![A heart-shaped meadow, created by a farmer as a tribute to his late wife, can be seen from the air near Wickwar, South Gloucestershire. The point of the heart points towards Wotton Hill, where his wife was born. (SWNS.com) - Image Credit: Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers](http://192.168.195.175/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/e02fde07d49ee258cc3f6d1b19207757.jpg)
A devoted farmer painstakingly planted a tribute to his late wife, Janet, using 6,000 oak trees to etch out a giant heart in the middle of his field in South Gloucestershire, England. Howes, 70, and a gardener spent weeks planning and setting out each oak after his wife died suddenly 15 years ago. He planted the fledgling trees across a six-acre field after carefully marking out a heart shape in one half of the grass, with the heart pointing in the direction of her childhood home. The stunning crop was captured in its full beauty after a balloonist sailed over the farmhouse and photographed the field from the air.
Photo of Winston Howes with his late wife, Janet Howes in 1960. (SWNS.com)
A giant heart formed with 6000 oak trees which Winston Howes planted in memory of his late wife Janet. (Andy Collett / SWNS.com)
“Farmer plants heart-shaped meadow for late wife”. Yahoo News. 13 July 2012. Web.
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