Silk Cotton Tree at Archer’s Home reduced to an ugly stump

By Peggy Chin On In Daily Features |
What’s left of the Silk Cotton tree in front of the Archer’s Home (Photo by Keno George)
What’s left of the Silk Cotton tree in front of the Archer’s Home (Photo by Keno George)

20130908peggyA few Sunday ago, workers from the M&CC trimmed the historical Silk Cotton Tree at the Archer’s Senior Citizens’ Home on D’Urban Street. This Silk Cotton Tree is approximately 150 years old and provided shade to the residents of the Home.

What should have been a simple tree trimming exercise turned out to be a catastrophe. Three

rows from the top of the tree should have taken down and balancing the tree all