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©Chicago Botanic Garden 2012

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©Chicago Botanic Garden 2012

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Contributed by Marlene Pomeroy, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

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Several years ago a hurricane came very far inland in North Carolina and my parents lost many trees they loved very much, including a large black walnut. I made a table top out of one large slab and paper out of some of the bark, curtains for my house and a book for my father. [...]

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

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

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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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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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Happy 2011!!!

Look at the trees, look at the birds, look at the clouds, look at the stars and if you have eyes you will be able to see that the whole existence is joyful.Everything is simply happy. Trees are happy for no reason; they are not going to become prime ministers or presidents and they are [...]

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Having worked as a member of the Tree City USA in Mapleton, Iowa for 22 years my dad has helped plant over 2500 trees. A few years ago, I remember him telling me he was going to Omaha to buy a tree spade for the city. I wondered why he would go so far to [...]

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From a handful of paper rounds to a forest that resonates with the many hands that created it.

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Recently in Washington D.C., Maureen Squires wanted to share these amazing photos—it’s cherry blossom time! Happy Spring!!!

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It has been ten years—TEN YEARS! — since the inception of Treewhispers. To have witnessed the many connections and reconnections that have been made though art and storytelling — and trees— has been such an amazing gift. If anyone wonders why my passion for this project runs so high, I would have to say it’s [...]

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