The Trees Inside

Botanical Name: Olea europaea

Common Name: European Olive

Story of the Tree

I purchased this tree at the GSBF auction in early 2025. The previous owner had it for only a few years, and who originally trained it isn't known. When I acquired it, the entire canopy had been grown as a single dome of foliage.

I've been restyling it to reveal something different — individual small trees emerging from the large trunk base, each with its own character. The dome is gone. What's taking shape is a grove hiding inside one trunk.

Exhibited by Hal