Derbyshire
Chatsworth Park
Chatsworth House and Park is one of Britain's most stunning Historic Houses and landscapes. It contains a large number of ancient oaks, of both native species, including some clearly of a great age. We are delighted to partner with Chatsworth, and in 2022 we returned some saplings to start planting up new oak groves in the ancient Deer Park.
Sublime Oak
Species: Quercus petraea (Sessile Oak)
Estimated Age in 2025: 959 years
Form: Natural Pollard - this marvellous tree has an exquisite location high above a meandering brook in a quiet part of the Deer Park.
Girth at 1.5m: 9.42m (measured in 2018)
Estimated Year of Birth: 1066
Reigning Monarch at the time: William the Conqueror
Story: this is what some people call (a bit meanly) a traffic cone shape, which one can see in the photos. It is really a very old tree with a low centre of gravity, and the oaklings grow well.
Sizes available (get in touch for prices):
30-80cm, 2L (3 available)
75-175cm, 7L (6 available)
125-200cm, 12L (1 available)
150-250cm, 15L (10 available)
200-275cm, 20L (3 available)
200-275cm, 25L (1 available)
Oakling ages: 3 (2022) and 7 year-olds (2018).
ID codes: BP 1619, 1782.
The Certainty Oak
Species: Quercus petraea (Sessile Oak)
Estimated Age in 2025: 606 years
Form: a lovely squat natural Pollard - somehow one feels redeemed in its presence.
Girth at 1.5m: 7.22m (measured in 2018)
Estimated Year of Birth: 1419
Reigning Monarch at the time: Henry V
Story: some oaks just radiate the most magnificent energy, and this particular tree is one of those, with a welcoming healing field.
Sizes available (get in touch for prices):
125-175cm, 7 Litre pot (1 available)
150-250cm, 15L (5 available)
200-275cm, 20L (3 available)
Oakling ages: 7-year-olds (2018).
ID codes: BP 1615.
'One or Two' Oak
Species: Quercus petraea (Sessile Oak)
Estimated Age: either around 500+ years old or 1,000+ years old, depending on whether it's one or two trees.
Form: Maiden(s)
Girth at 1.5m: individual stems are both around 6.9m (measured in 2019), but the overall girth if it's one tree was measured in 2022 as 11.78m at 1.5m above ground (standard measuring practice) and 12.97m at 1.3m above ground. If it proves to be one tree, then this would make it one of the largest and oldest oaks in Britain.
Estimated Year of Birth: 1525 or 1025!
Reigning Monarch at the time: Henry VIII or King Cnut the Great.
Story: this Being is a bit of a mystery as it really could be a single tree where the leading shoot was grazed out and perhaps there was some pollarding going on, or it is two individual trees which have fused at the base. Perhaps a genetic study is required to find the answer. It does have the overall look and feel of a single tree.
Sizes available (get in touch for prices):
30-100cm, 2L (good availability)
125-175cm, 7L (only 1 available)
150-250cm, 15L (only 1 available)
175-300cm, 20L (6 available)
Oakling ages: 3 and 6 year-olds (2019 & 2022).
ID codes: BP 1642, 1775, 1776.
Old Bear
Species: Quercus petraea (Sessile Oak)
Estimated Age: 451 years.
Form: Maiden.
Girth at 1.5m: 6.29m (measured in 2019).
Estimated Year of Birth: 1574
Reigning Monarch at the time: Elizabeth I
Story: this tree carries the energy of bear medicine.
Sizes available (get in touch for prices):
125-175cm, 7L (2 available)
Oakling ages: 6 year-olds (2019)
ID codes: BP 1638.
The Reiterator
Species: Quercus robur (Pedunculate Oak)
Estimated Age: 298 years, one of our younger veteran mother oaks.
Form: Maiden, with a wonderful example of the secondary crown having already formed lower down - reiteration.
Girth at 1.5m: 4.96m (measured in 2019).
Estimated Year of Birth: 1727
Reigning Monarch at the time: George I & George II
Story: George II acceded to the throne on June 11, 1727, immediately upon the death of his father, George I, and was crowned later that year on October 11, 1727, at Westminster Abbey. Our acorn may well have been borne on the tree before and after the Ascension, and dropped from the tree around the time of the Coronation.
Sizes available (get in touch for prices):
125-175cm, 7 Litre pots (2 available)
175-225cm, 15L (5 available).
175-250cm, 20L (4 available).
Oakling ages: 6 year-olds (2019)
ID codes: BP 1640.
The Grand Parkland Oak
Species: Quercus robur (Pedunculate Oak)
Estimated Age (in 2025): 826 years
Form: Maiden
Girth at 1.3m: 8.78m, measured a little lower than usual to go under the big burr.
Estimated Year of Birth: 1199
Reigning Monarch at the time: King John, signer of Magna Carta, which was written in ink made from the galls of oak trees!
Story: a really stately tree with a lovely form and full crown. A real please for the aesthetically minded!
Sizes available (get in touch for prices):
30-100cm, 2L (good availability)
125-175cm, 7L (11 available)
150-250cm, 15L (5 available)
175-300cm, 20L (3 available)
Oakling ages: 3 and 6 year-olds (2019 & 2022).
ID codes: BP 1648, 1786.
The Scream Oak
Species: Quercus robur (Pedunculate Oak)
Estimated Age (in 2025): 440 years
Form: Natural Pollard
Girth at 1.5m: 6.2m (measured in 2018).
Estimated Year of Birth: 1585
Reigning Monarch at the time: Elizabeth I
Story: what a wonderfully curious tree this is! Like all old oaks, hollow in the middle.
Sizes available (get in touch for prices):
125-175cm, 7L (3 available)
150-250cm, 15L (8 available)
175-300cm, 20L (4 available)
Oakling ages: 7 year-olds (2018).
ID codes: BP 1618.
Two Halves Oak
Species: Quercus petraea (Sessile Oak)
Estimated Age (in 2025): 811 years
Form: Natural Pollard
Girth at 1.5m: 8.61m (measured in 2022).
Estimated Year of Birth: 1214
Reigning Monarch at the time: King John
Story: this extraordinary being was perhaps born in around the time of King John, just before Magna Carta was signed. Half of the tree has clearly been dead for a while but the other half continues on, rather beautifully entwined with its long-lost twin!
Sizes available (get in touch for prices):
40-100cm, 2L (a good number available)
Oakling ages: 3-year-olds (2022).
ID codes: BP 1787.
The Ascendant
Species: Quercus petraea (Sessile Oak)
Estimated Age (in 2025): 502 years
Form: Natural Pollard
Girth at 1.5m: 6.65m (measured in 2018).
Estimated Year of Birth: 1523
Reigning Monarch at the time: King Henry VIII.
Story: we originally decided to name this tree 'Squat Oak' but felt that was a bit unimaginative, albeit accurate! Hence the new name of The Ascendant to help reflect the intention of Mighty Fine Oaks to honour beauty and the higher realms.
Sizes available (get in touch for prices):
40-75cm, 2 Litre pots (3 available)
75-100cm, 4L (3 available)
150-225cm, 15L (2 available)
175-275cm, 20L (2 available)
Oakling ages: 3-year-olds & 7-year-olds (2018 & 2022).
ID codes: BP 1620, 1784.
Hard Rock Oak
Species: Quercus petraea (Sessile Oak)
Estimated Age (in 2025): 527 years
Form: Natural Pollard
Girth at 1.5m: 6.86m (measured in 2022).
Estimated Year of Birth: 1501
Reigning Monarch at the time: King Henry VII - Henry Tudor.
Story: this tough being has grown for over 500 years wedged between two immobile boulders - literally between a rock and a hard place - and shows no signs of slowing down! A veritable toughie!
Sizes available (get in touch for prices):
125-175cm, 7L (4 available)
150-225cm, 15L (7 available)
175-275cm, 20L (5 available)
Oakling ages: 7-year-olds (2018).
ID codes: BP 1616.
Bat Oak
Species: Quercus robur (English or Pedunculate Oak)
Estimated Age (in 2025): 640 years
Form: Natural Pollard
Girth at 1.5m: 7.64m (measured in 2022).
Estimated Year of Birth: 1385
Reigning Monarch at the time: King Richard II.
Story: on our first visit to this tree, towards dusk of an autumn evening, a bat flew out from its roost in this very characterful old tree. One of our favourite oaks - it has a special resonance!
Sizes available (get in touch for prices):
50-100cm, 2L (27 available)
125-175cm, 7L (12 available)
150-225cm, 15L (2 available)
Oakling ages: 3-year-olds (2022 acorns)
& 6-year-olds (2019).
ID codes: BP 1645, BP1785
The Watchful Owl
Species: Quercus robur (English or Pedunculate Oak)
Estimated Age (in 2025): 515 years
Form: Natural Pollard
Girth at 1.5m: 6.77m (measured in 2019).
Estimated Year of Birth: 1510
Reigning Monarch at the time: King Henry VIII
Story: this gorgeous pollard oak stands almost alone, near the main car park to the House, with a large hole in the trunk where owls live, carefully silently watching and guarding the landscape (and catching voles).
Sizes available (get in touch for prices):
100-150cm, 4 Litre pot (1 available)
125-175cm, 7L (10 available)
150-225cm, 15L (5 available)
175-275cm, 20L (6 available)
Oakling ages: 6-year-olds (2019) & 7-year-olds (2018).
ID codes: 1622, 1646 & 1653.
High-Five
Species: Quercus petraea (Sessile Oak)
Estimated Age (in 2025): 488 years
Form: natural Pollard
Girth at 1.5m: 6.59m (measured in 2022).
Estimated Year of Birth: 1537
Reigning Monarch at the time: King Henry VIII
Story: we measured this tree five times at 1.5m, and it averaged at 6.59m, each measurement being in a range of only 4cm. At a height of 1.3m above ground, the girth was measured at 6.93m, 6.9m, 6.92m, 6.82m and 6.85m, a range of only 11cm, meaning measurements on any given day appear to generally be about 98% to 99% consistent. We named it high-five on account of this little experiment but also as it's lower branches look like they want to be 'High-Fived'!
Sizes available (get in touch for prices):
40-80cm, 2 Litre pot (7 available).
Oakling ages: 3-year-olds (2025).
ID codes: 1773.
Stream-boulder Guardian
Species: Quercus petraea (Sessile Oak)
Estimated Age in 2025: 227 years
Form: maiden?
Girth at 1.5m: 4.2m (measured in 2018)
Estimated Year of Birth: 1798
Reigning Monarch at the time: Henry V
Story: a curiously resilient tree which almost hangs over a fast-running stream, rather worn by time, but a survivor nonetheless. It watches over the stream and in 2022 could be seen clearly with fly agaric nearby in a rather etheral magical setting.
Sizes available (get in touch for prices):
125-175cm, 7 Litre pot (1 available)
150-250cm, 15L (7 available)
Oakling ages: 7 year-olds (2018).
ID codes: BP 1617.