I figured that with Thanksgiving yesterday food is on the minds of some of us. And if not this tree featured by Food Frenzy is still way fun.
This 12-foot tall chocolate tree, complete with more than 300 marzipan oranges and 10,000 chocolate leaves was created by Art Institute Chef Instructor Rick Royal and a team of 60 students and alumni for the 2007 Celebrity Food Show in Anaheim.

The tree was created to honor the 150th anniversary of Anaheim’s existence.
The Celebrity Food Show is long over for this year but you can still see more at their website and make plans to …read more

The Sugar Maple is the official state tree of Vermont and is lovely. Tall, winding, and spread out for shade with beautiful leaves.

The Sugar Maple is considered the best source for maple sugar — read more about specific Sugar Maple characteristics. Grow Native also has some great info for Sugar Maple huggers.
NPR recently offered an alarming, but great article on the future of the Sugar Maple as global warming continues to advance. Sugar Maple trees are delicate; or I should say sensitive and while global warming is not healthy for anyone or anything on the planet it could be very …read more

I don’t know if anything looks nicer than a bright and shiny lemon tree. They have pretty leaves, flowers, and fruit. Lemon trees are thus triple threat hug worthy. Not to mention all the great dishes lemons can be used in.

The best part is that any tree hugging family can grow their own organic lemon tree!
Viva Terra has some of the most amazing eco items at their website; including a tiny Organic Dwarf Meyer Lemon tree. It grows full size lemons though so lemon dishes a plenty are good to go.

For the kids check out this giant lemon! Now that …read more

I’m not a huge pet fan, but I know there are many tree hugging families that are. If you have a little tree hugging kitty than you absolutely need this Custom Tree Tower from Sitting Pretty Kitty.

Here’s a view of the whole tree tower: 

And there are tiny sleeping branches!

You can get it with leaves, flowers, and butterflies as well. Learn more at Sitting Pretty Kitty.

Heather over at Chocolate Bytes is running a stellar contest where you win… Chocolate Leaves!
This is my contest entry; which doubles a nice autumn post for my tree hugging friends. It is autumn and that’s a great time for chocolate! Ok, anytime is a great time for chocolate. Try munching (or using) these green-based items. They also would make great gifts for a chocolate and nature loving pal.
Chocolate acorns! How cute.

Or try organic chocolate covered pumpkin seeds!

When it starts to get chilly outside you can curl up inside with Green & Blacks Organic Hot Chocolate.

Or warm up in a toasty …read more