I am sorry for the delay in posting. It has been an extremely busy winter for me, both professionally and personally. And a not so good winter for the trees. Our efforts to keep them warm were overly successful, and we overheated them. They did not have sufficient time to recover from the shock of transplanting before a very harsh Iowa winter hit them. The gentleman that sold them to us is a man of integrity and is honoring his one year warranty on the trees, so they are being replaced this week. We have decided that the palms on the west side of the building will be replaced with deciduous trees, rather than palms, as they take the severest weather. Your support and interest is very appreciated.

Thanks

Thank you to all who have shared your knowledge and advice regarding our palm trees. Your advice has been accepted in the spirit in which it was offered and we are doing everything we can to ensure that these lovely trees survive. I look forward to posting pics next spring of them.

well protected

We have wrapped the trees in heat tape, then foil backed insulation, then burlap to make them look natural, and then christmas lights. so far, we have had to be careful not to over heat the trees. we also put heat tape in the ground around the trees to keep the rootball from freezing. does any one have any suggestions on what to do with the fronds???? I will post more pictures as they become available.

iowapalmtrees: palm trees should have names

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In person

Yesterday we flew to Des Moines and I got to visit the palm trees in person. Wow is all I can say. I knew that they would be cool, but even I was struck by the surreality of it. You can honestly close your eyes and imagine yourself being teleported to southern Florida (or as a guest that I spoke to said, southern California). The trees compliment the architecture of the building perfectly! I will be posting more video tomorrow!

new photos

we are really having fun with thinking about ways to market this. We have some really great ideas which will build on this tremendous innovation. If you have any ideas about what kind of fun we could have with this, please post!