Tue 4/13 @ 7PM
If you’ve got a huge oak tree in your front yard, as I do, then you’re probably regularly pulling acorns sprouting mini-oaks from your planters. If you want to know more about oak trees than simply their role as strewers of acorns, author Douglas W. Tallamy is your man. He’s a professor in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, and he’s written a book called The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees.
In the book, he explores the entire life cycle of the oak tree, along with the biosystem they depend on and that depends on them — birds, insects and more. He also shares some practical advice: how to find the best type of oak tree to plant in your region and your setting, how to plant it and how to care for it.
Tallamy will be speaking in an online program hosted by the Hudson Library and Historical Society. It’s free but registration is required. Go here. Once you register, you’ll get the Zoom link the day before the program. Copies of The Nature of Oaks will be available for purchase through Hudson’s Learned Owl Book Shop.