Its A Trees Life

Its A Trees Life

Jul 20, 2017 | Events

IT’S  A  TREE’S  LIFE!!

by Cheryl Bourne Netto – copyright  © June 2017

Have you ever given thought

To the benefits that are brought

By those majestic living statues that are trees?

We may take them for granted

Not knowing how they were planted,

Decorating outdoor space with such grace.

Summer landscapes would be boring

Without these giants with limbs soaring

Displaying a palette of magnificent hues.

Some stand like honor guards

On either side of great, long yards

Leading to grand estates and stately mansions.

A welcome haven for our feathered friends

Many a bough and branch surely lends

A cosy roosting place at the end of day.

Leafy crowns reach out to the sky

As if to touch clouds passing by

While oxygenating the air for our well-being.

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Are some types of trees that we may find

Are used for crafting beautiful furniture pieces.

For Christmas trees the fir is preferred

And by children even perhaps revered

When sparkling with fairy lights and colored balls.

Graceful palms tower protectively over a tropical scene,

Evergreens persevere through the winter in green

Wispy willows weep until the autumn, it seems.

Paper, firewood, planks and housing material too

Are some other uses trees are put to,

Not least of all providing necessary shelter and shade.

There are so many useful purposes that trees serve

And for that much appreciation they deserve.

They are a natural resource which redounds to our benefit.

Providing food and employment while preventing soil erosion,

Shielding ultra-violet rays and cutting down noise pollution,

Without this vital natural resource what would we do?

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Big Tree Tour 2017 Thank You

Big Tree Tour 2017 Thank You

Jul 5, 2017 | Events

Mother nature cooperated and the predicted storms held off long enough to complete our spring Tree Tour. Over 20 people spent the day visiting some of the most notable trees in the region. Some were historic, some were really big and some were just odd! Local arborist Wes Culwell designed the tour stops and had a wealth of information on each tree visited. The day started with a stop at a giant post oak tree where Sam Houston camped while traveling through North Texas and ended with a live oak in Lake Worth that was saved from destruction when the highway was expanded. This tree is currently being cared for by a group of local patrons! Also thanks to the City of Grand Prairie for providing vans and drivers for transporting the tour participants.

Courtney Blevins, CF, CA

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Big Tree Tour

Big Tree Tour

Feb 25, 2017 | Events

Our Tree Tour is Full

Tour of Famous Trees of North Texas

April 29, 2017 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Fort Worth Heritage Trees and Big Champion Trees
Tour Guide Courtney Blevins, CF, CA -Wes Culwell, BCMA

 

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9:45 Sam Houston Campsite Oak, FToT, 1842.  Grapevine Springs Park in Coppell.  Here, Republic of Texas President Sam Houston negotiated with about a dozen Indian tribes and forged the first treaty between the Rep. of TX and the Indians.    Great tree and the flare looks like a huge garlic bulb.  Wonderful rolling hills park with multiple springs and rock work done by the WPA. ON SITE: Parkinson Diary of the event, Jesse Chisholm influence.

10:40 Parker Oaks, FToT, 1855.  Along Hwy10 just east of E820.  The trees overlook the Trinity River and located next to the Parker Family Cemetery.  The dogtrot house that sat here, the Isaac Parker Cabin, is the oldest structure in Tarrant County, about 1845, and is now located at Log Cabin Village.

ON SITE: Log Cabin Village book that has a photo showing our two trees off the front corner of the house.  Cynthia Ann Parker came here after her recapture.  Will tell her story when here.

11:20 Traders Oak, FToT, FWHT, 1849, Henry Clay Daggett and Archibald Franklin Leonard built a log cabin trading post, Fort Worth’s first, below this tree.  It was located 1 mile from the fort so they could do business with the military. Tarrant County’s first election (1850) was held below this tree and Birdville was chosen as the county seat and built a courthouse.

ON SITE:  How Fort Worth became the county seat.

12:50 Turners Oak, FToT, FWHT, 1866.  Texas Rangers Captain Charles Turner was one of the five men Sam Houston chose to determine the location of the new Fort, Fort Worth.  Capt. Turner was a founding father of Fort Worth and settled where Greenwood Cemetery is today.  He became the beef quartermaster in the Civil War and coordinated with local ranchers to provide beef for the soldiers.  He was asked to convert his gold into Confederate currency.  Instead, he hid his gold beneath this tree and used it for Ft. Worth reconstruction after the war.

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2:00 Tannahill Oak, FToT, FWHT, 1854.  Two story rock dogtrot with walls 20” thick from stones gathered on the property, 1874. The home is still occupied.  Post Office.  County Judge during the Civil War.  First stagecoach stop west of FW and along the world’s longest stagecoach route in the world in the late 1870’s.  The canopy is much smaller than normal.  Appears a bad tornado broke off many of the major limbs many years ago.  Cavities were filled with mortar which resulted in huge swellings where the limbs once were.  Very interesting tree and the house isn’t too bad either.  ON SITE: Tree wounds with mortar, exterior house viewing.

2:45 State Champion Black Willow, FWHT, This tree became state champion a few years ago when the current champion(White Rock Lake) suffered severe storm damage and was removed.

3:10 Civilian Conservation Corps Post Oaks, FWHT’s, 1934-1937.  The “Tree Planters” planted over 3 billion trees.  They built 800 state parks in the US, 48 in Texas.  They developed four national forests in Texas: Davy Crockett, Angelina, Sam Houston and Sabine.  There are three trees, two with some incredible galls up and down the trunk.  Rock memorial with an overhead photo showing the camp layout.  The base of the water tower and the flagpole area can be seen onsite.

ON SITE: Memorial, Camp Layout, tree galls.

3:45 Charbonneau Live Oak at 199 and Azle Ave., no official designations. This tree enjoys more notoriety than any tree in the area.  Mr. William F. Charbonneau (1900-1965) was a very generous man and donated the land for all Lake Worth Schools and most of the churches.  He was a Harvard Law School graduate and raised Percheron horses, large draft type horses.

ON SITE: Viewing of this incredible tree

Return to the parking area by 4:15-4:30