This grove is dedicated to the artist George Wyllie (1921 – 2012) and was established in 2021 to mark his centenary year. The George Wyllie Estate invites people to donate a tree in his memory.  / Wyllie's 'out and about' approach to art took him across Scotland and beyond. A central theme of much of his work is the concept of equilibrium. Wyllie's call for a more harmonious relationship between people and the planet is demonstrated through his temporary 'Spire' sculptures. Positioned throughout the UK, Europe and the US to 'celebrate the places on which they stood', the Spire is a basic structure 'with the rod going upwards, counterbalanced by a stone and set on a tripod of steel or wood to enable it to move about, like the ship's sails. In simple rhythm with nature and without complications, the Spire freely compromises itself to praise the planet'.  / Air-Stone-Equilibrium-Understanding   /   George Wyllie (1921 – 2012) burst onto the contemporary art scene during the 1980s. He was born in Glasgow in 1921. He trained as an engineer with the Post Office before serving in the Royal Navy from 1942 to 1946. He was a Customs and Excise Officer for thirty years before becoming a full-time artist in his late fifties. His best-known public artworks are the Straw Locomotive (1987) and the Paper Boat (1989). He continued making art at his home overlooking the Firth of Clyde in Gourock until he was in his eighties. He died, aged 90, in 2012.  / To find out more about the artist, see www.georgewyllie.com