Please Join Us for our Monthly Lecture: |
Author & Historian
Jeff Kirwan
Discusses his book
"Remarkable Trees of Virginia"
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
7:30 p.m.
Christ Lutheran Church
2011 Brandon Ave., SW, Roanoke, VA 24015
FREE! |
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Jeff Kirwan, Virginia Tech forestry professor and co-author of Remarkable Trees of Virginia will give a PowerPoint presentation of this unusual, illustrated story of trees across the state at a meeting of the Historical Society of Western Virginia, Tuesday, June 23, at 7:30 p.m. at Christ Lutheran Church.
 Among the many handsome trees pictured in the 206-page book are an American elm at Roanoke Country Club; a redbud in Botetourt County; sweet birch and pignut hickory in Floyd County; sugar maple in Rockbridge County, and a black locust in Wythe County.
Kirwan, also a tree farmer and Extension specialist, coordinates the Virginia Big Tree Program and he leads a statewide 4-H and youth natural resources program. He serves on the state advisory committees for Project Learning Tree and the Master Naturalist Program. Mr. Kirwan is a member of the Nause-Waiwash Band of Indians on his native Eastern Shore of Maryland.
His co-author of the book was Nancy Ross Hugo, an outdoor writer, author of Earth Works: Readings for Backyard Gardeners, who directs Flower Camp, an outdoor education center in Ashland, VA.
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