In 100 years time, when the olive tree I planted four years ago in Mitchell matures, it will rival those I saw in and around Assisi, in Italy. I'm pruning it carefully to ensure a single trunk and well-balanced branches, and to date it's growing very well with its silvery grey foliage a contrast to that of the natives planted behind. This year, for the first time, it is laden with fruit.
To me, an olive tree symbolises peace, and it is for this reason I plant an olive tree in every place we live. And yes, we have an olive tree growing in our garden at Phillip Island, and it too is growing very well and bearing fruit.
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