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 [...]
Writing for the Trees: Tree Preservation in NYC In this second installment of a somewhat regular feature, NYSUFC Board Member, author and blogger Jean Zimmerman shares her experience on one work site in Queens. All photos by Jean Zimmerman The tale of a root in danger is [...]
Writing for the Trees In this first installment of a somewhat regular feature, NYSUFC Board Member, author and blogger Jean Zimmerman shares ideas about How Arborists Can Communicate With the World and Have Fun Doing it Michelle Sutton wrote a great post recently about getting an article [...]
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, [...]
One of two mature copper beech (Fagus sylvatica Atropurprea) at Wave Hill in the Bronx. Photo by Jean Zimmerman Council Board Members Jean Zimmerman and Andy Hillman were featured recently on Doug Still's This Old Tree podcast. Jean, an arborist, author of seven books, blogger, [...]
By Jean Zimmerman, Council Board Member and Commercial Arborist for SavATree Some folks out there are not that fond of the Eastern redbud, who judge its spread as almost invasive, the way a single specimen will proliferate along a roadside during April like a brightly colored blossoming [...]
One of the the Wave Hill Public Garden and Cultural Center copper beech “cousins,” this individual showing less coppery late summer foliage. Photo by Jean Zimmerman Copper Beech (Fagus sylvatica Atropurpurea Group) By Jean Zimmerman, Council Board Member and Commercial and Consulting Arborist for SavATree [...]
Author Jean Zimmerman with one of Ithaca’s thriving swamp chestnut oak (Quercus michauxii) street trees, about 15 years old. Council Board Member and Commercial & Consulting Arborist for SavATree Jean Zimmerman provided this superb story and photos. Jean is also an extensively published author (jeanzimmerman.com), [...]
Arborist and author Jean Zimmerman. Photo by Maud Reavill Council Member and SavATree Arborist Jean Zimmerman recently attended the 2020 Municipal Forestry Institute (MFI) with partial assistance from a Council scholarship. With this MFI class, more than 750 urban forestry and affiliated professionals have completed [...]