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Golden Lifetree is an independant non-profit project which creates a connection through art to nature and the soul and nourishes peace and harmony in the world. The project moves as the Caravan of the Golden Lifetree around the world and makes stops in different countries. With various exhibitions and events it creates a platform for people to meet each other and nature freely and blissfully anew for a peaceful, harmonious and conscious living together on planet Earth.

Tag: Botanischer Garten

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Rubber fig and Dragon tree

(Ficus macrophylla, Dracena draco)

Puerto de la Cruz and Icod de los Vinos, Tenerife, Canarian Islands, Spain

 The Caravan of the Golden Lifetree crossed the Atlantic Ocean peacefully. The Silent Visits continue in Puerto de la Cruz, Teneriffa with the astonishing Rubber fig (Ficus macrophylla) in the Jardín de aclimation de la Orotava and the old Dragon tree “El Drago Millenario” (Dracena draco) in Icod de los Vinos.

Rubber fig in Puerto de la Cruz

Botanical name: Ficus macrophylla
Location: Puerto de la Cruz, Teneriffa, Canarian Islands, Spain
Coordinates: 28.411013, -16.5354
Circunference: about 30 meters
Height: unknown
Age: unknown

→ A Ficus macrophylla has a leading part in the movie “The Tree“!

Further insights into the different aspects of the Ficus macrophylla:

Dragon tree in Icod de los Vinos

Botanical name: Dracaena draco
Location: Icod de los Viños, Teneriffa, Canarian Islands (Spain)
Coordinates: 28.36699, -16.720955
Circunference: about 17 meters
Height: unknown
Age: about 700 years
Healing Effects: detoxifying, antiseptic, helps with colds, gum infections, cancer therapies, protects against negative energies

Further insights into the different aspects of the Dracaena draco:

Photo © TheBikingGardener

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Impressions of Silent Visit at Capo Mortola (Italy)

with the Mexican White Cedar (Cupressus lusitanica) in the Giardini Botanici Hanbury

Photos: © Smoenjlala ~ Golden Lifetree

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Mexican White Cedar

(Cupressus lusitanica)

Capo Mortola, France

A little further on our way there is a magnificent, tall Mexican White Cedar in the Hanbury Botanic Garden at Capo Mortola. This Mexican White Cedar (Cupressus lusitanica) has a circumference of about 5.6 meters and a height of 26 meters. It was planted in 1869 and is therefore exactly 146 years old. The Silent Visit with this tree takes place on 06. February 2015.

Mexican White Cedar at Capo Mortola

Cupressus lustrianica botanicalBotanical name: Cupressus lusitanica
Location: Capo Mortola, Italy
Coordinates: 43.783377, 7.555077
Circunference: about 5,6 meters
Height: about 26 meters
Age: 146 years (planted 1869)
Healing Effects: antibacterial, antiseptic, expectorant, relieves symptoms of menstruation and menopause, helps with respiratory problems and fever, diarrhea and varicose veins, strengthens clear view and resistibility, vitality and mental balance

→ As evergreen lifetree, the cypress is often found in cemeteries!

It’s natural habitat is located in Central America. It grows mainly on volcanic soils on rocky slopes and can thrive at altitudes up to 4000 meters. It is grown in Africa as useful timber wood and is commonly used in Costa Rica as a Christmas tree.

The Cypress has a long tradition as a temple tree and was revered as a sacred tree for millennia. In earlier times ships were constructed out of her ultra-durable wood and manufactured doors and roofs of religious sites.

It’s healing powers are antibacterial, antiseptic and expectorant to relieve symptoms of menstrual and menopause and help with respiratory problems, fever, diarrhea, and varicose veins. The Cypress strengthens clear view and resistibility, vitality and mental balance.

Further insights into the different aspects of the Mexican White Cedar:

Photo Cupressus lusitanica: © http://arboretum.ufm.edu/wp-content/uploads/Cupressus_lusitanica1.jpg