The trees of life are from Mexico. They are vivid in colour and joyful in design. They are made of tin, iron and clay. They influence of the Aztec past and the Catholic present can be seen in the choice of colours and imagery. They offer a tree at Christmas time without the lost of space and abundance of needles. They can be used year after year so it could be said have a green advantage.

A village in Mexico called Metepec is particularly renowned for making painted terracotta Trees of Life. However trees of life are made all over Mexico, each region having it’s own distinctive style. Trees of life are present in all civilisations. They represent fertility, a motif for religions, philosophy: a concept for interconnectedness on our planet. In Christian art Trees of Life represent earthly paradise, the Garden of Eden and the forbidden fruit