UMaine Offering Free Tree Tour
Contact: Amy Witt, 207-780-4205
BANGOR, Me. — University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a tree tour of the Eastern Maine Native Plant Arboretum in Bangor and the University of Maine campus in Orono on Friday, Oct. 5. The tour is scheduled for 10 a.m.-1 p.m., with a rain date set for Friday, Oct. 12.
UMaine Extension Educator Marjorie Peronto will lead the tour, which will teach participants about 24 species of native trees and shrubs that are being evaluated for their use and performance in urban landscapes. Peronto will also show participants how to identify native trees and nonnative invasive species, and discuss the use of native woody plants in the landscape.
Participants will meet in front of UMaine Extension’s Penobscot County office in Bangor at 307 Maine Avenue. This event is free and open to the public, but preregistration is requested. Those who are interested should call UMaine Extension’s Cumberland County office at 800-287-1471 (in Maine) or 207-780-4205 before Monday, Oct. 1.
This tour has been organized by the Maine Tree Club, an educational outreach program established by UMaine Extension, the Maine Forest Service and the Pine Tree State Arboretum. The club is designed to teach people of all ages how to identify the trees of Maine, how to care for trees on their property and in their community, and why trees are important to Maine, our ecosystem and our economy.