Monuments that produce oxygen
Figures from trees that are visible from the air are a wonderful way to perpetuate the memory and create a living monument.
A monument made of marble or bronze will not surprise anyone. What was not cast in this bronze. Another thing is a tree. And not processed, but the most real, so to speak, wild-growing. Such creations can be counted on the fingers. In addition, monuments created from trees only get prettier over time. To your attention — a few vivid examples.
A concrete monument can stand longer and not change, but a memorial made of trees is a living heritage that grows and gains strength, and also changes its appearance several times a year. Everyone can make such a memorial: and below are a few examples of how people have perpetuated the memory of themselves and their loved ones.
Half an hour away from Perugia grows a beautiful pine grove in the form of the Italian Republic with Sardinia slightly not taking root. It was planted in 1961 in honor of the centenary of the unification of Italy.
Flying in a balloon over the county of Gloucestershire, you can see an acre-sized heart. The reason for his appearance is sad. Having planted oak saplings along the contour, local farmer Winston Hawes thus honored the memory of his wife, who died of heart failure.
A similar story is kept by a kilometer-long "guitar" stretching across the Argentine steppe. Farmer Pedro Martin Ureta grieves for his deceased wife, who was crazy about guitar music.
In the mid-90s, a forester from the state of Minnesota was instructed to determine a section of forest for logging. He, armed with a compass and a map, outlined the contours of his native state, and gave the trees around him to chainsaws.
The Studebaker Automobile Corporation has been gone for half a century, but its advertising in the state of Indiana still remains one of the largest in the world. Eight thousand fir trees are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
And the landowner from Texas has immortalized its name without false modesty.