Axel Erlandson (December 15, 1884 – April 28, 1964) was a Swedish American farmer who shaped trees as a hobby, and opened a horticultural attraction in 1947 called "The Tree Circus",[1] advertised with the slogan "See the World's Strangest Trees Here".[2]
The trees appeared in the column of Robert Ripley's Believe It or Not! twelve times. Erlandson sold his attraction shortly before his death. The trees were moved to Gilroy Gardens in 1985.
- ^ Popular Mechanics Dec 1955, Vol. 104, No. 6 ISSN 0032-4558. Hearst Magazines. December 1955. Retrieved April 7, 2010.
- ^ King, Peter H. (August 9, 2001). "Going Out on Some Weird Limbs - Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 7, 2010.