Whipsnade Tree Cathedral Whipsnade Tree Cathedral Whipsnade Tree Cathedral is a garden in the village of Whipsnade in Bedfordshire, England. It is planted in the approximate form of a cathedral, with grass avenues for nave, chancel, transepts, chapels and cloisters and "walls" of different species of trees. The Tree Cathedral was planned by Edmond Blyth in the 1930s as an act of "Faith, hope and reconciliation" in response to his memories of World War I. As a cadet at Sandhurst in 1916 Blyth had made close friends called Arthur Bailey, John Bennett and Francis Holland who were all killed prior to the end
Rosamond Gifford Zoo and injure about forty animals. The city's financial position and the break-in fueled public debate over the future of the zoo. Despite the creation of the "Friends of the Burnet Park Zoo" in 1970 and a grant received by the city to enlarge the zoo to , add a boardwalk, a western plains habitat, and construct a new perimeter fence, the city of Syracuse transferred control of the zoo to "Onondaga County Parks" in 1979. A study by County Parks staff produced a forty-page renovation plan for the zoo which involved shutting down the old zoo and constructing another. The