FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 28, 2025

Learn how to identify trees at Saluda Library

SALUDA, N. C., (January 28, 2025) Join us to learn about trees on Tuesday, February 11th at 2pm at Saluda Library! Carrie Blair, founder of Tree Lovers School, will discuss ways to help you identify trees by their various characteristics, habitats, branch patterns, leaves, flowers, seeds, thorns, buds, and leaf scars. She’ll also teach some of the terms you should know when learning about and discussing trees.

Blair has passionately studied the plants of the mid-Atlantic for over four decades. She served as the president of the Virginia Native Plant Society, Piedmont Chapter and was a board member for 25 years. She has led hundreds of plant walks for Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy, was a docent of the State Arboretum of Virginia, and was a Virginia and North Carolina Master Gardener and Master Naturalist. Through her work with Tree Lovers School, Carrie provides botany education and landscape assessments, as well as custom classes, plant walks, and field trips for schools and other groups. She loves teaching people where to find nature’s hidden treasures while inspiring appreciation of the natural beauty of our region.

Please register for this event at conservingcarolina.org/calendar. Please note that the elevator at Saluda Library is not currently working, so attendees may need to climb one flight of stairs for the program. Contact Pam Torlina at pam@conservingcarolina.org with questions or for more information.

The Saluda Library Speaker Series is held on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 44 West Main Street, Saluda, NC. This program series began in 2024 thanks to a grant from the Polk County Community Foundation, and is now made possible thanks to the continued partnership between Polk County Public Libraries and Conserving Carolina.

Polk County Public Libraries has two libraries, Columbus Library and Saluda Library, with books, movies, music, audiobooks, and downloadable eBooks and audiobooks available for checkout, as well as public computers and wireless internet access. PCPL also offers regularly scheduled virtual and in-person programs for all ages. To learn more, visit www.polklibrary.org.