The Tree Savior (Swiss Stories 2025, by Joel Hunn) - Swiss Press Award
Joel Hunn
Ein hauchzartes Vlies, mit Bambusstäben über Krone und Äste gestülpt, soll den edlen Passagier vor Transportschäden schützen.
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2025
Joel Hunn
A hundred-year-old maple tree had to make way for a new building in Zumikon. Then a horticulturalist, Hansueli Kobel, rescued it and brought it to his tree hotel. Old trees are a status symbol. People spend a lot of money on them to buy the illusion of time. This is the niche business of tree transplants. The tree was overwintered and laboriously transported to the Giardina on a low-loader.
