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Preview Summer

Celebrate Treeology, a tribute to trees during 2008, the 'year of the tree.'  Here's a sneak preview of this summer's "Art 'n' Trees" outdoor artwalk, the cornerstone of our Summer Treeology Exhibition. 

Models and designs of the 17 winning entries are featured in the Oswald Visitor Center:

Title and Exhibitor:  Twirling Maple Seed by Mary Carroll
TItle and Exhibitor:  The Leaf Cradles by Marjorie Pitz
Title and Exhibitor:  Tree of Luminous Surprises by Robyn Jensen
Title and Exhibitor:  Tree Shadow by Elizabeth Scofield Brown (Survival Design), Jason S. Brown, Fred Scofield
Title and Exhibitor:  Breathing Room by Sally Boyd
Title and Exhibitor:  1 in 10,000 by Wendy Johnson, Saga Hill Designs
Title and Exhibitor:  Twist by Annette Walby, Tory Christensen, Hannah Loope, The Kestrel Design Group, Inc.
Title and Exhibitor:  The Tree Eye See by Lindsay Buck, Steven Burzynski, Aesthetica Landscaping
Title and Exhibitor:  Shade Tree by Jeff Gears, Kevin Hunt, Ingrid Youmans, Erica Larson, Pope Associates
Title and Exhibitor:  Temple of Arb-ology by Jordan Lockman
Title and Exhibitor:  Ash Anxiety by Jay Siedschlaw, Hennepin Technical College
Title and Exhibitor:  Emergent by Beth Lowry
Title and Exhibitor:  Home Sweet Home by Kim Graper, Dan Sjordal, Jon Loidolt, Chad Feigum, & Joel Hussong, Westwood Professional Services
Title and Exhibitor:  Tree-Fi-Fo-Fum by Dan Sjordal, Cory Meyer, Jon Loidolt, Chad Feigum, Joel Hussong, Kim Graper, Westwood Professional Services
Title and Exhibitor:  BeWilderedness by Adam Riddle and Jessie Bauldry, BKV Group
Title and Exhibitor:  Nodding Sentinels by Dan Noyes, Vesper College
Title and Exhibitor:  Treehenge by IOTA / Inland Office for Tomorrow's Architecture

 Grown Home

Take in 'Grown Home,' a rustic open-air retreat of river birch logs--now on display in the Great Hall of the Oswald Visitor Center.  Once the Treeology exhibition opens May 24, look for it in the center island outside the Visitor Center and featuring:

A living willow design of tables, chairs, a bed frame, a bookshelf and a wine rack.

 A no-carbon footprint approach--root it, plant it, shape it, tend it, harvest it and use it.