It takes a long time for a tree to grow and no time at all to cut one down!
I'm a tree lover!
Here's one example and here's another!
Do You Like Discovering Trees That Have Been Saved?
Sometimes you see trees that are so appreciated that people go to great lengths to co-exist with them even in urban settings. I saw such a tree in the courtyard of a municipal building in Tenerife.
Look at the way that the paving stones have been cut to go around this trees roots!
He's a rather gnarled old fellow but still, why cut the poor guy down. He's adding interest, shade and a much needed thing called oxygen!
This last example is from the city of Lugano Switzerland. The photo is circa 1941 and when they put in the street car line, after much debate and controversy they went around this giant Sequoia. It's still there today and it was a great act to have saved it! Photo credit: e-pics.ethz.ch
Here's a photo of @lelabird60 giving it a big hug just before we registered it at monumentaltrees.com
Here's Our Little 5 SBD Contest!
- In the comments put a picture of a tree that has been saved by building around it!
- There will be three prizes of 3 SBD, 2 SBD and 1 SBD and who knows maybe more because the Old Dog like to give!
- You can submit your photos until this post pays out
- Feel free to create a post but put the picture here in the comments as well.
- Please use the tag "savedtrees"
I hope that you enjoyed this article "Tree Tuesday, Getting to The Root of The Problem With 5 SBD in Prizes!"
Until next time,
@kus-knee (The Old Dog)
Here's my entry:
https://steemit.com/savedtrees/@onceuponatime/getting-to-the-root-of-the-problem-official-contest-entry
Nice find!
That's so incredible to see they saved it, thanks @onceuponatime and good luck!
Mine is from an old post but it's an interesting one. so, here goes:
Link to the old post (please don't upvote post as past payout):
📷🌳Embrace old tree | "抱"容老树 (by @ace108)
Very good!
Beautiful photos I can see your great effort.
Tree in the middle of road saved by 'hindu' mythology.. people worship here this tree...(sorry i dont have photo of tree saved by building)
Actually this is exactly what I was looking for. Men building around a tree in order not to cut it down!
I'm glad constructors have some feelings for nature 😊
Good example!
Hello!
Here is my entry:
https://steemit.com/savedtrees/@alexandraioana26/getting-to-the-root-of-problem-official-contest-organized-by-kus-knee
Good luck to all the participants!
Thanks and cheers @kus-knee!
Hey great entry. Thanks so much for participating. I'll head over and check your post!
Here is a picture I found on the internet:
The same cafe-bar on summer time! It's definitely a contrast between summer time and winter time!
Thank you so much @kus-knee!
That's an amazing rescue work, loving it and good luck :)
my entry for savedtrees contest
https://steemit.com/savedtrees/@loveisintheair/getting-to-the-root-of-the-problem-official-contest-organized-by-kus-knee
I made a post to show this restaurant better. I couldn't pass showing off this beautiful site!
Wow, what a wonderful atmosphere to be in. Thanks a lot!
I like more the little girl hugging the tree,, Nature hugs nature and this is the amazing thing abut it.
Yes you can get great power and inspiration from hugging a tree!
I believe yes,, sometimes when I feel soo mad and powerless I just want a hug,, hugging a tree is really a great idea I could feel how it would calm me if I do it.
Thanks
Lovely!
Thanks!
This is my entry:) This tree is growing up on the top of Wavel's castle in Krakow city. For saving this tree, service staff had to dismantle several pieces of pavement:)
That's a very interesting picture. Thanks!
This tree is inside the restaurant. It is going through the roof...
Saving the tree and use it as a nice decoration.
Wow, I wonder how they stop the rain from coming in.
This is just something small frm my #treetuesday post
https://steemit.com/savedtree/@anaman/three-tuesday-cocos-nucifera
Saw this tree growing in Calumet, Michigan
You really saw that? Wow!
We were so astonished and trying to figure out how they got into the door that we forgot to take pictures and had to drive around the block and go back past again!
That reminds me of a joke - when you want someone to go away, we used to say
Makes me laugh looking at it!!
Hahaha! That does fit!
How 'bout a tree that saves its self? I took this photo in Turkey Point (Normandale) a few years ago. I'm not blogging it bc I did a couple of months ago. It's an interesting perspective on a will to live, I think.
Someone could have chopped it down because it wasn't tree like, but they kept it and nourished it and co existed. And hopefully will live happily ever after.
Wow, amazing! Turkey Point, I had great times there as a young teenager in the 1970's!
Amazing tree
It's interesting how life tries to continue despite the obstacles.
Holy COW that tree is absolutely massive at the end. Plus I love the Steem shirt!
I didn't know of any trees that fit that criteria so it got me searching the Internet for pictures of ones out of curiosity. Although it isn't exactly a building, I found a tree that grew right through an old fence! I thought it was too cool not to share.
That is cool. The tree will always win the battle!
@kus-knee, Here's my entry. This tree has old Dutch fort in Sri Lanka in the Galle district. Its southern province part of My motherland. I think its too old. But this tree has natural condition yet without destroying.
Yes many would have cut this down!
Looks like it is time for me to be on the lookout for interesting trees... -10 degree weather be damned. I'm on a mission lol
Why not! If you find one that has been spared by building around it that would be great!
I am a School Teacher by profession and i always address my students about the importance of trees and i asked them to grow one tree in their entire life for the removal of toxic gases in our environment.
Logically and worth reading blog post with beautiful photography. For me you're already the winner.
Keep sharing such educated posts for the betterment of society.
Stay Blessed, Steem On!
Thanks so much. You are teaching a great thing to your students!
Your appreciation means a lot I will continue teaching them such great things for sure
You're always original, Thank you for friendship and support.
You too my brother. You're doing great here on Steemit!
I do my best
Plane tree in Tata
I LOVE those trees!
I love the tree which you shared in your last post Giant Sequoia tree. That is a history and I like the history. I got a picture from google, I'm sure you will like it:
India's first green home
All the best and keep sharing great stuff @kus-knee
Very cool! Thanks!
L'argomento mi piace molto...non so che cosa troverò però da raccontare
I'm sure that you find something very nice for us!
Possibly different to your original thought, "Tane Mahuta" the tree that holds Rangi, the sky father apart from Papa, the earth mother, so that daylight can shine on the earth and make things grow, is a great tourist attraction.
Tourists/Locals would "hug" the tree, and while they were there pinch a bit of bark as a memento, There were concerns that the tree would be "ring barked" by such actions, so a walkway was built to the tree with a surrounding fence to prevent souvenir hunters from doing their dastardly deed.
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Awe inspiring!
I am surprised that no one has put up the Redwood trees? with the road going through the roots.
I can remember them being famous when I was a kid.
I’ve seen pictures of them.
I thought that one of them would have made the list by now.
here's my photo for this entry. This photo is a big tree in the middle of which built the road to the tourist bunker japan, its location in indonesia ...
Thanks!
Y'r wlcm
I don't want to deprive this guy of web traffic, so here is a link to a nice example :-)
http://jschumacher.typepad.com/joe/2012/04/big-tree-in-the-middle-of-the-street.html
Yes it was saved.
That's a very interesting looking tree but I'm not quite sure what the picture is showing. Is that a little foot bridge?
Not a little foot bridge sir. There is a ferry in this place.
Location is Sri lanka - Rathnapura.
Thanks for the pic. I'm not quite sure what I'm looking at here.
Saman Tree saved and taken as a part of a wall. Wife and Son under the tree.
If you look up, you will have this spectacular image.
Wow, amazing!
Yes, it is!
Taken at Vondelpark. Sculpture of a man forcing its arms up against a leaning tree in order to save it from falling down.
Hi @kus-knee, here's my entry and good luck to all!
https://steemit.com/savedtrees/@ainie.kashif/save-the-trees-getting-to-the-root-of-problem-by-the-old-dog-kus-knee
this photo i have got my friend @ mak-iin-
Multiplex in Infosys Campus has saved many trees and in return it has enhanced the environment for that campus....
Big Tree
I want to participate in the contest, but my photos do not differ "beauty." This is the grapes that grows in my country, in a private house ... now it's winter, so there's no beauty, but assuring that it looks great in the summer
here's another
last thing
Thank you:)
Here is my entry, the architecture really saved this tree
Fantastic nature photography @kus-knee
that's an awesome photography.
This is my entry for this contest
https://steemit.com/savedtrees/@lavanyalakshman/who-to-use-tress-not-cutting-them
Hear is my picture
amazing contest
a sensitivity that deserves appreciation has been shown.
@kus-knee
Fantastic nature photography @kus-knee
Thank you sir for sharing
You always upload nice and helpful post. and your website also so much helpful sir....
Resteem done....
hey, it looks so cool contest for us..
Go there!
Amazing contest one..I participate this contest.
Nature will find its way.
you are a healthy person. because plants are very necessary for us humans. tampa our plants are very easy to attack by disease. but with some unhealthy air trees all filtered by plants and then remove co² for us to breathe.
I really like your post this time. thank you
Thanks so much. Nice and warm in Tampa?
yes same as my friend
i like your photography. nice
wow it seems like very eco friendly contest..appreciate your effort to insist people on saving trees :)