num_pages: 316
description: A serendipitous fender-bending encounter between the author a distinguished landscape architect and a wealthy Frenchman in Provence leads to the strangest funniest horticultural odyssey in recent memory. The rich eccentric Frenchman has just finished renovating with great care and attention a beautiful house in Provence. But the elegant courtyard looks very empty. &amp;#8220;Find me the oldest olive tree in existence&amp;#8221; he challenges the author &amp;#8220;and bring it back to take pride of place in my garden.&amp;#8221; The author&amp;#8217;s travels take him to the olive groves of France the farms of Greece and Spain and many backyards of Italy. Along the way he encounters a 3000-year-old tree a farmer who won&amp;#8217;t sell his tree unless he can sell the farm that surrounds it mafiosi skullduggery in the plant world unscrupulous dealers divided families local weddings farcical disasters and a village that believes a drop of rain that has touched the leaves of the Angel Tree will cure any illness or sadness.
language: English
title: The Angel Tree: The Enchanting Quest for the World's Oldest Olive Tree
publisher: Arcade