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The The Tree of Life family tree template: Charles Darwin drew the first tree of life; this is his own. Laurel-wreathed portraits on a botanical olive watercolour, four generations of the Darwin and Wedgwood family.
The template as we made it, with 12 people.
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Botanical family tree template with portraits

A calm sage-green family tree template with round portraits in laurel wreaths on a botanical olive watercolour. Made with the Darwin and Wedgwood family.

Page shape
Portrait (3:4), or any other shape
Artwork
Botanical olive, decorative tree
In the editor
Settings → Template Style → Botanical olive tree
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How the design is made

  • Portrait 3:4 on the Botanical olive artwork
  • Round portraits in laurel wreaths with botanical name labels
  • Classic layout with soft curved sage lines
  • EB Garamond throughout, with a Darwin quote as the caption

Your tree takes the artwork, the cards, the fonts, the colours and the lines. The people, the photos and the texts on the page stay your own.

Charles Darwin drew the first tree of life, so we made this template with his own family: four generations of the Darwins and the Wedgwoods. Each portrait sits in a laurel wreath, with a small botanical label for the name and the years, and soft curved sage lines connect the generations.

It is a quiet design that fits a living room or a study, and it keeps a family with many photos calm to look at.

The The Tree of Life template, framed and hanging on a wall.
Framed on a wall.

Your family in this style, on any page

The style takes your own people, names and photos. Here it is with a sample family of ten, in each page shape.

  • A sample family tree in the The Tree of Life style on a landscape page.
    Landscape
  • A sample family tree in the The Tree of Life style on a portrait page.
    Portrait
  • A sample family tree in the The Tree of Life style on a square page.
    Square

How to use this template

  1. Open the free editor, or open your project from My projects if you have a plan.
  2. Put in your family: type the names on the ready-made tree, build it person by person, or import a GEDCOM file.
  3. Press the gear button (Settings) at the bottom of the screen and open Template Style.
  4. Click Botanical olive tree and press OK. The background, cards, fonts, colours and lines change; your people, names, dates, photos and page texts stay as they are.
  5. Change the title, add photos and check every name. To download a print-ready file, choose a plan.

Would you rather Treeshy built the tree for you? Answer the family tree form and choose Decorative tree and the Botanical olive style, and you see a free preview before you pay. Then press Edit in the studio and choose Botanical olive tree under Template Style: restyling your preview is free. How the form works.

Portrait credits (12)

The portraits are historical works, cropped and resized for this design. Each one links to its source.

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