Comments on: Festival of the Trees 29: Bring out your dead

By: Laura

Laura — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:11:36 +0000

Yes. But I think I want to revisit that a little. I do have some decent photographs of them on posted elsewhere, and I’ll add those if I can.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:05:34 +0000

In reply to Laura.

Have you blogged about those oaks, Laura? If so, you could send the link along to next month’s Festival of the Trees — see http://festivalofthetrees.wordpress.com for details. (And if not, you still have a couple weeks until the deadline for submissions.) Anthropomorphic old trees are the best, aren’t they?

By: Laura

Laura — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:21:32 +0000

I can’t believe I missed this. There are a couple of huge oaks (white oaks?) in Tate, Georgia, not far from here, and there is a gargoyle-esque old man growing forth naturally from the trunk of one. This also got me to thinking about the disappearance of chestnut trees and something I heard about them reappearing. a student of mine a couple of years ago, a 14 year old girl, was obsessed with those trees and taught me so much about them. Thank you all for these images, thoughts, and all this information.

By: Alan Gregory

Alan Gregory — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:41:14 +0000

These photos all remind me of all the many hours I spent exploring the Great Dismal Swamp (NWR) in southeast Va. Big trees, … many big trees. It has been more than a few years since I visited Ricketts Glen SP to look at the grand old hemlocks. I hope they’ve survived the adelgid.

By: Georgia

Georgia — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:37:22 +0000

Your compilation is well-written and engaging. I enjoyed the section on the services provided by older trees.

Thank you for linking to the summary of the lecture about the Sarajevo war and urban trees.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:22:14 +0000

Excellently done! Very absorbing and thorough, and enough to keep one busy for many days to come. Thanks for the inclusion.

By: fiona robyn

fiona robyn — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 22:28:19 +0000

A delicious smorgasbord! Thanks for putting this together, Dave, and for introducing me to the concept of carnivals – I feel so behind…

By: marja-leena

marja-leena — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 15:58:05 +0000

Fantastic post, Dave, especially concerning the environment and healing! Thanks for including me here.