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Book Review
Champion Trees of Arkansas
Beautifully written and illustrated by artist, Linda Williams Palmer. The author shares delightful stories about many historic trees designated "Champions" by the Arkansas Forestry Commission.
"Readers will get to know the cherrybark oak, rendered in fall colors, an avatar for the passing of seasons. The sugar maple, with its bare limbs and weather-beaten trunk, stands sentry over the headstones in a confederate cemetery. The 350-year-old white oak was once dubbed the Council Oak by Native Americans, and the post oak, cared for by generations of the same family, has its own story to tell.
Palmer travelled from Delta swamps to Ozark and Ouachita mountain ridges over a seven-year period to see and document the champions and to talk with property owners and others willing to share the stories of how these trees are beloved and protected by the community, and often entwined with its history. Champion Trees of Arkansas is sure to inspire art and nature lovers everywhere."
All material © 2019 by Jeanette Hyden for Grassroots Horticulture
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