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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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, [...]
"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.
ReLeafers in Watertown Pictorial; City Trees now free; James Kaechele on Staghorn Sumac for Urban Use; more. Read this month's TAKING ROOT news here and subscribe here.
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 [...]
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 [...]