Plaion Helmut Wartner

From the roots to the crown, from the trunk to the leaf, from the bark to the blossom: trees bring joy to life. Especially when the annual rings continue to grow. In this book, Helmut Wartner gathers numerous drawings he created over several decades among, in front of, and under trees, with careful selection of motifs. This collection is complemented by the best texts from a series of articles on beer gardens, giant trees, and natural monuments, conceived and realized from 2018 to 2023 in collaboration with the Bauminitiative Landshut and the Landshuter Zeitung. Helmut Wartner's years of dedication to a cherry orchard at the foot of the Landshut Hofberg is also documented in this richly illustrated work. Thus, an unmistakable symbiosis emerges, much like the relationship between roots and leaves – or to quote Leo Tolstoy: “The power of thought is invisible like the seed from which a giant tree grows.”.