Green Man

The theme of Burning Man 2007 was Green Man.
So all the artwork was created with that in mind.
All around center camp there were different interpretations of trees. They called it the Mangrove.
Here's a few of them. I'll include the official descriptions whenever I can.

This is the Cultural Park Flower Tree
By Ellen Heine & Evelyn Fasnacht with flowers by Paterson & Oradell NJ school children & community members
This 12' tall tree is covered with foliage and flowers made of plastic, metal and manmade material recyclables such as soda cans, detergent bottles, cookie tins, water bottles, etc. The inspiration for this tree comes from the "Flower Man", an indigent long-term resident of a neighborhood in NYC undergoing gentrification, who has for years, been making such "flowers" to adorn the fence of his neighborhood pocket park, La Plaza Cultural Park Garden.
The piece is a free-standing rendition of this 'green' spirit and it's "flowers" have a similar genesis with the added embellishment of lights in the center of each flower. School children and community members create the flowers for this tree and Participants are asked to add flowers made from their own discards during the Festival. At the end of the Event the tree will be sent back to NYC for permanent installation at La Plaza Cultural Park bringing the inspiration full circle.

This piece was quite touching. The woman is made of branches and twigs.

A Tree Undone
By Josie Schimke
The act of unraveling a knitted object is viscerally satisfying; it's hard to resist pulling a lose string on a sweater, just to see it unwind, and to feel the vibration of the yarn in your fingertips as the yarn pulls against itself, resisting being undone.
A Tree Undone tempts participants with an urge that conflicts with their appreciation of the object itself as they observe within themselves the desire to both preserve and destroy an object at the same time.
The project is an interactive knit and crochet sculpture that begins as a simple tree, standing about 9 feet tall and 5 feet wide, its branches full of crocheted and knitted leaves. Before the event, participants are invited to create and contribute leaves to be added to the tree. On the playa, participants are invited to unravel one of the project's thousands of crocheted and knitted leaves. By the end of the week it will only have strands of yarn hanging from the branches.


Bone Tree
by Dana Albany
Originally created for Burning Man 1999, the Bone Tree returns to the playa to celebrate the Green Man. This mobile tree is made of hundreds of animal skulls and bones, and will move around the playa, emitting its own soundtrack.