Because they were delayed by the pandemic, the piece is still a work in progress – it presently incorporates 12 tree-fork nodes, but should ultimately include approximately 40.

The team is calling their tree-shaping system "Botany Building," and while. ... maintenance, and care. First the support structure is built, which the trees will grow around and up.

Too often when unprotected trees receive a strike the charge jumps to another tree or a structure with metal infrastructure. A tree with a properly grounded system minimizes this prospect.

The plan is to make Christmas history Friday when the DeSoto Parish Sheriff's Office lights up a towering 300-foot structure. That's the equivalent of a 28-story building. At 6:30 p.m. local time ...