For this video we find ourselves in a lush green field in Ireland .
This tree story comes from artist Gillian Cussen in county Cork, Ireland.
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Hello My name is Gillian Cussen
and I am in county Cork Ireland
And it’s a grey and a green day here
I’ve chosen this old ash tree for my tree story today
I believe this tree is a real survivor
This tree plus a neighbouring birch are the only two trees left in this big field
Which once had a lot of trees but due to modern agricultural practices
unfortunately most of them are gone.
But this tree houses a lot of plants and insects and animals I am sure .
Really beautiful and rich mosses it also has unfortunately some barbed wire
But it has lots of ivy too.
And even stones embedded in it.
This is indeed a survivor
A really beautiful tree.
Gillian is a fellow artist whom I met last year on online, we were both studying a course “Eco literacy in the Arts” by Dr Cathy Fitzgerald.
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Open Call for your tree story on video
Memory Palace of Trees will continue in 2021. This year the submissions are video format. If you have a story you can tell in less than a minute (less than 60 seconds), please find your favorite tree and video yourself on your phone telling the story. I can help with adding the English or Chinese subtitles. Please ensure the sound quality of your recording is clear or as clear as possible. Please ask if you have any questions about this.
Looking forward to hearing from you. I can be contacted on the last page “Contact” or directly on this platform.