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Woodturning is the art of fashioning wood into various forms and shapes by means of a lathe. Returning to the Arnold Arboretum for the tenth year, The Art of the Woodturner will again offer visitors the chance to see an amazing variety of woodturned pieces: large and small, functional and sculptural.
Most of us can point out an oak or a maple by their unique leaf shapes, but what about telling a black oak from a red oak, or a Norway maple from a sugar maple? Join herbalist Alex Klein for a class on identifying oak and maple species using leaf shape, bark, form, and other key identification features. The class will focus on species common to Massachusetts streets and forests, so that you will be prepared to identify the trees around you on your next walk in the woods or around town.
This October, Arnold Arboretum is inviting our valued members back into the landscape for our second Sip in the Scenery event! Members are welcome to enjoy our public event, The Art of the Woodturner in the Hunnewell Lecture Hall before or after joining us for an afternoon in the landscape. Enjoy lawn games, educational content tables on horticulture and Arboretum history, camaraderie, a food truck, a cash bar, and more, all set in the verdant beauty of our magnolia bowl (located just outside of the Hunnewell Visitor Center)!
Join docent Paul Eldrenkamp for a visit to five groups of trees that each played a particularly significant role in shaping five very different civilizations: Eastern White Pine, Cedar of Lebanon, Western Red Cedar, Oaks, and the five sacred trees of the Kiso Forest in Japan.