{"id":14304,"date":"2026-09-15T00:56:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T07:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=14304"},"modified":"2026-09-11T16:04:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T23:04:22","slug":"treebragging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2026\/09\/15\/treebragging\/","title":{"rendered":"Treebragging"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/09\/05\/style\/the-latest-wealth-flex-big-trees.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from The New York Times<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Latest Wealth Flex: Big Trees<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than ever, rich property owners are spending huge sums on full-grown oaks, palms and baobabs. They don\u2019t have the time or patience to watch them grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/guy-trebay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guy Trebay<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gigantic Machine Relocates Trees Without Chopping Them Down - Dutchman Truck Spade\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rlv3TS2Mkw8?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Imagine lifting a chair and moving it to a corner of the living room. Now imagine that the chair is 50 feet tall and weighs 100 tons. That, or something very like it, is the daily task of specialized workers who uproot and replant trees that may have been saplings when Ronald Reagan was a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEvery day, that\u2019s what we do,\u201d said Tom Cox, a co-founder of Environmental Design, a company in Texas that sources and transplants some of the largest and heaviest trees in the world. \u201cPeople who can afford it want the biggest, and they want the best in everything, and they want it now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The commerce in old trees is certainly not new. But as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/02\/us\/billionaire-boom-takeaways.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the billionaire class rapidly grows<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/09\/business\/economy\/billionaires-musk-gabriel-zucman.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the net worth of the richest Americans soars<\/a>\u00a0at unprecedented rates, the mature tree business is booming, according to experts in this once-niche industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/09\/05\/style\/the-latest-wealth-flex-big-trees.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click to continue reading at NYT<\/a> ]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from The New York Times The Latest Wealth Flex: Big Trees More than ever, rich property owners are spending huge sums on full-grown oaks, palms and baobabs. They don\u2019t have the time or patience to watch them grow. By\u00a0Guy Trebay Imagine lifting a chair and moving it to a corner of the living room. 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