James , this is a bit like the tree I had in mind . Couldn't resist adding the info about the painter - Enjoy !

Samuel Palmer
In a Shoreham Garden (1829)
Watercolour
V&A Picture Library
In Western iconography the image of the garden has been shaped and defined by the Biblical story of Adam and Eve, the original sinners thrown out of their paradise for tasting the forbidden fruit, and cast into the wilderness.
It is surprising, however, how little description the Book of Genesis gives of the original garden: The Lord God planted a garden in Eden, away
to the East, and there he put the man whom he had
formed. The Lord God made trees spring from
the ground, all trees pleasant to look at and good
for food; and in the middle of the garden he set
the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good
and evil. There was a river ?owing from Eden
to water the garden.
This rudimentary outline has given rise to many interpretations of the mythical garden, often depicted in early religious paintings as a rich, verdant orchard, full of flowers and trees. The imagery was enriched by the florid verses of the Song of Solomon, where the dialogue between bride and bridegroom is a contest of compliments using the metaphor of the garden. The bridegroom calls his love “an orchard full of rare fruits”, and uses the now well-known metaphor of his virginal bride as a secret garden: “My sister, my bride, is a garden close-locked, a fountain sealed.”
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