FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) -- Karen Cooper was ready to go out on a limb to save her beloved, so she got married -- to a tree.
Specifically, a giant ficus that's shaded Snell Family Park in Fort Myers for more than a century.
The tree became the center of a neighborhood controversy when city staff began discussing cutting it down last year. Cooper, who lives nearby, began mobilizing to save it.
The News-Press reports effort that culminated with the waterfront nuptials Saturday, complete with flowers, music, a tree-decorated wedding cake and a canine ring-bearer named Little Bear.
Though rooted on city property, some of the Indian laurel's 8,000-square-foot canopy and root system extends to a neighboring lot, for sale for $1 million.
In December, the city's public works department OK'd the tree's removal.
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Information from: The (Fort Myers, Fla.) News-Press, www.news-press.com
