In celebration of Arbor Day 2025\, New Yor k Times best-selling author Amy Stewart joins us to \;share delightful and exhilarating profiles from her latest book\, The Tree Collectors: Tales of \;Arboreal Obsession. Amy will introduce us to the remarkable people devoting their lives to the \;pursuit of rare a nd wonderful trees. From a native Greenlander who wanted to find trees tha t \;could grow near the Arctic Circle to the arborist hired by Steve J obs to plant nine thousand trees \;on Apple&rsquo\;s 175-acre campus\, the compelling bios of tree collectors from around the world will \;i nspire us to reconsider our own connections to trees.
\nAmy is an ac
complished artist\, and The Tree Collectors includes original watercolors\
, all painted \;by Amy. Amy is also the author of The Drunken Bota
nist\, which she has recently updated in \;honor of its tenth-ann
iversary printing. The International Association of Culinary Professional&
nbsp\;Food Writing honored The Drunken Botanist with its Judges C
hoice Award. \; \;Amy has won a National Endowment for the Arts fe
llowship\, the American Horticulture \;Society&rsquo\;s Food Award\, a
nd the National Outdoor Book award. She has appeared on CBS Sunday \;M
orning and NPR and is known for her spirited lectures.
The
Tree Collector will be available for purchase and signing courtesy of
Gramercy Books. \;Thank you to The Bexley Community Foundation for th
eir generous financial support of this \;special Arbor Day program.
Join us in person\, or live stream this \;program \;on&n bsp\;BPL's YouTube channel.
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