Tree tunnel
A tree tunnel is a road, lane or track where the trees on each side form a more or less continuous canopy overhead, giving the effect of a tunnel.
The effect may be achieved in a formal avenue lined with trees or in a more rural setting with randomly placed trees on each side of the route.
The British artist David Hockney has painted tree tunnels as a theme, as especially illustrated at a 2012 solo exhibition of his work at the Royal Academy in London, England. The English landscape artist Nick Schlee has used a tree tunnel as subject matter.
Gallery
New Orleans street,
November 2000.Börnste hamlet, Kirchspiel, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Tree tunnel in Srirampuram village, Rajamahendravaram, Andhra Pradesh, India
See also
- Tunnel of Love (railway), Ukraine
- Tunnel of Trees, Michigan, USA
- Dark Hedges, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
- Sunken lane
- Vault (architecture)