“He donated a lot of baby trees to a lot of organizations,†Hirsch said. Next month, Hirsch plans to plant at least one more baby in a wetland run by the Driftless land trust. “A lot of really good things have happened because of my friendship with this tree,†HirschRead More →
Published: 8:46 a.m. August 27, 2020 Update: 6:14 PM October 13, 2020 The tree where the famous Norfolk Rebellion broke out has been given a boost to try to keep it alive for hundreds of years. Biochar is added to the soil around Kett’s Oak by the project team. Photo:Read More →
The American studio Field Architecture designed the dining room of this house in a suburb of Silicon Valley, California, so that it is open to the outside and framed by an oak tree. Field Architecture, which is based in Palo Alto, completed Dawnridge House in Los Altos Hills on aRead More →
In the classical world of ancient Greece, oak was associated with Zeus, father of the gods. Homer recounts in The Odyssey of Ulysses the visit of the oracle of the temple of Dodona where an old oak grew. He hears “the will of Zeus rustling from the high leafy oakRead More →
New life is breathed into a much-loved ancient oak tree which had to be felled after safety concerns during improvements to the A45 Chowns Mill junction. Despite a fierce campaign, the ancient tree known locally as Three Oaks was felled in May after extensive investigations and high-tech testing by expertsRead More →
In many ways, university professor James Canton’s book about humanity’s connection to the mighty oak tree came at the perfect time. James, 53, wrote The Oak Papers after spending two years visiting the 800-year-old Honywood Oak, which sits on the Marks Hall estate, Coggeshall. The book has been in theRead More →
ATLANTA, Ga (CBS46) – A 140-year-old white oak tree breathes new life into the Atlanta History Center. And you are invited to sit around the new table in the tree – six feet apart, of course. “It was the actual part that was the base of the tree,†said KirkRead More →