Hepburn Shire Council’s Parks and Open Spaces team last week took cuttings from Daylesford’s Tree of Knowledge in Bourke Square.
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The decision came as a result of a petition handed to council in May, asking for the tree to be maintained rather than removed.
The English Elm, or Ulmus Procera was hit by a storm in 2015 and sustained significant damage resulting in structural weakness.
The cuttings to be used for propagation include cuttings from one year old growth, two year old growth and root suckers.
Head gardener John Roach said the cuttings would be ready for planting in two years.
The team will maintain and cut back growth on the main tree trunk until the propagated tree is ready to plant. He said if more than one propagation was to grow successfully, they could be planted in other significant places across the shire.
It is said that in the 1920’s the wise men of the town would sit under the tree and discuss the “local goings on”, thus the tree has been named the “Tree of Knowledge”.
