Gu Guanyin’s Ginkgo: Golden Leaves and a Thoughtful Autumn Visit
A golden canopy rises above the temple roofs, and fallen leaves seem to turn the ground into a second canopy below. The ginkgo at Gu Guanyin...
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Trees: Stories & Places to Explore
Visit Angel Oak on Johns Island near Charleston, understand its estimated age and enjoy the remarkable branches without disturbing the tree. Understand Morocco’s tree-climbing goats and argan traditions, with a closer look at the landscape, oil-making knowledge and respectful ways to explore.
Start with Angel Oak, Charleston: The Tree, Its Age and Your Visit and Morocco’s Argan Trees and Goats: The Story Beyond the Photo.
Beth Moon’s Ancient Trees: Portraits of Time, Shape and Survival
Some trees draw your attention with a broad crown; others hold it through a twisted trunk or branches that seem to have grown around a long ...
Remarkable Trees and Climbers: 5 Ways Plants Shape a Landscape
A crown of branches leans away from the wind. Purple flowers hang like curtains. A huge pink shrub seems to turn a garden into a celebration...
Tree Roots and City Streets: What the Patterns Can Tell Us
Around the base of a street tree, roots trace a pattern through the paving. On a wall, a branching network spreads across the stone like an ...
The Great Banyan Near Kolkata: One Tree, a Living Forest
From a distance, the Great Banyan can look like a small woodland. Move closer and the many upright columns begin to tell a different story: ...
Morocco’s Argan Trees and Goats: The Story Beyond the Photo
A goat balanced among branches is an image that makes you look twice. In Morocco’s argan country, it can also be the starting point for a mu...
Sunland Baobab: What Happened to the Tree With a Bar Inside?
For years, photographs of the Sunland baobab invited the same delighted reaction: there was a bar inside that enormous tree. Its hollow inte...
Rainbow Eucalyptus: Why the Bark Changes Colour
Green, orange and muted purple appear in long patches across the trunk, as if someone has tested a paintbrush on the bark. Rainbow eucalyptu...
Angel Oak, Charleston: The Tree, Its Age and Your Visit
Angel Oak grows outward as much as upward. Great branches sweep close to the ground, curve away from the trunk and lift again into a broad c...