Tree of the Year

There’s a contest going on in the UK: Choosing a tree of the year. I’m sharing that this contest is happening because the idea is rather magnetic and I believe we ought to imitate it and have our own.  From 40 trees ten have made the short list and people will vote on which one ought to be tree of the year. The trees are as different as can be. One is small and skinny, a couple are twisted and more wide than tall, some have beautiful trunks, for others it is the foliage that stand out, whether in shape or size or both. The Woodland Trust sponsors this contest yearly; it is national and the trees on the list come from different parts of the UK.

 I Love trees and in that am far from unique and join numerous others. We owe so much to trees and take them for granted. This contest reminds us of what they contribute and stand for. And that’s exactly what the Woodland Trust aims to do, to help us appreciate how vital trees are to our landscape and to our lives.