On May 13th, the Tree and Open Space Commission, in collaboration with the Tree Society, planted a memorial tree in Morton Park to thank David Brown for his many years of dedicated service to the City of Newport (and his continuing service in the future).
An Aesculus x carnea ‘Briotii’ (Briotti red horse chestnut) was planted in the southeast corner along Coggeshall Ave. Mr. Brown noted that the tree “was named in 1858 for a nurseryman at Trianon-Versailles palace or villa grounds near Paris, and may have stemmed from a hybrid known in Germany before 1820. You can be sure that my walks will include detours to that part of Morton Park pretty often to see how it’s looking!”
