#plant tree

[fuckyeahchinesegarden]

pomegranate tree in 怡园yiyuan, suzhou, jiangsu province of china by Rtkiycs

[heritageposts]

I'm reading about how Israel, in the immediate aftermath of the 1948 Nakba, deliberately replaced olive trees and other indigenous flora with European plants. This ecological disaster, which is now proudly hailed under the banner of 'making the desert bloom,' was done to 'de-Arabize' the landscape, and to cover up - often with fast-growing European pine trees -the ruins of Palestinian villages that were destroyed by Zionists forces.

And I just need everyone to read this passage from Pappé, because the symbolism of what happened to those European pine trees in the desert speaks for itself:

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, by Ilan Pappé (2006, p. 227-228.)

[romeclipse]

hearts in trees ♡

[geopsych]

It’s ginkgo time!

[maviyenot]

[expressions-of-nature]

Caddo Lake, Texas by Fred R Cox

[ai-dream]

[amnhnyc]

Imagine a pinecone as heavy as a bowling ball and the size of a chihuahua. Believe it or not, such pinecones exist—and they belong to the coulter pine (Pinus coulteri), a conifer that can be found in parts of North America including California and Mexico. Infamous among loggers and foresters, this tree is nicknamed "the widowmaker" because of the unlucky individuals who met their fate as a result of its falling pinecones. This species produces some of the largest pinecones on the planet, weighing up to 11 lbs (5 kg).

Photo: damontighe, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist

[evenlyevi]

Wandering, wondering

[leahberman]

woodsy; yosemite national park, california

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[fuckyeahchinesegarden]

a very big tree in gongqing forest park共青森林公园 in shanghai

[katiajewelbox]

“It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men’s hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.”

― Robert Louis Stevenson

Source: Grow Your Garden Instagram page

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[photosbynarumi]

Botanical Garden, Bucharest, Romania, summer 2024

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