A FLORIDA FOREST OF EVERGREENS

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

Three Kings honor the First Christmas Tree

  A ready- to- embroider Needlepoint Tree

A ready- to- embroider Needlepoint Tree

A tree designed for Frank Lloyd Wright

A tree designed for Frank Lloyd Wright

Evergreen flamingo tree

Evergreen flamingo tree

  Flower design by Gentlemen of the Garden

Flower design by Gentlemen of the Garden

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Heading West with the Log Cabin Tree

Heading West with the Log Cabin Tree

Michael Jackson's glove decorates a tree adorned with 80's celebrities

Michael Jackson’s glove decorates a tree adorned with 80’s celebrities

Mondrian-style De Stilj Tree

Mondrian-style De Stilj Tree

 Red Mercedes outdoes Santa's sleigh

Red Mercedes outdoes Santa’s sleigh

 Saxaphone embellishes Art Deco Tree

Saxaphone embellishes Art Deco Tree

 VW Beetle and peace signs on the 60's Tree

VW Beetle and peace signs on the 60’s Tree

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A four-poster bed for the Romanticism Tree

A four-poster bed for the Romanticism Tree

 A mirrored tree is going for Baroque

A mirrored tree is going for Baroque

 Spaceships on the Astronaut Tree

Spaceships on the Astronaut Tree

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Stone Age Tree by Design Chair Jenifer Garrigues

Stone Age Tree by Design Chair Jenifer Garrigues

Sugary crystals on the Fanjul tree

Sugary crystals on the Fanjul tree

Torch topped Polynesian Tree

Torch topped Polynesian Tree

 A tree saluting garden patron Ann Norton's art

A tree saluting garden patron Ann Norton’s art

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