Shoe tree (decorated plant)

A shoe tree is a tree (or occasionally, a powerline pole or other wooden object) that has been festooned with old shoes, generally through the act of shoe tossing.[1] Shoe trees are generally located alongside a major local thoroughfare, and may have a theme (such as high-heeled shoes). In 2017 there were at least forty-five such shoe trees in the United States.[2]

The Shoe Tree in Morley Field, San Diego.[lower-alpha 1]
Branch of a shoe tree in Reno, Nevada

The Mountain Crossings store on the Appalachian Trail, built in the 1930s, has a tree outside where hikers traditionally abandon their boots by hanging them up, after walking the trail.[3]

See also

Notes
  1. The Shoe Tree in Frisbee Playground, Morley Field, San Diego fell down (allegedly on January 7, 2008, confirmed the following day), caused by a long period of rain.

References
  1. Shoe Trees. Roadside America.
  2. Roadside America. Search results for "shoe tree."
  3. "Mountain Crossings at Neels Gap".
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