He manages a 450-tree estate in El Hadjeb, near Biskra, a paradise for the Phoenix dactylifera, or Algerian date palm.
Secretary, The Trees Estate Residents' Association.
The Silver Trees estate is on the outskirts of the village of Kennington in a greenbelt area.
A three-hour drive northwest of KL takes us past mile upon mile of palm plantations, rubber-tree estates, and coconut, mango, pineapple and banana groves.
Mark Mariani sells large, rare and strikingly pruned trees that he purchases from tree farms, estates and development sites across the country.
Surrounded by hedges and trees, the estate is located south of the Montauk Highway — an area coveted for its privacy and proximity to the ocean.
The property's 1,650 olive trees — the estate has 7.2 hectares, or 17.8 acres, of land — were planted as part of the couple's desire for authenticity.
While a few trails at Muttontown overlap old tree-lined estate roads, many more showcase a range of habitats, from upland forests to low-lying swamps, from open fields to glacial kettle ponds.
Belle Meade, which resembles Buckhead, in Atlanta, or Mountain Brook, near Birmingham, is a prosperous redoubt for businessmen and country-music stars; it encompasses a neighborhood of broad, sloping lawns, and houses with magnolia trees and "estate" driveways up front and glassy modern additions and swimming pools out back.
This evidence would suggest that the tendency to convert tree crop estates to arable crop farms in search of short-term funds, would amount to greater inefficiency in farm households' resource use.
Under the shade of a fig tree, overlooking the estate's horses at pasture, the beauty of the place had never been more apparent.
