Stewards & Storytellers : For the Love of Trees

Event Details

Trees, so common in our lives yet each one unique, hold lessons about our environment and symbolism for us humans. In this slide program sprinkled with songs we’ll muse about trees using a framework of “10 claims” written in 1949 by Dr. Carl Alwin Schenck- forester, tree lover and Director of the historic Biltmore Forest School. Bring your sense of wonder about the natural world. Maybe we’ll all learn something new. We might even deepen our love of trees.

About Cindy Carpenter:

Cindy Neal Carpenter has been enjoying the biodiversity of western North Carolina since moving after college to Asheville in 1979 from her hometown of Plainfield, NJ for a one-year, minimum wage job with the US Forest Service. 39 years later she retired from the Forest Service after a rewarding career developing and implementing interpretation programs, events, exhibits and school field trip experiences at the Cradle of Forestry in America historic site, and mentoring new heritage interpreters.

Since her retirement Cindy has trained guides through the National Association for Interpretation certification program. She volunteers with the Western Carolina Botanical Club and Transylvania County Bird Club, plays guitar with Transylvania County’s old-time string band The Outside Dogs, and banjo with the East Fork Gals. Cindy is easily distracted by birds, plants, stars, fun fiddle tunes, sweet guitars, and compelling folk songs.