This Massachusetts Horticultural Society program on Saturday, May 30, from 9 – 1 at Elm Bank in Wellesley, is based on Tom Wessel’s book, Reading the Forested Landscape, A Natural History of New England. It introduces people to approaches used
to interpret a forest’s history while wandering through it. Using evidence such as the shapes of trees, scars on their trunks, the pattern of decay in stumps, the construction of stone walls, and the lay of the land, it is possible to unravel complex stories etched into our forested landscape. This process could easily be called forest forensics, since it is quite similar to interpreting a crime scene.
Tom is an ecologist and founding director of the master’s degree program in Conservation Biology at Antioch University New England. Presently, he is Faculty Emeritus. Tom has conducted landscape ecology and sustainability workshops throughout the United States for over 30 years. His books include: Reading the Forested Landscape, The Granite Landscape, Untamed Vermont, The Myth of Progress, and Forest Forensics: A Field Guide to Reading the Forested Landscape.
MUST PRE-REGISTER. Please attend dressed to walk on uneven surfaces and in weather-appropriate attire. Lecture Fee: Mass Hort Members $35, Non-Members $40. Register online at http://www.masshort.org/eventdetail/158/422|427|433/reading-the-forested-landscape-with-tom-wessels?filter_reset=1.
