In anticipation of its historic loan of the Bayeux Tapestry , the British Museum is creating a woodland installation evoking the landscape of 11th-century England inside its forecourt. From May 16 until June 2, visitors to the London institution will encounter a canopy of 37 silver birch trees along with planters filled with woodland grasses and perennial species that will be placed at the top of the museum’s front steps. “Tapestry of Trees,” which the museum says will create an “inviting entrance experience,” launches the public programming connected to the Bayeux Tapestry, which will go on view in September as part of a blockbuster exhibition on the Norman Conquest of England. There are 37 trees or groups of trees spread throughout the Bayeux Tapestry, with many used as a form of visual punctuation to indicate a transition between events. Elsewhere, trees serve to establish a setting, such as Harold traveling through the countryside or Norman scouts looking out from a wooded hillside.…