FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
BOB ROTATORI - 216-635-3263 -or-
ALYSSA COOK-ALEXANDER - 216-635-32574
Become familiar with the local trees in Cleveland
Metroparks on Sunday afternoons this December.
Learn all the necessary skills for identifying trees by their
bark at these free tree identification programs in December:
Tree ID
Sunday, December 2 � 1 - 2 p.m.
Garfield Park Nature Center � Garfield Park
Reservation
Identifying trees is more effective when the leaves have fallen
from their branches. Join Naturalist LaDonna Sifford on this tree
identification adventure, using bark and available buds to identify
a few of Garfield Park Reservation's common species. Garfield
Park Nature Center is located off Mill Creek Lane, off the Broadway
Avenue entrance of Garfield Park Reservation in Garfield Heights.
For information, call 216-341-3152.
By Its Bark
Sunday, December 16 � 2 - 3:30 p.m.
North Chagrin Nature Center � North Chagrin
Reservation
Join Naturalist Traci Williams on a hike through A. B. Williams
Memorial Woods to look at some of the trees that make up the
beech-maple climax forest. Learn to identify trees by their bark.
Enjoy hot chocolate after this hike, for ages 10 and older and
adults. North Chagrin Nature Center is located off Buttermilk Falls
Parkway, off the Sunset Lane entrance of North Chagrin Reservation,
off SOM Center Road/Route 91 in Mayfield Village. For more
information, call 440-473-3370.
School of the Wilds: Winter Tree
Identification
Sunday, December 16 � 2 - 4 p.m.
Rocky River Nature Center � Rocky River
Reservation
Join Naturalist Valerie Fetzer and learn clues that identify
trees in the winter. Rocky River Nature Center is located at 24000
Valley Parkway in Rocky River Reservation, north of Cedar Point
Road in North Olmsted. For more information, call 440-734-6660.
Winter Trees
Sunday, December 23 � 2 - 3 p.m.
Rocky River Nature Center � Rocky River
Reservation
Join Naturalist Min Keung to learn common trees of Rocky River
Reservation, using common bark identification. Rocky River Nature
Center is located at 24000 Valley Parkway in Rocky River
Reservation, north of Cedar Point Road in North Olmsted. For more
information, call 440-734-6660.
Identify trees this winter with Cleveland Metroparks -
part of your life, naturally!
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