{"id":35465,"date":"2026-05-27T22:36:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T21:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=35465"},"modified":"2026-05-27T22:36:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T21:36:54","slug":"tree-trunk-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=35465","title":{"rendered":"Tree Trunk Chair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026052702.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nA tree trunk in the Abbey Gardens has been cut to form a chair. A horizontal cut forms the seat which, when I sat on it, left my feet dangling above the ground. The backrest has larger oval rings where the cut angled through the trunk. An old scar marks where a low down branch once grew.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026052701.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nHere is the same tree &#8211; a low-spreading conifer &#8211; about five years ago. The nearby bench has since moved, and a litter bin stands in its place.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026052703.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nOn the subject of trees shaped by unusual cuts, this tree near Tower Close Play Area has been left where it swallowed the upper part of the fence.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Michael for pointing out the tree chair. I remember another one &#8211; near the lower entrance of the Abbey Gardens &#8211; cut from a larger tree &#8211; possibly a redwood. That must be thirty years ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tree trunk in the Abbey Gardens has been cut to form a chair. A horizontal cut forms the seat which, when I sat on it, left my feet dangling above the ground. The backrest has larger oval rings where the cut angled through the trunk. An old scar marks where a low down branch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,163],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abbey-grounds","category-trees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35465\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}