Presentation: Trees in Sacred Spaces-9/11 Memorial Plaza

Have you ever visited a memorial and felt the calming effects of trees? Trees are incorporated in the design of public spaces not only for their beauty and shade they provide, but for the relaxation and peaceful reflection they engender.

The 9/11 Memorial Plaza in New York City is surrounded by 412 Swamp white oaks, which create a comforting greenscape and a feeling of tranquility in an otherwise bustling, urban environment. These special trees were selected and cultivated with extreme care for five years specifically for this sacred space. Bartlett Tree Experts was selected for this important and difficult task. The 9/11 Memorial oaks have been called the most intensively cared for trees in the world.

Dr. Neil Hendrickson from Bartlett Tree Experts will share the fascinating and deeply moving story of how and why these trees were selected, and how they were painstakingly cultivated to enhance the Memorial. Provided with near daily care in a Millstone Township nursery for five years, it is a story with deep roots in Monmouth County.

This talk is hosted by the Rumson Shade Tree Commission and Rumson Garden Club and will be held at the Rumson Fair Haven High School Auditorium on Friday, May 6th at 630 pm. The presentation is free and open to the public. The addres is 74 Ridge Road, Rumson.

Don’t miss this special talk on the trees in one of our nation’s most sacred spaces, the 9/11 Memorial.