Although we have just finished five months and five books focused on trees, this morning I learned that it’s Tree Week and one of my favorite websites has a very cool article on Eight “Extraordinary Pieces of Architecture Grown from Living Trees.”
Called arbortecture, the article has brief descriptions and impressive photographs of arbortecture from around the world. Including three tree cathedrals or chapels and two root bridges, the article also has a number of images from Gilroy Gardens. We have talked about the Circus Trees of Axel Erlandson several times, most recently as a topic related to How I Became a Tree.
The Atlas Obscura piece ends with the art of Richard Reames who, fittingly, was influenced by Erlandson and uses trees as a sculptural mediaum. Pretty cool!

One thing mentioned during the April discussion that I forgot to look into was tree law. Luckily for me, at the bottom of the arbortecture article, there is a link to tree law and the lawyers who specialize in arboreal arbitration! As you might suspect, this is a topic that is mostly about cutting back overhanging limbs and who has to pay when a tree falls on your house. As one lawyer who was interviewed wrote: “I thought, as most lawyers do when they get their first tree case: ‘How hard can it be?’” Bonapart says. “I quickly learned it was very complex and very nuanced.”

So, check out the articles, let me know if you find other interesting plant and tree related information, and have a happy tree week!