Some Extreme Tree-Hugging in Greenwich

How many hands is that? Or perhaps, the question should be how many arms is that?

During the Greenwich Tree Conservancy’s recent Bruce Park Tree walk with the Greenwich Tree Warden Bruce Spaman, nearly two dozen visitors got a literal hands-on experience with one of the oldest and largest trees left in town.

It took five people stretching arm-to-arm to wrap around a red oak tree that measures 66 inches in diameter — or 17 feet in circumference. Would be interesting to calculate just how old that big boy is.

The informal tree-measuring and walk highlighted the visitors’ tour of the park’s historic landscape, tree and shrub collection and improvements that were recently added, thanks to a donation from Paul and Barbara Dalio.

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