Enter between the stone lions on Tillery, and you are in an unexpected Eden. Hop on a golf cart and be treated to a tour of a 10-acre tree farm where the majority of the plants are native, and a staff of 45 men tend to trees as tenderly as they would babies. They won’t mind if you spend hours walking through the crepe myrtles, magnolias, and palms with your mind in the branches. Ted’s Trees is a family business that specializes in commercial and residential trees, plants, and the delicate craft of transplanting. “When it's time to go, the tree’s gotta say bye. But we go real slow and gentle, we take good care of the roots, so he feels good and feels all right,” says foreman Randy Lopez. You, too, will feel good and all right after visiting this East Austin urban paradise.
