Trail Connections are Powerful! All are invited to attend GBLC Annual Meeting and Guided Tree Walk on Saturday June 13th at 2 PM / Start at the Mason Library Community Room / light refreshments will be served
The Great Barrington Land Conservancy believes that nature connections are essential to a healthy community. Each year GBLC engages volunteers to care for native habitats and community trails. Come meet your land conservancy board of directors and learn about how volunteerism is powerful for ongoing conservation in Great Barrington. Deb Phillips, a community health professional, will provide a look at all the ways that community trails can help us to feel better. Project leaders will provide reports on efforts at the Pfeiffer Arboretum, Lake Mansfield, River Walk, and the Riverfront Trail.
Do you love trees? Massachusetts Certified Arborist Tom Ingersoll will guide a tree walk highlighting the great variety of native tree and shrub species that can be found along River Walk and the Riverfront Trail. The program will conclude with a tree planting demonstration on the Riverfront Trail that illustrates the best steps for planting new trees.
Registration Requested / space limited!
All GBLC members will be invited to enter our TREE BOOK raffle. Maybe you will go home with:
- Tending Your Forest by Paul Cantanzaro and Anthony D'amato
- When the Forest Breathes: Renewal and Resilience in the Natural World by Suzanne Simard
- Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants by Doug Tallamy
Deb Phillips is a nutritionist and community health advocate who has a BS in Nutrition from Cornell University followed by an MS in Health Education from Russell Sage College and a long tenure in South Berkshire County. She has been actively involved in creating collaborative relationships to address the many issues facing South Berkshire County, including access to healthy food, transportation, housing and social support. This work has drawn her to a deeper understanding of the strong connection between community health and the stewardship of our natural environment. Using gardening, hiking and being in nature to support her own health, Deb is an advocate for creation and maintenance of healthy outdoor spaces and activities that bring people together in those spaces.
Tom Ingersoll has been in the tree care field for 25 years. He is an ISA Certified Arborist, Massachusetts Certified Arborist, Connecticut Licensed Supervising Arborist, and NOFA Accredited Organic Land Care Professional. He serves on the Board of Trustees for the Berkshire Botanical Garden and is a founder of the Sheffield Tree Project, a Community Forestry effort in his hometown Sheffield, where the group has planted and cared for 200 trees over the last 20 years.
To Learn more about Tom, visit www.ingersolllandcare.com
