Join the Maine Tree Club Outing to Deering Oaks Park
Contact: Amy Witt, Extension horticulturist, 207-780-4205 or 1-800-287-1471
PORTLAND — University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host Jeff Tarling, Portland Parks Manager and City Arborist, as he leads a tour of historic Deering Oaks Park in Portland. The walk will take place on Friday, June 30, 2006 from 2-4 p.m. The group will meet at the “castle” in the park at 2 p.m.
Deering Oaks, a beautiful 51-acre park, is home to several stands of tall hardwood trees, many of them more than 200 years old, and over 600 species of roses.
This outing is organized by the Maine Tree Club, an educational outreach program established by UMaine Cooperative Extension, the Maine Forest Service and the Pine Tree State Arboretum. The club is designed to equip people, over a two-year period, to identify 50 trees of Maine. The tour of Deering Oaks Park is free and open to the public. Please call UMaine Cooperative Extension’s Cumberland County office at 1-800-287-1471 to register for this outing.