Uncategorized – Know Your Trees

Bark: Get to Know your Trees

September 7 – Field Walk 10:00 – 12:00. Fitzgerald Lake, Cooke Avenue entrance

January 5 – online program 7:00 to 8:30. Natural History Society of Maryland

online March 6 – 7:00 to 8:00 pm and onsite March 9 – 12:00 to 4:00. New York Botanical Garden,

March 11 & March 18 – 2 evening online program, 7:00 to 9:00 pm. Natural History Society of Maryland

online March 12, 6:30 to 8:30 and outdoors March 17, 10:00 to 12:30. Hitchcock Center, Amherst MA

online program March 20, 7:00 to 8:30 and at Mary May Binney Wakefield Arboretum March 23, 10:00 to 12:30. Massachusetts

online March 21, 6:00 to 7:00. Midcoast Audubon, Maine

Virtual Program – Morse Institute Library, Natick, MA – 7:00 PM (Registration begins 4/1/2021 at 8:00 AM)

Grey Towers Heritage Association – online presentation – 7:00 – 8:30

Tower Hill Botanic Garden: Online presentation July 14, 6:30 – 8:00 Optional, additional session: Outside at Tower Hill July 17,

The Language of Trees: On a Walk with Rutherford Platt – from American Forests Magazine
In the winter of 1929, Rutherford Platt went for a walk in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden with noted botanist, Dr. Arthur Graves. As his mentor began pointing out the buds along the leafless tree branches, Platt was astonished — he had always supposed that buds appeared in spring, just before they bloomed. . . Read ... (more)
Buds: Spanning the Seasons – from The Outside Story (syndicated newspaper column)
The sign in the window, which read, “Clearance! Hats and Gloves 50% off,” puzzled me. Snowflakes swirled on gusty winds. The bitter cold stung my fingertips—I wondered if I should buy warmer gloves while I had the chance. Clearance? Temperatures hadn’t climbed above freezing for days . . . Read the Article (more)
The Language of Bark – from American Forests
I spot the neon-orange flag, unmistakable among the more earthly hues of October leaves, and crash through the underbrush to reach it. I quickly begin cataloguing the surrounding trees. On a low-hanging branch, I find familiar looking needles and record eastern hemlock on my data sheet. I peer up through binoculars to recognize the leaves ... (more)