Event Info: https://maplewoodlibrary.libnet.info/event/17681187
This family-friendly educational event helps you get to know SOMAs trees and the vital role they play in our community!
Your trees do more for our community than you think: with trees, small acts make a BIG difference. This family-friendly educational event explores the fascinating world of trees and the vital role they play in our community. Through short talks and hands-on activities for all ages, discover the science of tree ecology, the art of caring for trees, and the importance of urban forestry as superheroes save their cities. Join the Rutgers Urban Forestry Program and the Maplewood Environmental Advisory Committee for All About Trees, For All Ages to get to know SOMA’s trees.
The fun schedule of forestry talks and activities is as follows:
2:00-2:30pm: “Urban Trees Save the City”
2:30-3:00: Arboriculture Breakout
- Adult: “Demystifying Arboriculture: What’s a problem, what’s not a problem?”
- Kids: “Tree Detectives: Training amateur arborists to save the urban forest”
3:00-3:15: Break
3:15-4:00 pm: “Tree Ecology: Leaving the leaves—and meet and greet with the critters that depend on them”
Maplewood Memorial Library
