Tag: trees

April 13, 2016 at 5:30 pm

Picture of the Day: Sublime Bonsai Azalea

Picture of the Day: Sublime Bonsai Azalea

Seen here is a stunning pink Bonsai azalea in bloom at the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum in Washington, D.C.

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March 23, 2016 at 6:32 pm

Picture of the Day: Autumn Sandwich

Picture of the Day: Autumn Sandwich

Anyone care for a bite of this nature burger?

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March 21, 2016 at 7:31 pm

Spring Has Sprung! And In Japan, That Means Cherry Blossoms (8 photos)

Spring Has Sprung! And In Japan, That Means Cherry Blossoms (8 photos)

For many Japanese, the blooming of the cherry blossom trees (Sakura) symbolizes human life, transience and nobleness

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February 2, 2016 at 1:22 pm

Artist Turns Fallen Branches Into Beautiful Furniture (14 Photos)

Artist Turns Fallen Branches Into Beautiful Furniture (14 Photos)

“No matter how beautiful or sophisticated our designs might be, the shapes we find in nature are often more mysterious and intriguing” – Sebastian Errazuriz

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January 28, 2016 at 2:56 pm

There’s a Kickstarter for Floating Bonsai and it Looks Awesome

There's a Kickstarter for Floating Bonsai and it Looks Awesome

“Air Bonsai” is a project by Hoshinchu that adds a new feature to the art of Bonsai—levitation

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January 27, 2016 at 6:48 pm

Picture of the Day: Ta Prohm Temple, Cambodia

Picture of the Day: Ta Prohm Temple, Cambodia

Ta Prohm is the modern name of the temple at Angkor, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia, built in the late 12th and early 13th centuries

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January 14, 2016 at 10:58 am

Picture of the Day: Polished Sphere of Petrified Wood

Picture of the Day: Polished Sphere of Petrified Wood

Petrified wood is the result of a tree or tree-like plants having completely transitioned to stone by the process of permineralization

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December 9, 2015 at 12:40 pm

Ancient Ginkgo Rains Gold at a Buddhist Temple in China

Ancient Ginkgo Rains Gold at a Buddhist Temple in China

A 1,400 year old Gingko biloba at the Gu Guanyin Buddhist Temple in China’s Zhongnan Mountains bathes the temple garden in a sea of gold.

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November 16, 2015 at 11:39 am

There’s a Forest in Poland with Crooked Trees and Nobody Knows Why

There's a Forest in Poland with Crooked Trees and Nobody Knows Why

In West Pomerania, Poland you will find a mysterious grove of pine trees where all of the trunks are crooked.

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November 2, 2015 at 2:26 pm

This Espaliered Fruit Tree Looks Two-Dimensional

This Espaliered Fruit Tree Looks Two-Dimensional

Seen here is a fascinating example of an ‘espaliered’ fruit tree in North Cave, England.

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