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Books for Tree Lovers
We asked Tree Stewards to share some of their favorite tree books, and here are a few worth putting on your wishlist. Others will be added as more members contribute suggestions. NonfictionThe Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring … Continue reading
Posted in Continuing Education, Education, Tree Care, Tree ID, Uncategorized, Worldwide
Tagged 2018 Man Booker Prize, Amazon, Best Book of 2018, Kirkus, Nancy Ross Hugo, New York Times, Peter Wohlleben, Richard Powers., Richard Preston, Robert LLewellyn, Seeing Trees, The Hidden Life of Trees, The Overstory, The Wild Trees
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Branching Out Winter 2018-19
Following are events of interest to Tree Stewards and other tree lovers. Outdoor events are weather permitting. (CE) Attendance at these events may be counted as Continuing Education. ANS is Audubon Naturalist Society. Here’s the website. Ī Ī Ī Ī Ī Ī Ī Ī Ī Ī Ī Ī Ī Ī Ī Ī Ī Ī Ī Ī Ī Ī Ī Ī Ī Ī Ī Ī … Continue reading
Posted in Arlington Tree Canopy, Bluemont Park, Class Presentations & Materials, Community Service, Education, Events, Free Tree, New Training Class, Out on a Limb, Tree Canopy Fund, Tree Care, Tree ID, Uncategorized
Tagged Alexandria, Arlington, CE continuing education, community, continuing education, education, free trees, planting, training, Tree Canopy Fund, Tree Distribution, tree identification, tree sale, tree walk, VOL Tree Sterward volunteer opportunity, volunteer opportunity, volunteering
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We Give Thanks for Planting Trees!
Tree Steward Eileen Grant learns that this family, planting a White oak (Quercus alba) in Ben Brenman Park’s meadow Saturday, lives just across the street and can watch their tree grow. Tree Stewards are giving thanks for their many tree-planting … Continue reading
Posted in Alexandria Tree Canopy, Arlington Tree Canopy, Ben Brenman Park, Benjamin Banneker Park, Bluemont Park, Community Service, Education, Events, Growing Tree Canopy, Invasive plants, New Training Class, Uncategorized, Volunteer
Tagged Alexandria Department of Recreation Parks and Cultural Activities, Andrew Knapik, Arlington Urban Forestry, Backlick Run, Bob Williams, Bonnie Burgess, Bonnie Petry, Boundary Stone, Cameron Station, Dan Schwartz, Eileen Grant, Four Mile Run, Holmes Run, Marymount University, Parknership, SW 9
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Witchy Hats on Witch Hazel Are in the Woods Now
Now is a great time to find bewitching sights in the woods of Northern Virginia. Here’s evidence: Witch “hats” on native Witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana) leaves. The conical black “hats” are the chemical reaction of the Witch hazel leaf to … Continue reading
Help Us Plant Hundreds More Trees
The shocking new information about the unexpected acceleration of global warming should frighten all of us into doing everything we can to try to slow or halt it. Alexandria’s Natural Resources branch, Arlington County’s Urban Forestry unit, and Tree Stewards … Continue reading
Tree Walk at Ivy Hill Cemetery
Tree Steward trainees and their mentors were agog at the magnificent tree specimens at Ivy Hill Cemetery in Alexandria on Sunday, Oct. 28th when they gathered for a tree identification expedition led by instructor Emily Ferguson. They encountered innumerable oaks … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Events, Fall Tree ID, Ivy Hill Cemetery, New Training Class, The Crypt, Tree ID
Tagged Alexndria, Emil;y Ferguson, Lucy Goddin, Timber Branch
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Fall Tree ID Book List
Fall Tree ID Books
Posted in Continuing Education, Education, Tree ID
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Training Syllabus 2018-19.6
TSAA Syllabus 2018-19 6
300 New Trees Planted in Arlington
Summer rains flooded many a basement in Arlington, but along Four Mile Run as it courses through Bon Air Park, precipitation caused a wipeout. The roots of many mature trees on the banks of the creek gave way after … Continue reading
Tree Stewards Win Alexandria Beautification Award
Tree Stewards Jane Seward, Lynn Gas, Meghan Rainey and their neighbors in urban forestry deserve rousing accolades for greatly improving their Northridge-Beverly Hills districts by conceiving and leading a project to have 139 trees planted in yards in their neighborhood. The … Continue reading
Posted in Alexandria Tree Canopy, Canopy Loss, Community Service, Events, Growing Tree Canopy, Volunteer
Tagged Alexandria, Allison Silberberg, Award, Beautification, Beverly Hills Civic Association, Del Pepper, Growing Tree Canopy, Jeanne Snapp, Northridge Civic Association, Paul Smedberg, species, volunteering