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Edmonds Walk, TORQUAY, TQ1 4FG

This ginkgo tree used to grow outside the School of Art building on the old College site. Ginkgos are unique trees. One survived near the epicentre of the nuclear explosion in Hiroshima and still exists today. The College site was built partly in the grounds of an old Arboretum. It is not known if this tree was part of the Arboretum, or if it still survives now that the College buildings have been demolished. In the Autumn each year, the tree gave a display of beautiful yellow leaves before they were shed. The leaves are also used as a herbal remedy and are reputed to stimulate the function of the human brain.

Seen from the footpath following the line of Oakhill Road across the site. The roofs beyond are of houses on the south side of Oakhill Road. On the left is the building shown in Image

A cat sniffs appreciatively at a rather dramatic barrier across the road at Torre Marine,

The tree pronounced "dying" around 20 years ago mysteriously continues to flourish, in spite of having a new housing estate built around it. Indeed, the latest tranche of dwellings is called "Magnolia Square" in its honour - though one mustn't forget the fine Persian ironwood tree next to it. Both have survived from Eden Philpotts' arboretum and have outlasted the college that once surrounded them and threatened their existence. See also Image

Another view of some of the blooms on Image

The tree shown a couple of weeks earlier in Image has reached its peak of display. Unfortunately, the buildings close to it on the west side are so high that they block the winter sun from most of the blooms.

Another view of Image], from Oakhill Road, illustrating the proximity of buildings.

A stretch of road that has seen many changes in the last half century or so. These are new dwellings that form part of Torre Marine, on the site of South Devon College, much of which itself replaced earlier buildings.

A telescopic handler prepares to do something pointy to the end of a new terrace being built at the large housing development site.

This tree (Parrotia persica) is the rarer neighbour of the Magnolia campbellii shown in Image, and, like it, formed part of Eden Philpotts' arboretum on the site that later becane South Devon College.