree-lined section of the B3082 Blandford to Wimborne Road.
The exhibits have been gathered for more than a year by the National Trust.
Among the local artists to submit original work is Verna green, pictured, including two paintings and a photograph of the avenue's 731 beech trees.
The trees were planted in 1835 by William John Bankes as a tribute to his mother, Frances. Of the 731 planted - representing each day of a normal year and one extra for a leap year - only 520 remain, due to a fatal combination of old age, pollution, climate change, and untreatable desease, all of which has weakened the trees. They are gradually being replaced by more resilient Hornbeam specimens.
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