Friendship Tree

The Friendship Tree is a huge grey oak reaching approximately 8.4 meters in height. Its' appearance differs whilst being in Friendship Forest and the human world.

In Friendship forest, there is a narrow rocky path leading to a small wooden door in the middle of the tree trunk. It is surrounded by long curly grass patches and large swirly ferns with lots of flowers.

In the human world, however, the Friendship Tree is lifeless looking with no leaves and pale crusty bark on all of its empty branches. Lily's father has told her that the tree is dead, but when Jess, Lily, and Goldie approach the tree, it springs into life. The leaves, ferns and flowers also appear, looking just like the ones on the Friendship Tree in Friendship Forest. It is also surrounded by a shallow stream with clear water and fishes, as well as small grey stepping stones. This stream is known as Brightly Stream.

To get to Friendship Forest from the human world, Jess and Lily must go down to Brightly Stream, which is a small meadow down in Lily's Parents' Helping Paw Wildlife Hospital, which is settled in Lily's garden. They then have to step across a small stream with stepping stones to get to the enchanted oak tree which, believed to be dead, springs into life every time the girls and Goldie get near. From there, they must push down on the handle in the door, which leads them to a portal that takes the girls to Friendship Forest.

As they are taken to Friendship Forest, humans shrink in size by approximately 15%, just to fit in with the size of all wildlife and plants in the magical world.