Putney Big Tree Quest 2022 Slide Show
September 15 – November 1, 2022
Putney Big Tree Quest launch event: Monday, Sept. 12, 6-7 pm, Putney Public Library
Putney Big Tree Quest wrap-up event: Tues, Nov. 15, 3:30-4:30 pm, Putney Public Library
American Elm – Apple – Basswood – Beech – Big-toothed Aspen – Bitternut Hickory
Black Birch – Black Locust – Black Walnut – Black Cherry – Butternut – Cottonwood
Gray Birch – Hemlock – Hop-hornbeam – Hornbeam (Musclewood) – Poplar – Red Maple
Red Oak – Red Pine – Red Spruce – Shagbark Hickory – Silver Maple – Striped Maple
Sugar Maple – Sycamore – Tamarack – White Ash – White Birch – White Oak
White Pine – Yellow Birch – Other
LEARN HOW TO IDENTIFY THE TREES OF PUTNEY!
| PRIZE CATEGORIES | |
| TREE SIZE: submit tree circumference Grand Champion – tree with largest circumference Top Five Species Champions – the next top five species champions | CREATIVE: submit photo or text Best Tree Pose – more points for imitating or otherwise enhancing the gesture! Best Tree Face Superhost – largest number of species observed and documented on one tree TreeTrek – longest (or most interesting) single-day human powered tree discovery expedition Tree Art – Submit (a photo of) a piece of artwork (any medium) that features tree(s) as a theme |
How to Participate
- Measure the circumference of the tree (a level line around the trunk) at 4.5 feet off the ground. Find
- Submit your entry (or entries) any of these 3 ways.
- Information and forms are available at the Putney Public Library and on the library website: www.putneylibrary.org
- Submit online at https://form.jotform.com/222408380354048
- Submit by email to putneybigtree@gmail.com. Include:
- tree type
- circumference in inches
- Putney road near which the tree is located. Specific address is great, GPS coordinates even better (how to find GPS coordinates: https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/drop-pin-google-maps-android-ios/
- Your name
- Your contact information (phone number/email)
- Optional: a photo of the tree
- Optional: a photo of you measuring the tree, to be used for publicity for the contest
- Follow the artful tree submission updates at the library, and through posts on the library Facebook page.
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/427222386175703Sign up on the Forest for Learning website: https://www.putneyforestforlearning.org/event-details/f4l-big-tree-wander
| By submitting an entry you give permission for your entry to be shared, unless you indicate otherwise. We welcome submission from those in the Putney area. Questions? Contact Evie Lovett + Paul Levasseur, putneybigtree@gmail.com |