SAALFELD, Germany - You thought Easter eggs don't grow on trees? Check out Volker Kraft's garden in eastern Germany, and think again. Kraft's apple sapling sported just 18 eggs when he first ...

Volker Kraft decorates his Easter egg tree in Saalfeld, Germany on Wednesday, March 21, 2012. It takes the family around two weeks to hang the 10,000 hand painted eggs into the tree. Follow @msnbc ...

Germany: Easter egg trees and bonfires Germans bring colour to their gardens with Ostereierbaum—trees decorated with hand-painted eggs. The season is also marked by towering Easter bonfires ...

SAALFELD, GERMANY—You thought Easter eggs don’t grow on trees? Check out Volker Kraft’s garden in eastern Germany, and think again. Kraft’s apple sapling sported just 18 eggs when he first ...

That's when German couple Christa and Volker Kraft began trimming their own backyard tree with 18 hand-dyed and hand-painted Easter egg "ornaments," according to NBC News. By 2015, the collection ...

Members of Germany's Sorbian community carry on the tradition of decorating Easter eggs SCHLEIFE, Germany -- Anke Hanusch dips her needle into dark blue wax and dots it precisely on a yellow-dyed ...

She began researching Easter egg trees and found it was a lost tradition that began in Germany centuries ago. Malinowski decided to revive the tradition, bringing it to Aberdeen and adding a twist.