Tree tour - Behind Every Great Tree
Behind Every Great Tree ... Celebrating 160 Years of McGill
Garden Masters
Starting point: Steps of Redpath Museum (includes booklet: A Leafy
Legacy: The Trees of McGill University)
As the saying goes: behind every great person, is a great partner.
Much the same may be said about the great trees of the downtown
campus of McGill University. From the first elms planted by Sir
William Dawson in 1855, to (first botany professor) David
Penhallow's phantom ginkgo, to the bald cypress planted recently by
McGill horticulturalist Eric Champagne, the campus has never lacked
for adventurous landscapers. This year, the McGill homecoming tree
tour will be a walk through the botanical history of the
campus.
To register for all tree tours, please contact
Bronwyn Chester at 514-284-7384 or email bronwynchester [at] gmail.com.
$12 each.
A Leafy Legacy:
The Trees of McGill University
(2009, 32 pages, colour illustrations). Two self-guided walking
tours in booklet form that introduce 50 of McGill's downtown campus
trees. 7$, available at the museum or the McGill Bookstore.