Contest Winners

Big Old Tree Contest Previous Winners 2007 Winners Atlas Cedar Atlas Cedar 1326 Page Road owner Carol and Bobby Frist nominator Dick Page 111” circumference, 60’ height, 50’ crown spread  Catalpa Catalpa Vanderbilt University owner Vanderbilt University nominator Oscar Krosnes 130” circumference, 95’ height, 57’ […]

Big Old Tree Contest Previous Winners 2008 Winners White Ash 
 White Ash 
 Glen Leven, 4000 Franklin Pike
owner Land Trust for Tennessee
nominator Dick Page
126” circumference, 75’ height, 16’ crown spread
 Basswood Basswood 
 Glen Leven, 4000 […]

Big Old Tree Contest Previous Winners 2009 Winners Blue Atlas Cedar Blue Atlas Cedar Cedrus atlanticaSpring Hill Cemetery, 5110 Gallatin Pikeowner Spring Hill Cemeterynominator Mark S. Hackney99” circumference, 51’ height, 15’ crown spread Buckeye Buckeye Aesculus glabraRegency […]

Big Old Tree Contest Previous Winners 2010 Winners American Basswood American Basswood
 Tilia americana
4001 West End Avenue
owner Montgomery Bell Academy
nominator Gordon Chenery
150” circumference, 76’ height, 42’ crown spread
 American Basswood
 American Basswood
 Tilia americana
1160 Otter Creek Road
owner Radnor […]

Big Old Tree Contest Previous Winners 2011 Winners Black Walnut Black Walnut Juglans nigraNashville City Cemetery, 1001 4th Avenue South
owner Metro Parks
nominator Lyn Cate James
91” circumference, 144’ height, 62’ crown spread
 Bradford Pear Bradford Pear Pyrus calleryanaRegency […]

Big Old Tree Contest Previous Winners 2012 Winners American Elm American Elm (Ulmus americana)
1004 Tower Place
owner Anne-Marie Farmer
nominator Anne-Marie Farmer
130” circumference, 75’ height, 85’ crown spread
 American Elm American Elm (Ulmus americana)
Regency Park Condominiums
owner Regency Park Condominiums
nominator Ray Woods […]

Big Old Tree Contest Previous Winners 2014 Winners Red Oak Red Oak Quercus rubra3810 Nebraska Avenueowner Andrea Ruckernominator Becky Wilkins180” circumference, 80’ height, 50’ crown spread Catalpa Catalpa Catalpa bignonioides101 Peachtree Streetowner Tosha Barbernominator Tosha Barber130” circumference, 75’ height, […]

Big Old Tree Contest Previous Winners 2013 Winners Yellow Poplar Yellow Poplar Liriodendron tulipifera515 Oakley Drive
owner Alfred L. Futrell Jr.
nominator Alfred L. Futrell Jr.
135” circumference, 88’ height, 74’ crown spread
 White Pine White Pine Pinus strobusAcross from […]

Weather, infestations and development are destroying Nashville’s trees just as we need nature to relax us more than ever. Despite more than 30 years of studying, planting and caring for trees, I still […]