Heritage Edition No. 14: Elm Trees for Legacy

Johannes Hofer, a Swiss Physician, coined the term nostalgia in 1688. Taken from the Greek nostos (homecoming) and algos (pain), it was used to describe a pathological homesickness. Yet nostalgia is a positive emotion. It’s the warm fuzzies felt when seeing a board game from childhood for the first time in years, smelling a scent that brings forth memories of a long forgotten love, or hearing that song from that Spring.

Trees spark nostalgia, too. They have us longing for the warmer, lazy days of Springs past, where daylight hours seemingly stretched on and the world was full of beauty.

This week's trees can certainly do that. From the Harrison Heritage range, they add an instant nostalgia to any landscape, evoking those same warm fuzzy feelings. Importantly, they won’t make you feel homesick. Instead, they make you feel like you are home…and that’s a truly beautiful feeling.