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About Me

I am a magical, UV, solar-powered wishing tree. I travel around events all over the UK giving wishmakers the opportunity to express their thoughts and hopes. I've been to Glastonbury, Big Green Gathering, WOMAD, Endorse It In Dorset, Small World, The Glade, Sunrise, Synergy Project and Kingston Green Fair amongst others. Currently I've got 36,616 wishes on me (including many fallen ones) and I've still got room for plenty more (why not make a wish via myspace? You never know, it might come true;)

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Check out this link for a cycloramic image of the wishing tree in the Green Futures field at Glastonbury 2005 www.urban75.org/vista/glasto6.html

My Interests

The Wishing Tree is a portable, multi-coloured, fluorescent tree which sparkles in the daytime and glows at night. Now four years old, there were at the last count 36,620 wishes on its copious branches, and it is still growing!!!

The tree uses fluorescent wish card which people write on and then tie onto the tree to form the leaves. The more 'leaves' put on the tree the bigger the tree grows.

Anybody is welcome to put a wish on the tree, and anybody is free to express anything they wish on it, as long as it is not discriminatory or harmful.

The tree really becomes magical at night time when we use LED lighting, operated through solar power, to light up the colour in the tree. This creates a piece of artwork that is visually both distinctive and captivating, and makes it the only wishing tree of its kind.

Not everybody who visits the Wishing Tree makes a wish. Some simply choose to peruse through the various messages that are on the tree. It is a great medium for people to express and share their dreams and desires without any thoughts of self-consciousness.

There is a very special energy surrounding the tree, inspiring reflection, interactivity and creativity, which attests to its popularity. It is a perennially evolving piece of artwork, continuing to grow and develop its magic to an ever wider audience.

I'd like to meet:

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Wishing Tree dates for 2007 (many more to be confirmed...)

2nd March 2007 Escape from Samsara , The Fridge, Brixton

16-19 March 2007 Dragon Festival , Cigarrones, Orgiva, Granada, Spain

31 May-3 June 2007 Sunrise Summer Celebration , Somerset

16-17 June 2007 Leamington Peace Festival , Pump Room Gardens, Leamington Spa

29 June-1 July 2007 Workhouse Festival , Llanlyllin Powys, Wales

20-22 July 2007 Eastern Haze , Somerleyton Hall, Suffolk

My Blog

New shelter for wishing tree, summer 2008

A couple of photos of our new shelter, still under construction. We designed and built the shelter as a direct result of last year's very wet and muddy festival season in order to protect the tree fro...
Posted by the wishing tree on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:07:00 PST

Wishing Tree@ Rumbleteaser, NYE

First of all, a fantastic 2008 to everybody!!!!!The Wishing Tree brought in the New Year at the Rumbleteaser Party in North London, with the Small World Stage, Fish Seeks Bicycle and Earth Circus. We...
Posted by the wishing tree on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:39:00 PST

The new tree in action @ the Nativity Hoedown, Saturday December 8 2007

Was an enjoyable night (though knackering), the tree was placed in the chill-out space upstairs and was a big success, recognised by those who'd seen it at festivals and other parties and well-receive...
Posted by the wishing tree on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 09:02:00 PST

Pictures of new wishing tree

Here's the pictures of the nearly completed wishing tree, we've recycled the old trunks to use as the legs this time. The tree itself has a more natural look, while at the same time incorporating our ...
Posted by the wishing tree on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 06:03:00 PST

wish count- the total number of wishes on the tree

We've finished the count of all the wishes on the tree, so we're feeling a bit wish-eyed and the total amount of wishes we've collected is a lot...just a joke, the real total is 36,616, although that ...
Posted by the wishing tree on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:43:00 PST

Wishing Tree update

OK, we've been pretty quiet for a while, while we work out what's best for the future of the tree.We have started work on rebuilding the tree and the table, this time it'll be larger and more natural-...
Posted by the wishing tree on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 04:46:00 PST

Wishing Tree blog- Vale, Leamington, Glastonbury

The Vale Festival is a one-day event organised by some students there intending to portray a more eclectic and environmental alternative to normal student life. Upon arriving we discussed our location...
Posted by the wishing tree on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 04:27:00 PST

The Wishing Tree in the Glastonbury Review

Well here it is, the Wishing Tree in the post-festival Glastonbury Review. Sorry about poor quality this is just a scan, there's a bit about us on the bottom of the second column of the first page, an...
Posted by the wishing tree on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 04:04:00 PST

Wishing Tree blog- Kingston Green Fair, Sunrise Celebration

We left for Kingston Green Fair on Saturday afternoon. We'd kept our eyes on the weather forecast so we were prepared for the worst- ominously the rain started as soon as we drove through the gates at...
Posted by the wishing tree on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:02:00 PST

Another sneak preview- decor, lighting, exhibition

Here's some photos of what we have prepared for Kingston and Sunrise. First of all we have our yurt which includes our new lighting posts and tables for the tree. We spray-painted the inside of the yu...
Posted by the wishing tree on Tue, 22 May 2007 03:01:00 PST