Winston and Janet
To honor the memory of his wife Winston Howes planted 6,000 trees. His wife Janet and he had a special connection and they were deeply in love with each other and so they decided to get married in 1962.
They were blessed...
They were blessed with love and when they moved to a charming little farm home in the fields of Wickwar, Gloucestershire in Northern England, they were content in their lives.
They had a baby boy
The only thing that was missing was a child. After some time they were blesses with a beautiful baby boy and they were happier than ever!
Truth of life
In 1995, Janet had a heart condition at the age of 50 and left Winston and her son. They were sad, but they had to live with this harsh truth of life.
The idea
Winston was so in love with his wife, he missed her a lot. And while he was grieving for his love, an idea hit him and he thought of honoring his wife.
Planted trees...
He decided to plant a huge number of oak trees in the meadow by the farmhouse that they used to live in happily. But that was not it! He planted them in a way that the space left made a heart.
Andy Collett found it
A way of showing his everlasting love for his wife, love. But the world didn't know about this amazing love story until a hot air balloonist, Andy Collett flew over their home and spotted the beautiful sight!
Andy said...
“I have my own balloon and am quite a regular flyer, but this was the most amazing sight I have ever seen from the sky. It was a perfect heart hidden away from view – you would not know it was there. You can just imagine the love story."
Winston said...
When Winston was asked about the same, he said, “We planted large oak trees around the edge of the heart then decided to put a hedge around it too. The heart points towards Wotton Hill, where Janet is from. We plant daffodils in the middle that come up in the spring – it looks great. I go out there from time to time and sit in the seat I created."
