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Blooming hope: Community Tree project in Jacksonville lets people share messages of love, loss 'It does do what we had hoped, which is create a space where we're giving people permission to be sad, and permission to be hopeful.' Author: Florida Times-Union, Tom Szaroleta Published: 9:23 PM EST December 25, 2020 Updated: 11:31 PM EST December 25, 2020 JACKSONVILLE, Fla — While most trees are losing their foliage for the winter, a live oak in Riverside is blooming with messages of hope, grief and love. The Community Tree is in the front yard of...

While most trees are losing their foliage for the winter, a live oak in Riverside is blooming with messages of hope, grief and love. The Community Tree is in the front yard of the Yellow House art gallery at 577 King St. in Jacksonville. For the next few months, people are invited to stop by, jot a message on one of the 3-inch-by-4-foot ribbons and hang it in the tree. The idea for the project came from cultures across the world, said Hope McMath, Yellow House director. She said Scotland has a tradition of "wishing trees," Tibetans have prayer flags and people in Iraq, China and Japan have ...