Take a leisurely tree identification walk with Chelsey Simmons from Berkshire Environmental Action Team (BEAT) in Springside Park, Pittsfield’s largest park and home to the Hebert Arboretum and an American Chestnut Preserve. Participants will learn key characteristics of common trees in western Massachusetts and get tips to help identify them. The walk will be on paths with relatively even flat ground through fields and wooded areas. It will be around 1.5 miles and take about 2 hours.

DATE: Sunday, September 10

TIME: 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM

LOCATION: Meet at the Hebert Arboretum parking lot, 874 North St, Pittsfield, MA – GPS: 42.4651 N, -73.2458 W

Pre-registration is required. Limited to 15 participants. Email chelsey@thebeatnews.org or call 413-464-9402

This is part of the annual Housatonic Heritage Walks, which are FREE, guided interpretive walks to the most interesting historic, cultural, industrial, natural, and scenic sites in Berkshire County, MA, & Litchfield County, CT.