A GIANT eucalyptus tree sprawls across a room in the Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane, stopping visitors in their tracks.
If polyglot ethnic heritage secured a person's influence at the United Nations, Yael Azoulay, a negotiator whose family tree sprawls from Iraq to Israel, would be in line for top dog.
I'm staying 15 minutes up the coast road at Barrier Beach House (A$340 a night), a boutique hotel that offers three secluded farés set in a tropical garden and three that look out over the beach, where the giant, twisting trunks of orchid-covered tamanu trees sprawl across the white sand.
And the trees sprawled across our property should keep both busy for a few seasons at least.
Here, where the horizon is interrupted by the low silhouettes of the Cacahuatique and Chapparistique volcanoes, there are two contrasting landscapes: lush forests of native amate, zapatillo, guaycuma and mango trees sprawling up the sides of mountains and tumbling into valleys; and, next to them, pale dry patches of barren wasteland where no flora can survive.
Acres of coffee trees sprawled below the tasting room, with the blue Pacific as a backdrop.
Clear cutting of old growth trees, sprawling development, burning of dirty fossil fuels, inefficiency in manufacturing, and toxic waste all contribute to the planet's woes.
Cattle ranches, bean and barley fields and groves of water-hungry almond trees sprawled across the rich alluvial plains, as eager homesteaders flocked to Lancaster to farm the land.
A swing hung from a crabapple tree, roses sprawled along a garden fence.
Residents and visitors are invited to write down their wishes and pin them on to the tree's sprawling branches.
Thirty-five percent of America's urban areas are now covered with trees, while sprawl and exurban development have pushed homes further into formerly natural areas.
