Continuing the series . . . It’s amazing – I’ve lived in Europe for over 20 years, never really paying much attention to whether you can find the mighty Califormia Giant Sequoia trees here or not – but, once I spotted one, it seems I am spotting them all over the place!
Here is an example of a Giant Sequoia tree I spotted in the Parc du Champ de Mars in Colmar, in Eastern France:
There is a small plaque beneath this behemoth, which reads
Sequoia Sempervirens
provenance: California
Don du peuple americain
au peuple francais,
a l’occasion de bi-centairre de
la Declaration des Droits de l’Homme et du Citoyen et du
Bill of Rights of the United States
1789-1989
