Richmond Park has some of the oldest trees in the UK Globo reporter

Richard Gray, co-ordinator of the NGO Friends of Richmond, showed up According to botanists, the tree in the park is at least 600 years old, but it could be even older.

“A 600-year-old tree like this probably has a thousand or two thousand species, mostly insects and invertebrates. It’s interesting,” says Richard Gray.

During the reign of King Charles I, in 1625, the oak tree shown in the Globo Reporter video is about 200 years old. After that came 20 more kings and queens and this beautiful tree followed in Richmond. Linda is surrounded by affection from the park keepers.

In autumn, chestnuts litter the park floor and are a feast of many species. People are prohibited from collecting and taking home the chestnuts, which are important to the park’s ecosystem. Anyone caught red-handed is fined.

Richard Gray explains that chestnuts can be bought in stores, but in the park they are food for deer, squirrels, birds and all kinds of wildlife.

The Globe Reporter also spoke with Beth Kress, a Brazilian who photographs Richmond’s beauty on a daily basis. Living away from her family in Brazil, Beth couldn’t say goodbye when her sister Corette died. It was in Richmond Park that she found solace. At the suggestion of a close friend, Beth chose a tree and started calling it Korate. The tree appears in every photo she takes. “It’s iconic! It hugs me and makes me feel so good,” says Beth.