Bottle up: Workshop explores history behind the tree-decorating tradition
Bryce Ryans, left, and Tennessee State Park Ranger Daulton Degner create a glass bottle-tree at T. O. Fuller State Park in Westwood on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024. (ZiggyMack/Special to The Daily Memphian)
The art of creating bottle trees has become a worldwide phenomenon, especially common in the Southeast, and a class at T.O. Fuller State Park looks into the tradition’s origins.
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Bottle tree T.O. Fuller State ParkKambui Bomani
Kambui Bomani is the general assignment and breaking news reporter for The Daily Memphian. He is a graduate of Jackson State University’s multimedia journalism program and earned a master’s degree in digital journalism from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School. His work has been published in Pro Football Focus, The Southside Stand, HBCU Legends, FanSided and Wisconsin Sports Heroics.
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