Just after we posted yesterday’s story about damage from the rain, another Buzz reader sent us a photo of a large tree that had fallen in Harold Henry Park in Windsor Village. It seems the rain-drenched soil was too much for another mature tree with some root rot. Arborist Nick Mook told us this tree, likely an Australian cheese wood – pittisporum undulatum (thanks to our reader for the identification) – like many older trees in the area, showed signed of wounding, over-irrigation and root damage.
This morning the play area at the park was closed off while crews from the LA Department of Recreation and Parks were cutting up the tree. The job was expected to take about two hours. The tree will be trucked to the department’s yard in Griffith Park, where it will be mulched and made available to residents as part of the city’s free mulch program. Hopefully plans will be underway to replace the tree at some point.
About Patricia Lombard
Patricia Lombard is the co-editor and publisher of the Larchmont Buzz. Patty lives with her family in Fremont Place. She has been active in neighborhood issues since moving here in 1989. Her pictorial history, "Larchmont" for Arcadia Press is available at Chevalier's Books.
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