Blue Tree
Blue Tree
Sonoma (California), U.S.A.

Installation for the Cornerstone Festival of Gardens, Napa Valley

New life was given to a diseased tree slated for removal by decking its branches with 75,000 retrofitted sky-blue Christmas balls. The landscape equivalent of a Photoshop eraser saturated this natural tree with the artificial in a bid for total camouflage. But the opposite result occurred: Blue Tree stood out against the ever-changing sky, becoming a barometer for subtle fluctuations in natural light.

Client
Cornerstone Festival of Gardens

Awards

2005
National Merit – Canadian Society of Landscape Architects

Year
2004

Status
Built

Categories
Installation
Photo, Cornerstone Garden, 2003
Photo, Geneviève L’Heureux, 2005
Photo, Geneviève L’Heureux, 2005
Photo, CC+A, May 2003
Photo, under construction, CC+A, May 2003
Photo, under construction, David Aquilina, 2003
Concept, CC+A, mai 2003
Photo, under construction, CC+A, May 2003
Concept, CC+A + Cornerstone Garden, 2003
Concept, CC+A + Cornerstone Garden, 2003
Concept, CC+A + Cornerstone Garden, 2003
Concept, CC+A + Cornerstone Garden, 2003
Photo, demolition, David Aquilina, January 2007
Photo, Baby Blue Tree, David Aquilina, October 2007