Fábio Santos
“I don’t like figs as a fruit, but I love fig trees. They remind me of summer Sundays at my grandparents’ house, sitting in the shade of one huge, leafy giant.”
Lisanne Wendling
“The olive tree is my favorite because it symbolizes peace. Additionally, it is the reason we can enjoy olive oil, which I also happen to love.”
Emmi Ojala
“I love birch trees and how they go through the annual cycle, sleeping leafless through the winters, bursting with life during springs, looking so lush and green in the summers and changing colours in the fall before shedding its leaves again.”
Shari Hamelijnck Ospina
“Being able to witness the elegant Magnolia tree in all her stages is my favorite part of our changing seasons. From flowery to green to completely bald, and then over and over again…”
Daniëlle Bergman-Bol
“When I was visiting the Temples of Angkor Wat in Cambodia, I was really impressed by this strangler fig that was just taking over the abandoned temples. This symbolises the true strength of nature to me.”
Milber Ferreira
“The first time I stood beneath a sequoia, the way I saw nature shifted. There’s a presence in these giants that’s hard to explain—ancient, silent, almost otherworldly. Standing beneath one, you don’t just see nature’s power—you feel its wisdom.”
