Third Saturday Hike, March 21, 9am
Meet in front of the UT Arboretum Visitors Center at the UT Arboretum in Oak Ridge at 9am for a guided hike of 1.5-2 miles led by UT Arboretum Society volunteers. No registration is needed. NO pets please. Please wear comfortable walking shoes and clothes appropriate for weather. Please bring water as even in winter you can get dehydrated.
Location: UT Arboretum, 901 S. Illinois Avenue, Oak Ridge, TN 37830
How Flowers Made Our World: Author Talk with David George Haskell
Register for Zoom Link and a Copy of the Recording
Monday, March 30th, 7pm on Zoom
When flowers evolved, they revolutionized the Earth. Gorgeous petals and alluring aromas transformed former enemies into cooperative partners. Join Pulitzer Prize finalist David George Haskell in a Zoom presentation Monday, March 30th as he explains the many ways that flowers build, sustain, and animate the living world, including human life. Sponsored by the University of Tennessee Arboretum Society, Oak Ridge Public Library and Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning (TCWP), the class is free, but you must register to receive the Zoom link and a copy of the recording to watch at your own convenience. For questions or registration issues contact Michelle at mcampani@utk.edu.
Using stories from his latest book, “How Flowers Made Our World,” Haskell will illuminate the many ways that we live on a floral planet. Through radical genetic flexibility, flowers turned past environmental upheavals into opportunities for renewal. This inventiveness allowed them to build and sustain temperate forests, rainforests, savannas, prairies, and even ocean shores. “Flowers also catalyzed our evolution, and we now depend on them for food and a healthy planet,” explains Haskell. “When we perfume ourselves, give a loved one a bouquet, or use blooms in gardens and religious ceremonies, we honor the special bond between people and flowers. “
David George Haskell is a writer and biologist, acclaimed for his lyrical explorations of the living world. He is a two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction, for “The Forest Unseen” and “Sounds Wild and Broken.” His book, “The Songs of Trees” won the John Burroughs Medal. He is recipient of an Award in Literature from American Academy of Arts and Letters. An author of essays and multimedia experiences for The New York Times, Emergence Magazine, and other venues, Haskell is a Linnean Society of London Fellow and a Guggenheim Fellow. An Adjunct Professor of Environmental Sciences at Emory University, Haskell is Professor Emeritus at The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
Please contact Michelle at mcampani@utk.edu for any questions or registration issues.
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Guided Bird Walk: Wednesday, April 15 at 9am
Register to Reserve Your Spot
The American Museum of Science and Energy (AMSE) and the University of Tennessee Arboretum are partnering together to launch a new Citizen Science Birding Program to connect community members with hands-on science, local biodiversity, and ongoing conservation efforts. The December Guided Bird Walk will be held at the UT Arboretum on Wednesday, April 15 at 9:00 am. Please meet at the kiosk outside of the UT Arboretum Visitors Center. This guided walk will be led by volunteers from the American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge. The event is limited to 25 participants and registration is required. No pets please. Please wear comfortable shoes, bring hiking poles and binoculars if you wish. There will be a limited supply of loaner binoculars on a first come basis at the hike.
“Bird watching is now North America’s second most popular outdoor activity (second only to gardening).” Says AMSE educator Corky Witt. “There must be something to it—so come out with us and find out why!”
For questions or more information please contact Courtney Beard at cbeard@amse.org or 865-385-6081
Location: 901 S. Illinois Avenue, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830
