In this workshop, we will learn various native trees’ characteristics that help us to identify them in the leafless season. We will start in the Education Center, observing samples of twigs, buds and fruit. We’ll examine needles of different conifer species too (the evergreens.) Then we will head outside to look at the bark, branching and form unique to each species. Dress warmly, bring a notebook and camera.

Marc Wolf is Director of Horticulture and Environmental Stewardship at Mountain Top Arboretum. He received his BA from Williams College, is a graduate of New York Botanical Garden’s School of Professional Horticulture and interned at Chanticleer Garden. Marc studied with the noted landscape architect Darrel Morrison and worked as his field assistant on projects at New York Botanical Garden, Brooklyn Botanic Garden and for private clients. As a writer and performer working in theatre, film and television, Marc received OBIE and National Endowment for the Arts Awards, among others. Marc enjoys hiking, skiing, fishing and exploring the native plant communities of the Catskills.

Cost of Admission: Members FREE; Non-Members $10 suggested donation

This is an in-person event. Registration is required.

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This event is hosted by Mountain Top Arboretum. Mountain Top Arboretum is a public garden in the Catskill Mountains dedicated to displaying and managing native plant communities of the northeastern US, in addition to curating its collection of cold-hardy native and exotic trees.