The chestnut tree, this imposing tree approximately 25 meters high and 20 meters wide when fully grown, is recognizable by its palmate and abundant leaves. Although it looks a lot like a chestnut, fresh horse chestnut is not edible: it is even poisonous. Chestnut jam is actually chestnut jam! And candied chestnuts are candied chestnuts! A decoction of peeled, dried and powdered chestnuts can be used as washing powder or hand soap. The word “brown” comes from the root marr, pointing to the pebble. Isn’t there a game with the same name? Hopscotch, of course! It’s up to you to draw a hopscotch not far from a chestnut tree and find that scent of childhood that we sometimes miss so much.
The hidden power of trees by Thierry Beaufort – forest therapist, told by Magalie Rohm – Gestalt therapist