Tree matriarchs in your home
We hope that some of the trees we planted today will one day become as old as Methuselah, and that future generations will admire their abilities and beauty just as we do now. What we can do in this very valuable book, which we encourage you to buy, take, and cherish.
It is especially dear to our hearts that among the authors of the book is our forest ecology expert, Réka Aszalós.
If you purchase the book from the Brancs website in the coming days, you will also contribute to the planting of 10 million trees. Remember:
1 book – 1 tree 🙂
I would like to draw your attention to a photo series showcasing our country’s notable, largest, and oldest trees, as well as a photo album based on the series that will be published this November. The photo series has been created for the fifth year by Márton Kállai, André Kertész Grand Prize-winning photographer, and Máté Kovalik, photo editor.
The photo series does not strictly follow dendrological criteria; in addition to the largest trees, it features trees of cultural-historical significance, trees that are important for sacred reasons, and individuals that bear the marks of environmental change or human activity. The resulting images cover every county and nearly every region of Hungary, and also strive to provide extensive coverage of native species in Hungary.
A photo album titled Matuzsálemek will be produced from the series this autumn.
As part of a pre-financing campaign, it will be possible to pre-order the volume, which will be released in early November, on the Brancs community platform.
The photographed trees will be accompanied by scientific and literary texts from authors such as:
– Réka Aszalós, forest ecologist, researcher at the Ecological Research Center, expert of the 10 Million Trees community
– Ildikó Boldizsár, fairy tale researcher, writer
– János Háy, József Attila Prize-winning writer, poet
– György Pósfai, Széchenyi Prize-winning biochemist, founder of the Hungarian Dendromania website
– Győző Szél, entomologist, museologist, staff member of the Natural History Museum
– Tamás Vitray Jr., biologist, science writer, editor-in-chief of the Hungarian edition of National Geographic
During the community financing weekend in August, for every order placed, the authors of the book will cover the cost of planting a sapling. The planting will take place in Zala County, in cooperation with the 10 Million Trees Foundation.
Márton Kállai:
The linden tree of Ötvöskóny, the oldest tree in our country
Large-leaved linden (Tilia platyphyllos)
Ötvöskóny, March 2022
Márton Kállai:
Oak on the Rókás pasture
Pedunculate oak (Quercus robur)
Túristvándi, October 2022
Marton Kállai:
The oszpoet “candelabra tree”
Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga)
Rinyabesenyő, February 2024
Marton Kállai:
The large plane tree of Körmend
Maple-leaved plane tree (Platanus × acerifolia)
Körmend, August 2025
