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Tree Culture and Restoration Ecology at Deblase Open Space; Saturday, August 24, 10 AM

Burroughs Audubon Nature Club invites us along!

Saturday, August 24, 2024, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 

Tree Culture and Restoration Ecology at the Deblase Open Space

Deblase Open Space, Pittsford, New York (Sugarwood Drive Entrance)

Join BANC and the Canandaigua Botanical Society to check out a hidden piece of protected open land in Pittsford and learn about several citizen-led efforts to maintain its ability to support diverse wildlife with trees. Learn how to mimic nature to help restore New York's forests, one tree at a time. We'll cover how best to plant, grow, and protect trees for their health and ours, including lessons learned. Along the way we’ll stop to appreciate the many native wildflowers and trees that line the Irondequoit Creek and call Deblase their home. Walk and talk led by BANC members Jane McConnochie and Laurie Konte.

The walk is largely flat with some uneven footing and it will cover about .75 miles total. Park on the Sugarwood Drive cul de sac (to find it you can set your GPS to 10 Sugarbush Lane, Pittsford – the trail entrance is on the right of that house when facing it). We will meet at the trail entrance marker.