Note: we are republishing this story which originally made the news in July 2012.
Howard Howes lost his wife Janet 17 years ago. In the months that followed, he planted thousands of oak saplings in a six-acre field next to his farmhouse, leaving a heart shaped meadow in the middle in her tribute. The point of the heart is facing Janet’s childhood home.
Howard Howes posing with his late wife Janet, Photo Credit: Facebook/British Heart Foundation
Howard Howes posing with his late wife Janet, Photo Credit: Facebook/British Heart Foundation
The secret heart meadow was revealed after 42-year-old Andy Collett, a hot air balloon enthusiast, flew over the woods and saw the heart, capturing it in all its glory.
