TIL an English farmer Winston Howes in 1995, lost his wife of 33 years and planted 6,000 oak trees on his farm forming a secret heart pointing toward her childhood home. It was largely unknown since the trees looked like an ordinary section of woodland from ground and could only be seen from above.
Ian Wace, a billionaire hedge fund manager, bought a dying Scottish island for $2.2 million and spent $135 million bringing it back to life with 100,000 trees, restored homes and new community spaces.