Tree Speak

Contributing Writer – Mark Buscaino, Executive DirectorOngoing Series – Trees of Note This Pin oak (Quercus palustris), located at the corner of Connecticut Avenue and Windom Place NW, is an incredible tree. Standing 65’ tall, 43” in diameter, it is truly an urban “arbor warrior.The area surrounding this tree completely paved or encased in concrete [...]

Contributing Writer – Maisie HughesOngoing Series – Trees of Note If you have ever spent time in Dumbarton Oaks’ gardens you know what it feels like to be surrounded by beautiful trees. This well-kept, historic landscape is the only place I go to see the cherry blossoms because I can avoid the crowds and enjoy [...]

Contributing Writer – Catherine Handren Communications AssociateOngoing Series – Trees of Note On a recent outing to take photographs of Big Tree nominees, I was surprised to see a dawn redwood (metasequoia) on the list. A native to the Szechuan and Hupeh providences of China, I had assumed – incorrectly – that all the dawn [...]

Contributing Writer – Lacey Brown, Education Coordinator Ongoing Series – Trees of Note This is the Red maple (acer rubrum) that lives in front of my new house. It’s a young, spindly thing – in all ways nondescript, not really at all impressive. However, it’s my favorite tree in DC simply because of the potential [...]

Contributing Writer – Sue Erhardt, Director of EducationOngoing Series – Trees of Note I would like to share with you two Trees of Note I am thankful to have in my life – Eastern redbuds (Cercis Canadensis) located at the entrance of Hostelling International in downtown DC. For almost two years I have walked past [...]

Contributing Writer – Carol Herwig, Volunteer CoordinatorOngoing Series – Trees of Note When asked to pick my favorite tree, I can be fickle. A majestic white oak at the Franciscan Monastery draws me in the winter. In the summer, nothing’s cooler than the cedar in Grant Circle. But I always come back to the blackgum [...]