palms in feb north of Canada.

[treebing]

This was a nice job that I collaborated with Steve Turner on at the belle isle conservatory. Dawn took these awesome pictures. I thought this job would be breezy but little did I know how painful the spikes of a canary island date palm can be. You'll see I made some forearm armour out of a bath mat and duck tape. the thorns cause temproary arthritis which is really pretty painfull. Other than that, great fun. we are up next to do the bird house at the zoo.

http://www2.snapfish.com/slideshow/Album...02conservatory.

 

[treebing]

The first pictures in the slideshow is from the top of the conservatory looking south across the detroit river to canada. Belle isle is one of the great urban parks in America.

 

[jomoco]

That doesn't look like a Canary Island date palm Treebing.

These are Canary Island Dates.

http://www.sunpalmtrees.com/Palm-Trees-Pictures-Canary-Island-Date-Palms.htm

Maybe it was a close relative, Phoenix dactylifera, or very sick?

I only saw the one pic though.

jomoco