ONLINE: How Trees Built the Midwest

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UW-Madison, Division of Extension

Jay Dampier is the statewide horticulture outreach program manager for UW-Madison, Division of Extension.

Could it be that trees are having a moment? Richard Powers' recent novel The Overstory, centered on the story of five trees, was a breakthrough hit. Forest bathing is a thing. And Jay Dampier, manager for state horticulture outreach, will focus on how trees helped build the Midwest as part of the Friends of the Arboretum Luncheon Lecture Series. Dampier will talk about the honeycrisp apple, ash and elm trees, the state of Wisconsin tree (the sugar maple, as you surely already knew) and birch. Tickets ($10) are available here for the virtual lecture