Welcome to the Lives of Trees project, based in Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn, New York
I’ve always loved being around trees. And living near Fort Greene Park, I’ve been really lucky to be near some of the most beautiful trees in New York City. Over the years, I’ve been trying to get to know them better. Recently, I started taking pictures and some videos, and doing some research to capture the “lives of the trees” in the park. Here are some of the things I’ve gathered over the past few months.
Another goal of this project is to learn what other people who spend time in the park think about the trees. Please post comments, or send me an email at livesoftrees@gmail.com.
Thanks!
Mira
Please note. I've only recently set up this blog, and am still retroactively adding posts from the last few months. Feel free to view posts in any order to see the trees across the seasons.
Some trees get to know people better than others, like the Amur cork tree, the most popular climbing tree in the park. In the summer, at some point during the day you can always find someone sitting in its branches, as I did on this day. It’s bark is luxuriantly deep and thick. While it is corky in texture, this particular species of cork tree is not used for sealing wine bottles.
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