A large, leafy tree dominates the centre of the frame, its canopy casting a deep shadow. A low stone wall and chain fence curve around the base of the trunk beside a paved path.

The Tree That Owns Itself

Words: Jez Burrows
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Date: 17 April 2007; Work

Or, more correctly, Son of The Tree That Owns Itself. Found in Athens, Georgia, the tree has legal ownership of itself and all ground within 8ft of its base after being left to itself in the will of Colonel William Henry Jackson.

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