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27 12, 2023

Stitching a Future: The Tibbetts Estuary Tapestry

By |2023-12-23T15:23:47-05:00December 27th, 2023|Categories: Essays and Reflections, History, Natural Areas in the Urban Forest, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Stitching a Future: The Tibbetts Estuary Tapestry

Contributing writer: Matthew López-Jensen, Bronx-based Interdisciplinary Environmental Artist. All photos courtesy Matthew López-Jensen. The Tibbetts Estuary Tapestry is a fifteen-foot-long community embroidered work of art — and it is also a map of the neighborhoods and commercial buildings in the Northwest Bronx, built on former marshland. [...]

26 10, 2023

Wanted: Seeds and Cones

By |2023-10-24T17:24:59-04:00October 26th, 2023|Categories: Uncategorized|Comments Off on Wanted: Seeds and Cones

The NYSDEC tree nursery in Saratoga is currently collecting seeds and cones from private individuals. The deadline for all submissions is November 15, 2023. The Colonel William F. Fox Memorial Saratoga Tree Nursery is the oldest state forest tree nursery in the country. The Nursery currently produces [...]

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.

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