Big Tree Seekers

Get ready to meet some giants. And there's no telling where they might turn up. Cyprus. Japan. The Galápagos Islands. Nepal. Korea. Australia. Namibia. Denmark. Vancouver Island in Canada. California is richly blessed with leafy green behemoths, but then, that's redwood sequoia country. There are photos documenting visits to Redwood National Park and an encounter with the famous McKinley tree in the Sequoia National Park. But there are also posts featuring Bay Figs, water oak, American elms, giant Sitka spruce, carob trees, eucalyptus and giant camphor. We see scarred survivors that exude masses of gnarly character. Silent witnesses to world history. Like Big Dan, a bald Cypress believed to be around 2500 years old. And tiny, insignificant humans, added mainly for scale. Occasionally, trees become history. themselves. One video memorial pays homage to a 300-year-old State Champion Honey Locust from Ohio that was downed in a recent storm. Another post shares the grief accompanying the death of Tsitakakantsa, the largest measured baobab tree from the island nation of Madagascar, imbued by myth with important spiritual energy. Seek big trees and you will find so much more. 

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I've heard of guerilla gardening - the practice of secretly caring for plants, bushes and trees on land not belonging to you, and often for the greater good of the community. Sometimes it's about reclaiming neglected, overgrown spaces. Often it invites debate on the nature of land ownership, or requires secretive, nocturnal activity. But the network of Phantom Planters connecting through this group are often about even higher rewards. They take gently and give with love. They are passionately involved in the preservation of arboreal heritage. One example of a next-level conservation effort involves using this autumn season to harvest acorns from several very specific and famous oak trees found in various locations across the UK. Trees that are hundreds of years old and have stood as witnesses and sentinels to history and the myth that came before. The stories shared tell of trees transplanted in this way and how their produce helps the community. What a beautifully wholesome digital space. 

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Image Credit: The Queen Elizabeth Oak in Cowdray Park, as photographed by Shazz for Geograph.org.uk

Tree of Life - Depictions of Trees in Art

To see a collection of bare, leafless trees clustered in a snow landscape is to be reminded that, however cold it gets, the world will endure, and other seasons lie dormant amongst their seeds. Some trees cast dreamy shadows into ancient woods and attract the magical remnants of other worlds. Other trees carry a heavy load of summery splendor or hold the secrets of our yesterdays safe within their gnarled bark. And the beauty of riverside trees reflected in the water. Trees enhance the world with their serene and eternal presence. Or perhaps an English poet said it best. "Wild is the music of autumnal winds among the faded woods. " -William Wordsworth. Trees can be so many things, which is probably why landscape painters are so fond of them. This is a stunning Facebook group with an amazing collection of art. 

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