Cutting Edge Fencing Company

11/29/2022

10/03/2022

10/03/2022

TREE FACT TUESDAY:

Meet the wish tree of Brazil.

"In 1963, facing a hot summer, Soares planted a pair of rubber fig saplings (Ficus elastica) alongside his newsstand to provide shade. The ficuses’ free-flowing aerial roots, shaped by years of careful pruning, now grow together as a single trunk—framing a perfectly-formed doorway. More than just shade, Soares’s landscaping has become a neighborhood landmark, an organic and human-scaled response to the supersized concrete monuments in the city center.

Even better, the tree grants wishes. Soares has described the arboreal arch as an “energy portal,” where three wishes can be made to come true. The neighbors concur: a local university student named Anna Silva told a reporter in 2011 that she had made multiple wishes under the tree’s embrace, and swore that “one of them even is in the process of coming true right now.”

Soares has said that the tree, which he kisses three times a day, has fulfilled his wishes, too: the businesses he has built around the city, a five-decade marriage, nine children, and 18 grandchildren. It’s easy to believe him."

I love trees, but I especially love trees with wonderful stories that even grant wishes. Another bucket list must see!