James Bonaventure is a beautiful location on the Wilmington River (ICW) and is well worth the trip. And it is covered with old trees, but probably none of record size. It is gorgeous this month with all the azaleas in bloom. This was the site of the old Bonaventure Plantation and it didn't become a cemetary until after the War of Northern Aggression (Civil War). The old cemetary is downtown off of Oglethorpe. Another old city cemetary is Laurel Grove on the west side near Ogeechee Rd. It has quite a collection of old trees and also more historical figures buried there than Bonaventure.
One thing I've noticed over the years is that country church cemetarys are usually located on Sandhills. Years ago folks donated land for churches on land too poor to farm. While there are many old trees on them, they are often Sand Post Oak, Turkey Oaks and other trees that just don't grow that large under the poor conditions. On Mar 25, 7:06 pm, James Parton <[email protected]> wrote: > Barry, > > Cemeteries can be a good place to find trees. Especially old > cemetries. There is one in Savannah Ga I wanna check out. > > http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/north_carolina/calvary_ch... > > http://www.savannahga.gov/cityweb/cemeteriesweb.nsf/cemeteries/bonave... > > James Parton > > On Mar 24, 11:35 pm, Barry Caselli <[email protected]> wrote: > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
