This question was provided by students from Ms. Tyus’ fifth-grade class at Benton Elementary. “Trees grow at the tips of their branches instead of the base of the trunk, a carving in the tree would ...
Most historical accounts end up in writing, but Louis Butcher followed a more natural route. Throughout the past year, he has spent free time turning a massive tree stump in his front yard in the ...
Dear Action Line: I need to locate the chainsaw sculptor who does tree-trunk carvings. We lost a beloved oak tree in the ice storm and don't have the heart to cut it down. I would like to have it ...
The tree stump stands about 10 feet tall. Ivy climbs up its sides and fern leaves fan out at its roots. “Dum Tacet Clamat” is inscribed on a thick limb: “Though Silent, He Speaks.” The Latin words ...
A sculpture carved from a tree in Pearson Park has been chopped down by council workers as an emergency safety precaution.
While many homeowners can say they’ve dealt with large branches falling on their property, not a lot of them can say that they’ve turned those trees into works of art. But that’s exactly what Wixom ...
EDWARDSVILLE — In much the same way that grisly car crashes draw drivers’ attention from the road, Brian Willis’s carved owls are drawing drivers’ attention from a stretch of Franklin Avenue. “Wally ...
Rather than carving a heart, Andrew Land, neighborhood trees specialist with Friends of Trees suggests a tree- and Earth-friendly alternative: Dedicate a tree in a loved one's name through Friends of ...