It has been 17 years since Howard Howes’s wife, Janet, died. In the months that followed, he memorialised her by planting thousands of oak seedlings in a heart-shaped meadow in the middle of a six-acre field close to his farmhouse.
Janet’s childhood house is located in the geographic centre.A Texas lady holding the restaurant door chooses to gently react to an older woman’s remark.
The secret heart meadow was seen and photographed by 42-year-old hot air balloon enthusiast Andy Collett as he flew above the forests.
After Janet died away, I had the notion to create a heart in the field clearing’, Howes, 70, said of his monument.
I suddenly got the brilliant idea of planting a large number of oak trees and thought it would be a fantastic concept. The last touch was placing a bench in the area below the hill where she formerly resided.
I like to unwind and think about life down there. He went on to say that it is a lovely and long-lasting tribute to her memory.
Howes owns a farm situated on 112 acres near Wickwar, Gloucestershire. His wife Janet, whom he wed in 1962, died at age 50 of heart failure in 1995.
The sole access to its concealed centre is by a trail that runs all the way to its tip. Because there are so many trees, we had to pay someone to do it.
After planting many large oak trees around the outside of the heart, we decided to surround it with a hedge as well.
Wotton Hill, where Janet grew up, is represented with a red heart. Daffodils, which bloom in the spring, are planted in the middle and make the area appear quite beautiful. Once in a while I’ll walk outdoors and relax in the chair I made,” Howes chimed in.
About five years ago, I flew over it personally,” he said. Collett said of the incredible find, “I have my own balloon and am quite a regular flyer, but this was the most amazing sight.
I have ever seen from the sky.” Because it was hidden, you wouldn’t even know there was a beautiful heart there. “It’s easy to picture the love story,” he went on.