#planting a tree

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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.)

[sigalrm]

Planting a tree like a pro by Pascal Volk

[romeclipse]

hearts in trees ♡

[geopsych]

It’s ginkgo time!

[maviyenot]

[expressions-of-nature]

Caddo Lake, Texas by Fred R Cox

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Helping out a Small Tree Service

[evenlyevi]

Wandering, wondering

[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

[fuckyeahchinesegarden]

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

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[photosbynarumi]

Botanical Garden, Bucharest, Romania, summer 2024

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[maviyenot]

[expressions-of-nature]

by Mihaylov