Date & Time
10:00am EDT - 12:00pm EDT
Price
About This Event
Join Chris Teter, Board Certified Master Arborist, Accredited Organic Land Care Professional, and Connecticut Master Gardener, for an urban tree identification walk focused on recognizing and understanding trees in the built landscape. This guided walk will cover key identification features including leaves, bark, branching patterns, and overall form, with attention to common street and park trees found in urban and suburban areas. Chris will also share insights into tree biology, seasonal changes, and how different species interact with pavement, buildings, and people, helping participants better read the landscape and understand the role trees play in urban ecosystems.
Join us for a tree identification walk through Mountain Grove Cemetery, a space that blends history with a rich natural landscape. Designed in 1849 as a rural cemetery, the grounds feel more like a park, with winding paths, mature trees, and quiet pockets where birds and other wildlife move through.
As we walk, we’ll learn to identify common tree species by bark, leaves, and shape, while noticing the birds and insects that move through the canopy.
The grounds are also the resting place of notable figures like P. T. Barnum, along with other local leaders who helped shape Bridgeport. It is a chance to connect both with the natural environment and the stories rooted in the land.
No experience needed. Just come ready to walk and take a closer look.
The event will take place rain or shine. Please, no dogs.
Event is open to the public. Priority to members.
Maximum 25 people. RSVP required.
Members Free/ Non-Members $10
Chris Teter is a Board Certified Master Arborist, Accredited Organic Land Care Professional, and Connecticut Master Gardener with a degree in Environmental Science and course work focusing on plant taxonomy and biology. His career has focused on obtaining knowledge of urban landscaping and maintenance principles to help restore society's most impacted environments. He is well versed in the dynamics between cost, effort, and results when it comes to organic landscape maintenance.
About This Event
Join Chris Teter, Board Certified Master Arborist, Accredited Organic Land Care Professional, and Connecticut Master Gardener, for an urban tree identification walk focused on recognizing and understanding trees in the built landscape. This guided walk will cover key identification features including leaves, bark, branching patterns, and overall form, with attention to common street and park trees found in urban and suburban areas. Chris will also share insights into tree biology, seasonal changes, and how different species interact with pavement, buildings, and people, helping participants better read the landscape and understand the role trees play in urban ecosystems.
Join us for a tree identification walk through Mountain Grove Cemetery, a space that blends history with a rich natural landscape. Designed in 1849 as a rural cemetery, the grounds feel more like a park, with winding paths, mature trees, and quiet pockets where birds and other wildlife move through.
As we walk, we’ll learn to identify common tree species by bark, leaves, and shape, while noticing the birds and insects that move through the canopy.
The grounds are also the resting place of notable figures like P. T. Barnum, along with other local leaders who helped shape Bridgeport. It is a chance to connect both with the natural environment and the stories rooted in the land.
No experience needed. Just come ready to walk and take a closer look.
The event will take place rain or shine. Please, no dogs.
Event is open to the public. Priority to members.
Maximum 25 people. RSVP required.
Members Free/ Non-Members $10
Chris Teter is a Board Certified Master Arborist, Accredited Organic Land Care Professional, and Connecticut Master Gardener with a degree in Environmental Science and course work focusing on plant taxonomy and biology. His career has focused on obtaining knowledge of urban landscaping and maintenance principles to help restore society's most impacted environments. He is well versed in the dynamics between cost, effort, and results when it comes to organic landscape maintenance.
Date & Time
10:00am EDT - 12:00pm EDT