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Big Old Tree Contest
Previous Winners
2011 Winners
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American Beech Fagus grandifolia
Bell’s Bend Park, 4187 Old Hickory Boulevard
owner Metro Parks
nominator Mark Hackney
124” circumference, 83’ height, 16’ crown spread
Blue Ash Fraxinus quadrangulata
Riverwood Mansion, 1833 Welcome Lane
owner Jackie and Joe Glynn
nominator Mark Hackney
161” circumference, 59’ height, 14’ crown spread
Butternut/White Walnut Juglans cinerea
Beaman Park, 4111 Little Marrowbone Road
owner Metro Parks
nominator Mark Hackney
38” circumference, 73’ height, 7’ crown spread
Chinese Scholartree Styphnolobium affine
Woodlawn Memorial Park, 660 Thompson Lane
owner Woodlawn Memorial Park
nominator Mark Hackney
100” circumference, 51’ height, 13’ crown spread
Chinkapin Oak Quercus muehlenbergii
23 Inveraray
owner Andie Rice
nominator Andie Rice
101” circumference, 81’ height, 42’ crown spread
Eastern Cottonwood Populus deltoides
Bell’s Bend Park, 4187 Old Hickory Boulevard
owner Metro Parks
nominator Mark Hackney
214” circumference, 93’ height, 24’ crown spread
Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida
Woodlawn Memorial Park, 660 Thompson Lane
owner Woodlawn Memorial Park,
nominator Mark Hackney
74” circumference, 27’ height, 9’ crown spread
Green Ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica
301 Walnut Drive
owner
Tina and Thad Caldwell
nominator Tina and Thad Caldwell
136” circumference, 100’ height, 75’ crown spread
Honey Locust Gleditsia triacanthos
Montgomery Bell Academy, 4001 Harding Road
owner Montgomery Bell Academy
nominator Gordon Chenery
67” circumference, 92’ height, 60’ crown spread
Chinkapin Oak Quercus muehlenbergii
4931 Franklin Pike
owner Pam Clayton
nominator Pam Clayton
172” circumference, 160’ height, 50’ crown spread
Persimmon Diospyros virginiana
Vine Hill Towers, 625 Benton Avenue
owner Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency
nominator Carl Pitchford
58” circumference, 50’ height, 40’ crown spread
Red Mulberry Morus rubra
402 Elysian Fields
owner AT&T
nominator Bruce Kauffman
25.7” circumference, 38’ height, 45’ crown spread
Saucer Magnolia Magnolia × soulangeana
Edgefield Manor , 515 Shelby Street
owner Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency
nominator Carl Pitchford
48” circumference, 25’ height, 25’ crown spread
Shellbark Hickory Carya laciniosa
Bell’s Bend Park, 4187 Old Hickory Boulevard
owner Metro Parks
nominator Mark Hackney
70” circumference, 79’ height, 14’ crown spread
White Fir Abies concolor
Shelby Park, 1900 Davidson Street
owner Metro Parks
nominator Mark Hackney
71” circumference, 60’ height, 10’ crown spread
White Poplar Populus alba
Bell’s Bend Park, 4187 Old Hickory Boulevard
owner Metro Parks
nominator Mark Hackney
139” circumference, 70’ height, 15’ crown spread
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