Myrtle & Me Gum Trees After Fire - Greeting Card

Details

This unique card design is created from our original photograph of gum trees, growing in the Tasmanian Midlands Printed in Tasmania on 100% recycled paper. Packaged with a recycled envelope and biodegradable cellophane. Card is 90mm x 90mm in size

Story

Fire is an unavoidable fact of life in Australia. For all the destruction it causes, it also brings life. Gum Trees utilise the ash beds of mild fires to germinate their seeds and sprout new growth. I photographed this stark but fabulously shaped stand of trees shortly after a fire had passed through the area. Shortly afterwards, new shoots would come forth and before long, this same scene would be almost unrecognisable with new growth. A reminder of the cycles of life; destruction giving way to new life.