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12 05, 2023

NY ReLeaf 2023 Registration Now Open!

By |2023-05-15T12:46:10-04:00May 12th, 2023|Categories: Uncategorized|Comments Off on NY ReLeaf 2023 Registration Now Open!

The 2023 New York ReLeaf Conference will be held July 20-22 in Hofstra University, Hempstead NY We are excited to announce that registration for this year’s ReLeaf Conference is now open! Join us July 20–22 at Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY. This year’s theme is, “Keeping trees [...]

26 04, 2023

Writing for the Trees: Drawing an Iconic New York City Tree

By |2023-04-27T00:00:15-04:00April 26th, 2023|Categories: Essays and Reflections, Innovative Projects and Programs, NYC, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , |Comments Off on Writing for the Trees: Drawing an Iconic New York City Tree

Writing for the Trees: Drawing an Iconic New York City Tree In this installment of a somewhat regular feature, NYSUFC Board Member, author and blogger Jean Zimmerman shares her experience at a Tree Wonder gathering in Washington Square Park. All photos by Jean Zimmerman Would you like [...]

21 03, 2023

Recommended Reading: Dreaming and Building: Margot Chiuten and Chiuten Trowbridge Landscape Architects

By |2023-03-21T19:51:23-04:00March 21st, 2023|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Recommended Reading: Dreaming and Building: Margot Chiuten and Chiuten Trowbridge Landscape Architects

Margot Chiuten (second from left) with (from left) her wife Shawna Black and their kids Keane, Graem, and Emerson. Dreaming and Building: Margot Chiuten and Chiuten Trowbridge Landscape Architects Margot Chiuten recently founded her own landscape architecture firm with longtime collaborator Peter Trowbridge. In this [...]

1 03, 2023

March April 2023 Edition of City Trees Features Rural Urban Forestry, SMA Conference in Seattle pics, New Horizon Elm, and New Role for Community Arboreta

By |2023-03-01T11:52:33-05:00March 1st, 2023|Categories: City Trees Magazine, Society of Municipal Arborists, Uncategorized, Underutilized Urban Trees|Tags: , , |Comments Off on March April 2023 Edition of City Trees Features Rural Urban Forestry, SMA Conference in Seattle pics, New Horizon Elm, and New Role for Community Arboreta

City Trees is the magazine of the Society of Municipal Arborists (SMA) and is freely available to everyone. Here’s how you can access City Trees, an international, bimonthly online magazine about all things urban forestry:  The March/April 2023 City Trees is here From the Jan/Feb 2023 link (or any other issue [...]

14 02, 2023

Jean Zimmerman and Doug Still Explore Connecticut’s Charter Oak on the This Old Tree Podcast

By |2023-02-14T16:25:26-05:00February 14th, 2023|Categories: Essays and Reflections, History, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Jean Zimmerman and Doug Still Explore Connecticut’s Charter Oak on the This Old Tree Podcast

This Old Tree podcast host Doug Still (left) and Council Board Member, arborist and author Jean Zimmerman (right) met with Jack Hale of the Hartford, Connecticut Tree Advisory Commission as part of their extensive exploration into the history, lore, and meaning of the storied Charter Oak, [...]

4 01, 2023

January 2023 TAKING ROOT News

By |2023-01-04T11:53:09-05:00January 4th, 2023|Categories: Uncategorized|Comments Off on January 2023 TAKING ROOT News

"This Old Tree" Podcast; 'Crimson Spire' Oak; ReLeaf Workshop at Lasdon Arboretum; Fall Planting Celebrations; More Read this month's TAKING ROOT news here and subscribe here.

6 09, 2022

DEC’s Lowville Arboretum in the North Country, with Glen Roberts

By |2022-09-06T13:16:25-04:00September 6th, 2022|Categories: Forest Restoration, Innovative Projects and Programs, NYSDEC, Uncategorized|Tags: , |0 Comments

Fringetree (Chionanthus virginicus) in the Lowville Forestry Demonstration Area Arboretum. Council Board Member and Longtime Region 6 Senior Forester Glen Roberts retired earlier this year after 31 years with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). Roberts had the good fortune to work [...]

8 08, 2022

Underutilized Trees for Urban Use: Staghorn Sumac

By |2022-08-08T14:59:55-04:00August 8th, 2022|Categories: Uncategorized|0 Comments

Council Vice President James Kaechele has been walking past this pollinator garden along the Queensboro Bridge for four years. It's a garden in which staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina) is functioning as a beautiful mid-sized tree, providing stature and shading other plants. Photos by James Kaechele [...]

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