Eorlingas – Party Tree: This kapok tree at the Bogor Botanical Garden, fondly known as Mirkwood to Eorlingas members, was the closest thing to a mallorn tree we had. It grew straight for thirty meters, even more, before branching out. We held a couple of picnics here, including a Tengwar lesson, before we learned the tree had to be felled because a branch had fallen on a visitor.

Eorlingas – Party Tree: This kapok tree at the Bogor Botanical Garden, fondly known as Mirkwood to Eorlingas members, was the closest thing to a mallorn tree we had. It grew straight for thirty meters, even more, before branching out. We held a couple of picnics here, including a Tengwar lesson, before we learned the tree had to be felled because a branch had fallen on a visitor.

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Eorlingas - Party Tree: This kapok tree at the Bogor Botanical Garden, fondly known as Mirkwood to Eorlingas members, was the closest thing to a mallorn tree we had. It grew straight for thirty meters, even more, before branching out. We held a couple of picnics here, including a Tengwar lesson, before we learned the tree had to be felled because a branch had fallen on a visitor.

Eorlingas – Party Tree: This kapok tree at the Bogor Botanical Garden, fondly known as Mirkwood to Eorlingas members, was the closest thing to a mallorn tree we had. It grew straight for thirty meters, even more, before branching out. We held a couple of picnics here, including a Tengwar lesson, before we learned the tree had to be felled because a branch had fallen on a visitor.

Marcel R. Bülles

A Tolkien fan for twenty-five years (and more to come...) Founding chairman of the German Tolkien Society, Co-Founder of Ring*Con, Co-Founder of the ITF, host, presenter and fantasy expert