Member Meeting
Monday September 19, 7:00 p.m., Ivy Creek Education Building
Joe Murray, Consulting Arborist and Educator, will make a presentation, "Radical Gardening: Doing Things that Would Drive my College Professors Crazy."
Tree Basics on Planting and Caring for Trees
Friday, October 7th, 2016
10AM-Noon
Northside Library, 705 West Rio Rd, Charlottesville
Learn to select, plant and care for trees on your property. Presented by certified tree stewards.
Sponsored by the Charlottesville Area Tree Stewards for the Tree Basics for Homeowners Program
For registration, email: treebasics183@gmail.com
United Way Day of Caring
Recently, Tree Stewards worked with volunteers from local Charlottesville businesses to remove invasive plants at the Ivy Creek Natural Area. Organized by the United Way for its annual Day of Caring, 23 volunteers joined a dozen Tree Stewards and Ivy Creek staff working for a half day to protect trees in a meadow along Ivy Creek’s Red Trail.
Fall Tree Sale
Associate Members of CATS
These individuals have helped CATS and/or pursued our mission in an exemplary way:
Michael Abbott, Local Manager of Bartlett’s Tree Experts in Charlottesville
Tom Dierauf, Retired Director of Research for the Virginia Department of Forestry
Adam Downing, Extension Agent of Forestry, Agriculture and Natural Resources of Virginia
Rob Farrell, Deputy State Forester for the Virginia Department of Forestry
Peter Hatch, Director of Gardens and Grounds Emeritus for the Thomas Jefferson Foundation; author of “A Rich Spot of Earth and Jefferson’s Garden”
John Jeffers, Division Manager of Big O Tree Service
Paul Josey, PLA, ISA, Principal at Wolf/Josey Landscape Architects
Joan Maloof, Founder and Director of the Old-growth Forest Network; author of Teaching the Trees: Lessons from the Forest and Among the Ancients: Adventures in the Eastern Old Growth Forests
Sandy Mudrinich, Montpelier Horticulturist
Joe Murray, Consulting Arborist and Educator
Mike Neal, President and Account Manager of Arboristry Associates
John Skelly, Lecturer and Professor of Forestry and Plant Pathology
Peggy Van Yahres, Landscape Architect
Barbara White, Urban and Community Forestry Coordinator, Virginia Department of Forestry
Becky Woodson, Program Support Tech, Virginia Department of Forestry
Invasive Plants Workshop
Tree Steward Tim Maywalt presented a workshop on invasive plants this morning at the Ivy Creek Natural Area for 21 people. The free workshop was part of the Tree Basics for Homeowners program offered by the Charlottesville Area Tree Stewards. After an indoor presentation with samples and slides, Tim demonstrated the removal of bittersweet and ailanthus outdoors in the woods.
Albemarle County Tree Now VA Champion
The Landmark Pin Oak in front of Albemarle County Offices, McIntire Road is # 4 on the VA Champion list! Dan Fowley met with officials, they measured and VA Tech has entered it on the Big Tree website. There are two larger trees in Arlington, one in Salem, and one smaller Pin Oak in Loudon County. See details here.
Free Workshop on Invasive Plants
FREE Workshop on Invasive Plants
Friday, 8 July 2016
10 AM until Noon
At Ivy Creek Natural Area,
Education Building
Learn to identify invasive plants in our gardens and forests, how to get rid of them, and why we have an invasive problem. We will go into the woods briefly so dress appropriately.
Sponsored by the Charlottesville Area Tree Stewards for the Tree Basics for Homeowners program.
Email treebasics2016@gmail.com to register.
