--- title: HOW A BAOBAB BROUGHT TWO PEOPLE TOGETHER description: "\"I read a story about the penguins in Cape Town, that they become a pair when the male hands..." image: https://blog.treedom.net/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/2174627.png --- - [Sustainable Business](https://blog.treedom.net/en/tag/sustainable-business) - [Green light](https://blog.treedom.net/en/tag/green-light) - [Treedom World](https://blog.treedom.net/en/tag/treedom-world) - [Green Focus](https://blog.treedom.net/en/tag/green-focus) Topics - [Sustainable Business](https://blog.treedom.net/en/tag/sustainable-business) - [Green light](https://blog.treedom.net/en/tag/green-light) - [Treedom World](https://blog.treedom.net/en/tag/treedom-world) - [Green Focus](https://blog.treedom.net/en/tag/green-focus) [Go to Treedom](https://www.treedom.net/en/) - ![](https://blog.treedom.net/hubfs/Treedom_April2021/Images/treedom-assets/flag/en.svg) - [![](https://blog.treedom.net/hubfs/Treedom_April2021/Images/treedom-assets/flag/it.svg)It](https://blog.treedom.net/it) - [![](https://blog.treedom.net/hubfs/Treedom_April2021/Images/treedom-assets/flag/de.svg)De](https://blog.treedom.net/de) - [![](https://blog.treedom.net/hubfs/Treedom_April2021/Images/treedom-assets/flag/fr.svg)Fr](https://blog.treedom.net/fr) - [![](https://blog.treedom.net/hubfs/Treedom_April2021/Images/treedom-assets/flag/es.svg)Es](https://blog.treedom.net/es) [Go to Treedom](https://www.treedom.net/en/) - [Blog](https://blog.treedom.net/en) - [green light](https://blog.treedom.net/en/tag/green-light) - HOW A BAOBAB... # HOW A BAOBAB BROUGHT TWO PEOPLE TOGETHER *Feb 07, 2020* | written by: [*Tommaso Ciuffoletti*](https://blog.treedom.net/en/author/tommaso-ciuffoletti) Condividi - ![facebook share](https://blog.treedom.net/hubfs/Treedom_April2021/Images/facebook-icon-round.svg) - ![Twitter share](https://blog.treedom.net/hubfs/Treedom_April2021/Images/twitter-icon-round.svg) - ![LinkedIn share](https://blog.treedom.net/hubfs/Treedom_April2021/Images/linkedin-icon-round.svg) *"I read a story about the penguins in Cape Town, that they become a pair when the male hands the female a branch of a Baobab tree, to start building their nest. I also found out that these penguins mate for life, and if penguins can do it... screw the ring. I want a branch of a Baobab tree."* *That's what Francesca wrote to me. I went looking, and I found Treedom. I bought a Baobab, and so I married her.* When I received this message from Alessando Prosperi on Facebook, at first I thought that he was joking. But he wasn't! He had heard an interview with me on the radio (specifically, an interview where I was being mocked for leaving my job to "go plant trees"), and then looked me up on Facebook to write me that message. A few days ago, taking advantage of the fact that we both live in Florence - where, by the way, Alessandro is quite well known for having founded Postini Fiorentini, a private postal services company - we met for lunch. I was curious to meet him and hear this beautiful story told by his voice. "Well actually, the wedding came about for the reasons for which you usually get married: love, children, a project together. But the story of the Baobab - which dates back to 2015 - was the one that linked our story to a small gesture, but of great beauty and symbolic value".  Certainly finding a branch of a Baobab tree would not have been easy without Treedom, but Alessandro's resourcefulness should not be underestimated. In 2015, Treedom was less known than it is today and finding a way of planting and gifting a Baobab planted on the other side of the world, well, it was no small feat. "To be honest I looked up "Baobab branches" and "Baobab trees" on all the search engines, until I found Treedom. I thought it was incredible and even more incredible that an initiative like that was located a short distance from my home in Florence. So I went straight to the offices to ask for - and get - my Baobab". Today Alessandro is a happy and busy father and husband. And it's nice to think that one of our trees played even a small part in his love story. The most beautiful reason to plant and gift a tree is most certainly as a gesture of love. 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