Mother Trees
Mother Trees
Iflord Delta 400 35mm Film
Inspired by Suzanne Simard's "Finding the Mother Tree", Blake goes deep into the forests in the Okanagan to find clear cut blocks that have reminance of these Mother Tree's.
These trees hold the information needed for the young, new growth of the area on how to survive and thrive, and communicate that through a fungal network called the "Mycelium Network".
To learn more I emplore you to read/listen to the book "Finding the Mother Tree" by Suzanne Simard.
Ilford Delta 400 35mm Film
But a good example of the strength of nature's will to come back after fires.
Ilford Delta 400 120mm Film
On the side of Wood Lake (Chelootsoos), these trees lay against a foggy morning overlooking the orchards of Oyama.