1 Millennium for €18,000?
May 5th, 02008 by Alexander Rose
(olive tree photo by CorinthianGulf on Flickr)
Joseph Holsten (Charter Member #637) sends in this interesting yet troubling piece from the Wall St Journal on the market for very old trees:
Nick Lloyd, who edits the online Spanish environmental journal iberianature.com, says the market in ancient olive trees is growing, despite the naturally limited supply of the commodity and mounting opposition from conservation groups. “Ten years ago the starting price was €2,000 for a thousand-year-old tree,” Mr. Lloyd says. “Now it’s €18,000.” (continue to the article)
May 6th, 2008 at 4:08 am
Does anything *not* have a price? :-(
May 6th, 2008 at 8:12 am
In Italy we have to deal with the same problem. Some olive tree are not just sold, but even stolen. And stealing an olive tree is not a so easy… The nice thing is that an olive tree is one of the most terrible trees to keep in a garden. Why? It makes olives. Lots of olives. More than your gardener can handle. This tree may look good in the architect’s mind. But wait and see when nature strikes oily back. :)