How Olive Wood is Harvested Responsibly
How Olive Wood is Harvested Responsibly
In Bethlehem, olive wood is harvested responsibly. Seasonal pruning of these perennial trees encourages new growth. Beads are made from the pruned branches.
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How Olive Wood is Harvested Responsibly
Not an endangered species.
Olive trees are not an endangered species. They have been growing in the Holy Land on the same root systems for thousands of years. These roots grew the trees that could have shaded Jesus and His disciples. Pictured is an ancient olive tree in the Garden of Gethsemane.
What Pruning Does
Seasonal pruning of these perennial trees encourages new growth. Trees remain undamaged from the harvesting of the wood. After drying the pruned branches, artisans make the wood into beads and other items.
Why We Love These Beads
Olive wood has been popular since ancient times because of its density, fine texture, and the details of its grains. These smooth, durable beads have unique grain and marbling details. They look amazing on any rosary. We also love their symbolism. Jesus prayed under an olive tree in Gethsemane.
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CREDITS
The LOGO image of Our Lady of Grace is original artwork by Martin Lariviere in 2009. We have the artist’s permission (my son). It is our exclusive trademark logo image.
A beautifully photographed sky by Donald Tong inspired the website’s colour scheme. Cropped portions of it are the background for the footer Bible verse. He shared it as a free download on pexels.com.
Raphael painted The Sistine Madonna circa (1513-1514). We made circular cut-outs from the original image.
The painting of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane comforted by an angel is by Carl Heinrich Bloch in 1880.
Public domain pictures shared the photo of olives on an olive tree.
Our information is from general knowledge, experience, and shared internet resources. We’d like you to use it as a starting point for your research to verify facts and build a reference list.
IN REVIEW
Olive trees are not an endangered species. They have been growing in the Holy Land on the same root systems for thousands of years.
Seasonal pruning of these perennial trees encourages new growth. After drying the pruned branches, artisans make the wood into beads and other items.
Olive wood has been popular since ancient times because of its density, fine texture, and the details of its grains. These smooth, durable beads look amazing on any rosary. We also love their symbolism. Jesus prayed under an olive tree in Gethsemane.
At Our Lady of Grace Rosaries, we offer a variety of made-to-order or in-stock rosaries with olive wood beads and other types of beads.