There is so much to share. I’m just amazed at how I can continue to discover new things despite how many times I’ve come over the past two years. I often use the database to create maps for myself and locate specific trees on the campus using the GPS coordinates, to reinforce my learning and be able to make fine distinctions, such a the difference between Q. velutina and Q. rubra from the bark itself. On one occasion, after discovering the Paperbark Filbert by the Mendum Street gate, I learned, by searching it in the database, that there were four or five more right behind me! I have learned to look around and SEE what I’m looking at. It’s quite possible to say that the Arboretum has saved my life by providing me a constructive outlet and a low-cost way to sate my curiosity and desire to learn — a place to go when everything feels like it’s out of control.