A nationwide inquiry on the most interesting, rare, beautiful or otherwise appealing tree

Tree of the Year 2011 - Lime Tree, Lipany (Sabinov district), 1 699 votes

Goal

The aim of the nationwide inquiry of the most interesting, rare, beautiful or otherwise appealing tree is to highlight the importance of trees in our lives and arouse people's interest in their environment and its protection.
Course of the inquiry in 2010:

• Nominations (April - May)
• Selection of 12 trees - finalists (May - June)
• Public voting (July - September)
• Celebratory publishing of a winner (October)

Nominations

Everybody could nominate a favourite tree by sending a filled form and photos by post or e-mail to one of the contact addresses.

Selection of finalists

From all the nominated trees, an expert jury will select 12 finalists.

Public voting

The winning tree is the tree that obtains the highest number of votes. Their photos will be published at www.ekopolis.sk/stromroka since July, 2011
From July to October, 2011, people could vote by sending a tree number by:

• SMS
• Postcard
• Directly at the web page

Celebratory publishing of a winner

Results of inquiry will be published on October, 2011. The winning tree will obtain an expert arborist review and financial contribution by 333 euros. The nominated tress on 1st, 2nd and 3rd places will obtain the financial contribution by 333 euros and the people, who nominated this trees win the books from DAJAMA editorship. 3 votings persons will obtain the books from ARTFORUM bookshop. 

Oak Tree - Tree of the Year 2010

850 years, locality: Dubinné, Bardejov district

2nd place:  Yew Tree, Pruské (Ilava district)

3th place:  Oak Tree, Želiezovce (Levice district)

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

12 finalistov ankety 2011

1          Cherry Tree                        Bratislava                    100 years	2        Chestnut        Častá, Pezinok distr.             500 years	3        Poplar Tree  Majcichov, Trnava distr.                  200 years
4          Plane Tree                             Hlohovec                220 years	5       Whitebeam      Bošáca, Nové Mesto distr.                350 years	6         Common oak         Podlužany, Bánovce n./B. distr.               400 years
7             Lime Tree                        Kameničany, Ilava distr.                                       500 years	8       Lime Tree                     Žilina              350 years	9       Catalpa Tree            Hnúšťa, Rim. Sobota distr.                    180 years
10         Pine Tree                     Stará Ľubovňa                   350 years	11       White Poplar      Brezovica, Sabinov distr.             200 years	12        Lime Tree     Lipany, Sabinov distr.           320 years