The Best Tree in the World: Center for the Collection and Promotion of All Wondrous and Odd Trees and Tree-Related Things Chris has spent several years trying to find out which tree, out all of the trees in the world, is the BEST tree. There are, of course, many ways to determine a tree's relative bestness, and you can find many of them here and here. And, of course, Chris does not do all this work alone--the public has always been able to take part in this project by voting on the Most Beautiful Tree in the World, which is certainly one of the most important qualities related to a tree's bestness. However, Chris is now taking this project to a whole new level of interactivity and inclusiveness. From now on, the Best Tree in the World: Center for the Collection and Promotion of All Wondrous and Odd Trees and Tree-Related Things will function as a storinghouse or museum of important tree-related information, images, and ideas. While projects analyzing specific aspects of trees will still be forthcoming, this Center will act as a depository for trees of exception, rarity, and wonder, opening up the world of tree-investigation to everyone. The Center will feature links to prominent trees and tree-related websites, and may also include other pictures and newsworthy facts from other sources. If you any tree-related links you would like posted on the Best Tree in the World: Center for the Collection and Promotion of All Wondrous and Odd Trees and Tree-Related Things, please send them to me at chris.wildrick @ gmail.com. (Please note that Chris hasn't investigated the reliability of any of the products or services shown here!) |
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Things You Can Do with Trees The Czech Tree of the Year contest A guide to tree-climbing at Williams College, by Brent Yorgey, lists some great trees to climb Dancing with Trees:Recreational Tree Climbing Company Christmas Spirit Foundation: trees for troops Dendrome—A Forest Tree Genome Database Trees of Mystery: great name--a redwood trail Trees for the Future: donate to plant trees
People Who Are into Trees Trees, if you please: an unusual tree blog The Shade Brigade: searching for the nicest, oldest, and most interesting trees in Plantation, FL The Whispering Crane Institute: a list of Trees We Do Not Like and a very weird picture
Stories About Trees A man grew a two-inch tree in his lungs! (Maybe.) The loss of the willow tree Belinda, by Bici Pazza Blog discussion—the most interesting trees Four interesting trees (and what their bark foretold), a humorous essay by Daniel Asa Rose
Tree Resources The National Arbor Day Foundation's Tree City USA community program--Carbondale, IL has been one for 26 years and Syracuse, NY has been one for 18 years International Society of Arboriculture Trees of Antiquity: Heirloom Fruit Trees (cool name) Tree Classics: The "World's Finest Artificial Christmas Trees" (great name for this product) Tree People: "helping nature heal our cities," based in LA |
Photos of Interesting Trees A great list of the "10 most magnificent trees in the world," by "Alex" A list of famous trees at Wikipedia Lumberjocks: interesting trees from a lumberjack And more interesting trees from Lumberjocks Trees We Have Loved, by Sue Felleman Alifasi Daka photoblog of interesting trees The Funny Blog: pretty interesting trees Photo.net: interesting trees again! Flickr pictures tagged "trees" Biggest, Tallest Tree Photo Ever Feral houses with trees growing in or on them, in Detroit
Famous Trees These two sites list some of the historic trees of Texas.
Tree Facts A List of Official State Trees The National Register for Big Trees is the official list of the biggest tree of each species in the country Here are three lists of Christmas tree facts. Tree facts from Haliyali And more tree facts from Society of American Foresters And some from North Carolina Woodworker And more from SavATree And even yet more from the United Nations Environmental Programme
Information about Tree Species |
Books, Art, and Objects about Trees The Interdependence Tree by the International Fiber Collaborative 56 Tree Poems, by Michael Snow, sold at Printed Matter Dead Trees: A Holday Album, by Taly and Russ Johnson, sold at Printed Matter I Love Trees, by Marcella Stasa, sold at Printed Matter Rocket Tree, The Modulated Diary of Atul, by Susanne Gertrud Kriemann, sold at Printed Matter Three Trees in a Row, by Gary Starks, sold at Printed Matter Trees Hit by Cars, by Adam Frelin, sold at Printed Matter Sound Map: Let's Follow Susie, by Susie Kim, is a collection of the sounds made by the wind blowing through the leaves of different trees; it's also a guessing game as you try to figure out which tree made which sound Robot 250: The Look-See Tree, by Ally Reeves, is a planned bicycle-powered robot tree Artist Tim Knowles gets trees to make drawings, at the Drawn! blog The Benefits of Looking Up and I Think I Can, I Think I Can by Partners and Spade, books of photos of looking up at trees and down at grass The Sibley Guide to Trees, by David Allen Sibley
Tree Products The Mini-Bonsai Kit, by Running Press (also features a Bonsai Potato)--make your own bonsai tree Turn Over a New Leaf notebook, by Sukie This company makes pens out of historic trees after they've been cut down.
Different Kinds of Trees Bruce Schneier: Attack Trees (not as interesting as you would hope but interesting nonetheless) Trees: a program for drawing language structures |
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