Why Trees?
Trees have long been valued and are now acknowledged as living allies in our ecosystem.
For many millennia they provided signposts, shelter and meeting places for travellers in sparsely populated landscapes.
Their flowers, fruits and timbers still provide foods, curatives and materials for building and smaller artefacts.
Their forms are attractive as features in parkland, streets and gardens.
Many have acquired symbolic meanings that make them attractive as gifts.
Spectacular cherry trees have acquired fame as peace-building gifts, often called ‘Peace Trees’.
The Woodbridge title ‘Tree for Peace’ acknowledges a degree of personhood.
Read in the Monument and Journal pages about the Trees and their locations.