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FREE Tree Talk & Guided Tour with Dr. Matt Ritter
Gamble Garden: Carriage House & Garden
Saturday, August 20, 2011: 9am to Noon
Canopy is delighted to host Matt Ritter for a free tree talk and guided tour at Gamble Garden in the heart of Palo Alto. Matt Ritter is a botany professor at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, and author of...
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FREE Tree Talk & Guided Tour with Dr. Matt Ritter
Gamble Garden: Carriage House & Garden
Saturday, August 20, 2011: 9am to Noon
Canopy is delighted to host Matt Ritter for a free tree talk and guided tour at Gamble Garden in the heart of Palo Alto. Matt Ritter is a botany professor at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, and author of a new field guide, A California's Guide to the Trees among Us.
9:00 AM: Fresh Fruits, Muffins, Scones, Coffee, and Conversation
9:30 AM: Dr. Matt Ritter, A Californians Guide to the Trees Among Us
10:30 to Noon: Gamble Garden Tree Tour lead by Dr. Ritter
Talk Description:
Dr. Ritter recently proclaimed Palo Alto's urban forest to be the "best the in the Bay Area for its diversity and maturity." Join us at Gamble Garden, in the heart of Palo Alto, for a fascinating talk about the lives and stories of some of local trees featured in his new book A Californian's Guide to the Trees Among Us. In Palo Alto we are lucky to have an eclectic mix of trees from all corners of the earth; one only need stroll down a local street and look up. Palo Alto's Mediterranean climate and rich horticultural history have converged to populate our towns and cities with thousands of different species of native and ornamental trees. Matt will use his photographs, insight, and humor to share stories, cultivation and identification tips, and natural history of Palo Alto and California's common and exotic trees.
Biography of Dr. Matt Ritter:
Matt Ritter studies cultivated trees and trees that escape cultivation. He has a bachelor’s degree in microbiology and a Ph.D. in plant developmental biology. He is currently a botany professor in the Biological Sciences Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, and director of the plant conservatory there. He has authored numerous scientific papers about plants and contributed to botanical references including the upcoming second edition of the Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California and the Flora of North America Project. He holds a Kenan Fellowship at the National Tropical Botanical Gardens, is the Ray Collett Visiting Scholar at the UC Santa Cruz arboretum, teaches for the Organization of Tropical Studies in Costa Rica, and is the chair of the City of San Luis Obispo Tree Committee.
About Canopy:
Canopy is a small environmental nonprofit dedicated to planting and protecting local trees in parks, schools, and along local streets. Since 1996, Canopy has planted and protected thousands of trees for public enjoyment, health and inspiration.
www.canopy.org
