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You’re invited

Posted in Art, Installations, Stories, Trees, tagged , , , , on February 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

©Chicago Botanic Garden 2012

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Sneak peeks!

Posted in Installations, tagged , , , , , , , on February 8, 2012 | 1 Comment »

©Chicago Botanic Garden 2012

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Stroll the Gardens!

Posted in Art, Installations, Stories, Trees, tagged , , , , , on February 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

The beautiful tree-lined walk through the Regenstein Center leads to the Joutras Gallery where Treewhispers awaits. It’s simply beautiful—a space  singing the stories, art and poetry from hundreds of people around the world honoring their connection to trees. The exhibit opened January 14th and continues through April 8th. Plan a visit and a stroll outside [...]

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Even if…

Posted in Art, Stories, Trees, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on January 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Contributed by Marlene Pomeroy, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

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Posted in Art, Trees, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »

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Posted in Trees, tagged , on August 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Photo by Pamela Paulsrud

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Walnut ink

Posted in Art, Stories, Trees, tagged , , , , , , , , , on August 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

In today’s mail, a sweet envelope, a single paper round with a stitched tree painted with “walnut ink made by Emma and Carol from a 100+ year old tree on our farm.” Submitted by Carol Thomas, Illinois

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Heartbeat

Posted in Stories, Trees, tagged , , , , on August 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

With my involvement in Treewhispers over the last eleven years I’ve heard thousands of tree stories — only a small fraction of them recorded here. When someone hears of the project I often inquire if they might have a tree story. Most don’t — or at least they don’t think they do — until I [...]

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“root peace sign”

Posted in Art, tagged , , , , on August 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

second year of “root peace sign” at Quartz lake….. love and peace LynnAnn Nysted Thomas

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Moonlight

Posted in Art, Stories, Trees, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on August 27, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Moonlight shines in through the silent night. Light a beeswax candle. Yuko Wada

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Posted in Art, Stories, Trees, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

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Posted in Art, Stories, Trees, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on August 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

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Have you ever climbed a tree?

Posted in Art, Installations, Stories, Trees, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Have you ever climbed a tree? Do you have a favorite tree or a magical path through the woods? Join the Treewhispers forest of stories by sending your handmade paper rounds with your tree story/art/poetry. Your submission will be included in the upcoming exhibition Bridge and Joutras Galleries in the Regenstein Center at the Chicago [...]

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Posted in Art, Installations, Trees, tagged , , , , , , , , , on August 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

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Julia Butterfly Hill

Posted in Stories, Trees, tagged , , , , , , , , , on March 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »

“When I entered the majestic cathedral of the redwood forest for the first time my spirit knew it had found what it was searching for. I dropped to my knees and began to cry because I was so overwhelmed by the wisdom, energy and spirituality housed in this holiest of temples.”  — Julia Butterfly Hill

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The tallest living thing on Earth…

Posted in Stories, Trees, tagged , , , , , , , , on March 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Richard Preston is one of the only humans to have climbed Hyperion, a nearly 380-foot redwood tree that is the tallest living thing on Earth. Hyperion was discovered by explorer Michael Taylor while Preston was writing his latest full-length book, The Wild Trees.

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THE GIVING PLANT

Posted in Art, Stories, Trees, tagged , , , , , , , , on March 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

MY FATHER AND MOTHER HAVE INSTILLED A LOVE OF PLANTING IN OUR FAMILY. The planting inheritance, a flourishing of the verdurous instinct… But it’s more to the relishing of seeing things grow. And sharing in that growth. My father comes from a planting background, as a farmer. Early on, our family bought a farm, some [...]

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I am the tree!

Posted in Stories, Trees, tagged , , , , , , , on March 17, 2011 | 2 Comments »

I am the tree… there is no name for me … I am just the tree! My ways are ancient … symbolic of the connections between earth and sky. My roots grow deep into the soil; soil that is all that remains of my ancestors. It is all that remains … of anyone’s ancestors … [...]

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Forest of Oma

Posted in Art, Installations, Stories, Trees, tagged , , , on March 16, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Spending an afternoon at the Evanston Art Center talking with Pamela Paulsrud, I was encouraged to send a tree story to Treewhispers. I have planted trees, saved trees that were blown over by the wind and rescued trees from the construction guy’s saw, but I am sending a picture of the Painted Trees in the [...]

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A year in time…

Posted in Trees, tagged , , , , , on March 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

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