Palm Beach’s Festival of Holiday Trees
Customarily travelers to Florida expect beaches and palm trees, but at this time of year, it’s evergreen trees that are special. For two weeks in December, visitors to Palm Beach can admire the Festival of Trees in the Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens across the street from the Inland Waterway. This year is the tenth anniversary of the show which draws visitors from around the state to savor the piney fragrance and admire almost 30 trees elaborately decorated to usher in a tropical holiday season.
Three Kings honor the First Christmas Tree
A ready- to- embroider Needlepoint Tree
A tree designed for Frank Lloyd Wright
Evergreen flamingo tree
Flower design by Gentlemen of the Garden
Heading West with the Log Cabin Tree
Michael Jackson’s glove decorates a tree adorned with 80’s celebrities
Mondrian-style De Stilj Tree
Red Mercedes outdoes Santa’s sleigh
Saxaphone embellishes Art Deco Tree
VW Beetle and peace signs on the 60’s Tree
A four-poster bed for the Romanticism Tree
A mirrored tree is going for Baroque
Spaceships on the Astronaut Tree
Stone Age Tree by Design Chair Jenifer Garrigues
Sugary crystals on the Fanjul tree
Torch topped Polynesian Tree
A tree saluting garden patron Ann Norton’s art