Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department Lifelong Recreation Division is offering an educational field trip to explore various methods to estimate tree age.
How Old is That Tree? is an educational field trip meant to familiarize participants with identifying the age of trees. The tour will view some old, heritage trees at several locations around Lawrence. A highlight of the tour will be a visit to the McGregor Herbarium, at the University of Kansas where participants will study tree rings from core samples of living trees, learning about tree growth and touring the herbarium. It will be held 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7, and will depart from Holcom Park Recreation Center, 2700 West 27th St. Cost is $26 per person.
To register online, visit: http://lprd.org/activity?n=127461 or stop by any Parks and Recreation facility including: the Community Building, 115 West 11th St.; Sports Pavilion Lawrence, 100 Rock Chalk Lane; East Lawrence Recreation Center, 1245 East 15th St.; Holcom Park Recreation Center; Lawrence Indoor Aquatic Center, 4706 Overland Drive; Prairie Park Nature Center, 2730 Harper St. or the Administrative Office in South Park, 1141 Massachusetts St.
For more information contact Gayle Sigurdson, recreation programmer, gsigurdson@lawrenceks.org, (785) 832-7920.