Already installed? The first button opens this exact place. After installing, return here and tap it.
Open this link on your phone to go to this place in the app.
How to install the early version through TestFlight
Get TestFlight. Tap the button, then go to the App Store from Apple’s page. TestFlight is Apple’s free app for early versions.
Come back here and tap the button again. In TestFlight, accept the invitation and install Peplos.
After installing Peplos, return to this page and tap “Open this place in Peplos”.
How the story begins
People brought this tree chicken soup. They brought get-well cards, Maalox, candles and crystals. Tibetan monks came, and psychics, and church groups. It was 1989, and the oak, believed to be about five hundred years old, was dying. A patch of dead grass had been the first sign. The city forester, John Giedraitis, sent off soil samples, and the Department of Agriculture found Velpar, a herbicide used only on trees, up to a gallon of it.
The rest is in the app. Peplos plays the full story when you reach the place. You can also listen ahead of time.
Visiting
Fifth and Baylor streets, Austin. Small public park, free. Fencing went up around the trunk after vandalism in 2024, so stay outside any barrier.
