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Nominators and owners of winning trees stand below another winner, a 72-foot white pine.
High Tree Party honors big trees, Betty Brown
Fifty tree lovers gathered April 23 beneath a giant pine to celebrate the 23rd annual Big Old Tree Contest.
Judge Robin Bible described 43 winners at the party on the grounds of Thistle Farms, site of one of the winners, in the former rectory of St. George’s Episcopal Church at 104 Belle Meade Blvd. MORE
The Tree Foundation honored founding president Betty Brown with the Victor Johnson Award for her foresight and leadership in preserving and enhancing Nashville’s urban forest at the High Tree Party for winners of the Big Old Tree Contest. MORE
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Baird Dixon joins Foundation board
Baird Dixon has joined the board of Nashville Tree Foundation.
Nashville Tree Foundation president Pat Wallace said “Baird Dixon brings expertise and experience in energy and environmental design to our organization.”
A principal in Street Dixon Rick, Architecture, Dixon is a licensed architect in several states, and certified for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. as an accredited professional.
Dixon said, “In Nashville we are blessed with an unmatched natural setting. At the same time, we are part of a growing region, and it will take effort to ensure we protect and promote trees as a fundamental contributor to our quality of life. As an architect, I have a renewed commitment in both my professional and personal life to promote environmental responsibility in our region.”
A graduate of University
of Virginia, he is also a board member of the Exchange Club of Nashville.
Tree Foundation board members at Arbor Day are Randall Lantz, Joan Armour, Pat Wallace, coordinator Carolyn Sorenson, Betty Brown, Eleanor Willis, Alice Ann Barge, Lisa Froeb, and Elizabeth Lamar.
Barge, Brown, Lantz honored at Nashville Arbor Day celebration
Nashvillians met on an unseasonably cold March 25 for the city’s Arbor Day celebration that included honors for three Tree Foundation board members.
The Tree Foundation provided trees planted in memory or honor of seven Nashvillians, including a bur oak to honor founding president Betty Brown. NTF president Pat Wallace made the dedication. (See Pat’s blog.) Coordinator Carolyn Sorenson announced that the Tree Foundation and Metro Tree Advisory Committee would plant a tree in memory of board member Randall Lantz’s father, Delmore, who died February 14.
Alice Ann Barge was the inaugural recipient of the Alice Ann Barge Award for Urban Forest Excellence. (See story below.)
Alice Ann Barge honored
Trees Nashville president Chris Armour presents a crystal leaf to Alice Ann Barge.
Tree Foundation board member Alice Ann Barge received the inaugural Alice Ann Barge Award for Urban Forest Excellence March 25 at Nashville’s Arbor Day celebration.
The award will be presented annually by local nonprofit Trees Nashville.
“Alice Ann Barge has been a tireless advocate for Nashville’s urban forest for decades,” Trees Nashville president Chris Armour said. “She sets a lofty standard that every tree lover in Nashville should aim for,” he said.
Tree Foundation helps celebrate
Cherry Blossom Festival
Foundation board member Joan Armour presents a cherry tree to Susan Wyman, Tim O’Brien, and Kathleen O’Brien.
The Tree Foundation had a booth at Nashville’s second annual Cherry Blossom Festival March 27 on Public Square.
NTF offered four-foot Yoshima cherry trees in exchange for a donation to the Nashville Tree Foundation’s Downtown Cherry Tree Planting Fund.
As part of the celebration, the Tree Foundation planted 81 cherry trees in 2009—48 on ReLeafing Day, and 33 for the festival, including some along James Robertson Parkway.
Nashville Mayor Karl Dean and First Lady Anne Davis drop by the Tree Foundation booth.