Belfast Garden Club Program: Discover the BIG Trees of Maine with Kevin Martin, Author, Outdoorsman, Woodworker, and Wooden Boat Builder

The Biggest Trees in Maine
Kevin Martin will discuss the largest trees in Maine and New England. You will hear how he got involved with finding the trees, how lumber from similar trees is used in his boat-building work, and how wildlife also use these impressive parts of the landscape. 

The discussion will cover trees on public land in the region and where they’re located so you can see them for yourself. He will also suggest some city tours and highlight some trees local to the Midcoast Maine area. 

Writer and outdoors enthusiast Kevin Martin has been a woodworker and wooden boat builder for over forty years. He has served on his town’s Conservation Commission, chaired the Lamprey River Advisory Committee, and also chaired the New Hampshire Big Tree Program. His books Big Trees of New Hampshire: Short Hikes From the Seacoast to the North Country and Big Trees of Northern New England are geared toward helping lay people appreciate the trees and forests of the region.  

Big Trees of New Hampshire and Big Trees of Northern New England will be for sale after his talk.

A tree-measuring walk and demonstration will follow at 3:30pm, after the BGC Membership Meeting.

Register for the Zoom link for this program: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/MMYMEVFGQBepnv6gXWTEJw