The tingle forests are living ancestors. It’s time we treated them that way. This stately old tingle tree has stood on this hill outside rainy Walpole for hundreds of years. Tingle trees are incredibly special and found only in this tiny pocket of the world. They depend on high rainfall to survive, but cannot withstand… Read More →
I cannot imagine a world without trees. I love the shade, the beauty, the strength, the way they shelter us all from the elements. provide the oxygen we need to breathe and the food we need to eat. Trees are a miracle of nature. Under a tree I can breathe in the air and breathe… Read More →
Because they are precious homes for so many species. Trees like King Billy’s and Pencil Pines have been around for hundreds of years and are much wiser than us all. I hugged this ancient tree up at the Walls of Jerusalem on the weekend
Luke and Taj hugging a giant tingle tree near Walpole. Also see the fairy door!
I love this tree in the Cairns Botanical Gardens because it was incredibly tall and old.
Richard Powers (author of ‘the Overstory’) says it best: “This is not our world with trees in it. It’s a world of trees, where humans have just arrived.”
They give me shade and they sway, as if speaking a language that soothes, as if giants forever on this world, looking at us, standing stoic amidst the change.
This picture is a giant Sequoia tree from the Sequoia National Park in California. Some of the trees in this park are over 3000 years old. They can grow to over 95m tall and have trunk diameters of over 8m.
They moderate our urban environment, clean our air, cool our neighbourhoods, buffer our homes from storms, and provide a peaceful sanctuary from the noisy city.
This beautiful holly tree in my garden in Melbourne reminds me of the holly trees where I grew up in Ireland
I love where there is space left for a tree in a built-up area.
I love trees since they are the green heart in a city. In old parks you can find peace in the middle of a city
A son learning to love trees with his mother at the Children’s Discovery Center in Ocala, Florida
All the places I love are filled with trees. This Giant Sequoia is in Yosemite national park in California, US, these old trees are precious and worth saving!
They speak to me, they help me feel calm. Ps sorry about the bins. 😳🤦♀️ This is a Queensland Kauri pine now on Sydney harbour foreshore.
I love trees because they make me feel calm. In our photo are two trees (Norfolk pines), 2 humans (Natalie and Lilly) and one dog (Poppy).
Trees are so important especially in big cities like Katmandu, Nepal as they help improve air quality and reduce heat ♥️ pic with my little sister!
I love this beautiful olive tree which provides us lots of olives and delicious oil 🫒
Trees provide us with clean air, shade, food, medicine, homes for animals…. We couldn’t live without trees!
They give me oxygen to breath, and space to think.
They are the essence of Life
This is my verge hakea, grown from a small sapling. I love it for it’s beautiful pin cushion flowers and fruits which attract endangered Carnaby’s cockatoos…
They provide so much to the world
This tree is part of an old growth forest in southwestern Australia at Dalgarup that is threatened by mining. It is my happy place.
