The Man Who Planted Trees - Jean Giono signage French photographer Sarah Moon boards

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The Man Who Planted Trees - Jean Giono signage French photographer Sarah Moon boardsWhile hiking through the wild lavender in a wind swept, desolate valley in Provence, a man comes across a solitary shepherd called Elzard Bouffier. Staying with him, he watches Elzard sorting and then planting hundreds of acorns as he walks through the wilderness. Ten years later, after surviving the First World War, he visits the shepherd again. A young forest is slowly spreading over the valley Elzard has continued his work. Year after year the