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| (Photo courtesy of Cedar Hill Cemetery FB 2016). Can you spot me in this picture? (Hint: I am under a tree-towards the left in the picture). |
Another Saturday morning (10 - 11:30 a.m.) guided walking tour in Cedar Hill Cemetery. FREE (my favorite price). June 4, 2016. This was the first of two walks I planned in order to celebrate National Trails Day.
The official blurb: Tree expert John Kehoe leads this 2-mile walk featuring rare and notable trees. The tour will highlight the beautiful European Weeping Beech, the unusual Umbrella Magnolia and the Huss Hemlock named for a resident of Cedar Hill.
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| Huss monument flanked by 2 Huss Hemlocks. |
According to the Cedar Hill Foundation website, the 270 acre Cedar Hill Cemetery boasts more than 2,000 trees, representing over 100 species and varieties. Many of Cedar Hill's trees were imported specifically to adorn the cemetery's landscape. European weeping beech, Chinese witch-hazel, flowering dogwood, weeping cherry, tulip, magnolia and ginkgo are just some of the cemetery's wide variety of trees. Weeping Alaska cypress, river birch, dawn redwood and English oak were added during the development of burial sections on the lower slope of Cedar Mountain.
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| (Courtesy of Cedar Hill Cemetery FB 2016) |
The Cedar Hill Cemetery website notes that Cedar Hill is a member of the Connecticut Tree Protective Association and has been honored by that organization for its "exemplary professionalism and dedication to the protection and care of Connecticut trees." Horticulture specialists maintain an inventory of Cedar Hill's trees to serve as an educational resource and enhance future planning of this distinguished arboretum.
The Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation website also includes a page containing self-guided tours including one for notable trees. The download tour from the website includes 23 tree types located in the historic section of the cemetery. The Foundation also publishes several brochures including a "Notable Trees Guide" (see image) which includes three different tours (which includes 12 more types of trees).
For the less independent or the tree neophyte, today's walking tour was "Tree-mendous" (couldn't resist). Mr. Kehoe walked through the historic section of the cemetery stopping at noteworthy trees and giving a short talk. I don't know much about tree types so this tour was a good introduction. I came away with the impression that Connecticut's trees are faced with lots of challenges (e.g., invasive bugs and diseases) that can often go unnoticed until it it too late. One thing that amazed me was that even when a tree is doomed, it might live for years until it is weakened and succumbs to winds or the weather.
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Links:
http://cedarhillfoundation.org/about/contributing-to-nature/http://www.cedarhillcemetery.org/grounds
https://ctpa.org/
http://cedarhillfoundation.org/visit-cedar-hill/self-guided-tours/
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Written Labor Day (M09-05-2016).
Updated Sat 09-10-2016 for National Trails Day.
https://ctpa.org/
http://cedarhillfoundation.org/visit-cedar-hill/self-guided-tours/
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Written Labor Day (M09-05-2016).
Updated Sat 09-10-2016 for National Trails Day.
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