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In 1925 , a California farmer bent trees into strange shapes for his daughter : some are still alive nearly 100 years later

In 1925, Swedish-American farmer Axel Erlandson began an unusual experiment on his farm in Hilmar, California, after becoming fascinated by the way trees could naturally grow together. Instead of leaving that process to chance, Erlandson began bending, guiding and grafting young trees into shapes that looked more like pieces of architecture than ordinary plants. In 1925 , a California farmer bent trees into strange shapes for his daughter : some are still alive nearly 100 years later

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