A smiley face with circles under its eyes, a fingerprint, root vegetables and a harp: Anyone who has painfully missed these emojis for embellishing chats and emails so far should be rejoicing in 2025.

Larch, unlike most conifers, loses its needles in the fall, giving the smiley face its seasonal charm. Creating the design was no small task. Planting crews used ropes to mark the circle and ...