Tree #68 Project.
Earth Rising, Irish Museum of Modern Art. September 2024.

Reference Sources:

Calculating the age of a tree:
Formula from Newport City Council, UK.

Horse Chestnut Tree:
https://www.ucc.ie/en/tree-explorers/trees/a-z/aesculushippocastanum/
https://www.ulsterwildlife.org/wildlife-explorer/trees-and-shrubs/horse-chestnut
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/british-trees/a-z-of-british-trees/horse-chestnut/

Making Horse Chestnut Soap:
https://totallywilduk.co.uk/2022/02/08/horse-chestnut-soap-recipe/

Making Horse Chestnut Ink:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioX2GMpgRuc

Horse Chestnut Leaf Miner:
https://www.ages.at/en/plant/plant-health/pests-from-a-to-z/horse-chestnut-leaf-miner
https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/fthr/pest-and-disease-resources/horse-chestnut-leaf-miner-cameraria-ohridella/
https://www.mothsireland.com/

Leaf Miner Reporting — Citizen Science Projects:

Ireland
https://biodiversityireland.ie/surveys/leaf-miners/

UK
https://www.observatree.org.uk/
https://treealert.forestresearch.gov.uk/
https://nbn.org.uk/biological-recording-scheme/conker-tree-science/

Bleeding Canker of the Horse Chestnut:
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/tree-pests-and-diseases/key-tree-pests-and-diseases/horse-chestnut-canker/
https://www.rhs.org.uk/disease/phytophthora-bleeding-canker
https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/fthr/pest-and-disease-resources/bleeding-canker-of-horse-chestnut-pseudomonas-syringae-pv-aesculi/

Squirrels:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352154622000456
https://species.biodiversityireland.ie/profile.php?taxonId=119515
https://www.wildlifeonline.me.uk/animals/article/squirrel-stone-caching-dust-bathing

Tree Compaction:
https://www.kew.org/read-and-watch/tree-gang-kew-old-trees
Kew Gardens Tree Compaction Programme