On a gloriously sunny spring day, Jim McGlone, newly retired from the Virginia Department of Forestry, led 14 volunteers with Tree Stewards of Arlington and Alexandria on a Tree Walk around the grounds of the Lubber Run Community Center on Saturday, May 25. This was part of the continuing education program organized by Continuing Education Chair Paul Kaplowitz. Jim discussed the principles of the right tree in the right place and provided a few examples of the right tree in the wrong place. We learned why bald cypress was a good choice for the grassy slope next to the parking entrance. He then contrasted the landscaped tree plantings around the Community Center, which were planted with input from Tree Stewards, with the trees found in the adjacent urban forest, including majestic tulip trees, black cherries, and American hornbeams. We all learned so much.







