Smt. Thimmakka from the Indian state of Karnataka is noted for her work in planting and tending to 284 banyan trees along a 4 km or 2.48 mile stretch of highway. She received no formal education and worked as a casual labourer in a nearby quarry. Her husband was a cattle herder. The couple used […]
Month: July 2016
Sleep in the Trees with this portable suspended Treehouse!
Tentsile is an ingenious portable suspended treehouse that installs much like a hammock while offering the convenience of a multi-person tent. Created by Alex Shirley-Smith, it was conceived as a treehouse that you can take anywhere. Locate any three anchor points and install it above ground. Once in the treehouse, you are separated from wet, […]
Taxol derived from Pacific Yew tree fights Cancer!
Taxol is a drug used to treat ovarian and breast tumors, lung cancer and Kaposi’s sarcoma. It occurs mainly in the bark, needles and heartwood. It blocks cancer cell growth by stopping cell division thereby resulting in cell death. Taxol is the bestselling anti-cancer drug in all of history, with annual sales topping $1.6 billion, […]
Spotted Dear
“Spotted Deer is the most attractive of all the deer species and is found at the Grow-Trees.com project at Sundarbans, West Bengal. Its colouring is most striking, consisting of a reddish brown coat with white spots, a striking white upper throat patch and a black dorsal stripe which also contains white spots in a fairly […]
Strap this spiral staircase onto any tree and enjoy the view!
“Strap this spiral staircase onto any tree and enjoy the view! Builders of treehouses will know that one major consideration during construction is how to support the structure without harming the tree. There are specially developed fasteners and bolts for the task, but there may be ways to hold things up without drilling even a […]
Soncoya
“Soncoya’s fruit juice is given as a remedy for jaundice in Mexico! It is a deciduous tree native of Central and South America and can grow to 10 meters or 32 feet in height. The surface of the fruit has hooklike projections and is hard to cut open when ripe. Its fruit is eaten raw, […]
Slender Loris
“I am a Slender Loris and spend most of my life in trees! I am native to India and Sri Lanka. I live on trees and travel along the top of branches slowly. My huge round eyes give me excellent night vision that enables me to hunt at night. I am nocturnal, feed on plants, […]
Sandbox tree
“Sandbox tree’s fruit explodes sending its seeds over 100 feet! It is an evergreen tree native to North and South America. Its fruits are pumpkin-shaped capsules with 16 carpels arranged radially. Upon ripening, the fruit will explode like a botanical hand-grenade carrying seeds up to 40 meters or 130 feet at 240 kph or 140 […]
Raven Loft
“Raven Loft is a small, sustainable treehouse in Canada. It measures only 2.4 x 4 meters or 8 x 13 feet and is a nice and cozy retreat with a small bathroom, a kitchen and a comfortable bed. Geoff de Ruiter, the owner bought a half-acre forested plot of land on Pender Island in British […]
Poem_Zonika van Zijl
“Your forest Oh the undescribable beauty That your forests hold, And how much it tells Without a single word being told. Each and every wanderer Being called, By the sun shining through the trees Looking like little streaks of gold. The pathway that leads to total Freedom of the soul, And you’re in your element […]