Along with Aragorn and Legolas, Gimli traveled through Fangorn Forest, something that Gimli wasn't used to, as he wasn't prepared for what lived there. The Ents, which took the form of trees ...

Legolas, being a high-elf of the woodland realm, values all nature and things that live, and suggests that “The houses are dead, and there is little here that grows and is glad.” ...

The two men first meet when Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli are pursuing a band of orcs across the plains of Rohan because the orcs have taken Merry and Pippin captive.