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Sketches and proposed
arrangements by members.
The next step
was to plan
and sketch
the possible
arrangement
and position of
the trees based
on the Thomas
Baines group.
That tree is still alive today and as it would clearly add tendency of the heavy branches to curve downwards
interest to the planting, we had to find a leaning trunk in nature.
to represent that particular tree. The branches of baobabs are extremely flexible and
therefore easy to bend and manipulate into desired
Pruning and wiring positions. With this flexibility comes an added chal-
The next step was to prune and wire the primary lenge. The branches of baobabs can take forever to
and secondary branches of the selected trees. We hold their positions.
wired and bent the branches into gentle downward Wiring and bending the branches into exaggerated
sloping curves to represent the growth habit and positions are necessary to combat this flexibility. It is
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