A good thing comes to Mount Vernon. (Clippings).It's sure to be a "good thing": AMERICAN FORESTS' Historic Tree Nursery guru Jeff Meyer Jeffrey A. Meyer is an Associate Professor of Law at Quinnipiac University School of Law in Hamden, CT. Jeffrey Meyer began teaching at Quinnipiac Law School as an Associate Professor of Law in January 2006, following many years of legal practice experience. climbed into a bucket truck bucket truck n. A truck equipped with a cherry picker. with Martha Stewart <noinclude></noinclude> Martha Stewart (born Martha Helen Kostyra on August 3, 1941) is an American business magnate, author, editor and homemaking advocate. She is also a former stockbroker and fashion model. at Mt. Vernon this fall to tape a segment for both "Martha Stewart Living Martha Stewart Living is a magazine and a television show featuring entertaining and home decorating guru Martha Stewart. Both the magazine and the television program focus on the domestic arts. " (MSL See multiple single-level. ) and Meyer's upcoming PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, series, "Tree Stories." Crowds at Mt. Vernon were kept away from the filming, which took place on the Bowling Green, but that didn't stop knots of tourists from gathering, watching, and snapping shots of their own. Stewart's popular "Martha Stewart Living" filmed a segment at Mt. Vernon for airing during the November sweeps month and invited Meyer to he a part of the show. The nurseryman and the host rode a bucket truck about 60 feet in the air to collect seeds from a historic tulip tulip [Pers.,=turban], any plant of the large genus Tulipa, hardy, bulbous-rooted members of the family Liliaceae (lily family), indigenous to north temperate regions of the Old World from the Mediterranean to Japan and growing most abundantly on the steppes poplar planted by George Washington. Later, Meyer showed Stewart how viewers can gather seeds and grow tree seedlings of their own. Some of that footage can be seen on PBS next spring, when Meyer will debut his own weekly show, called "Tree Stories." The half-hour show takes viewers around the country and around the world, exploring trees and the people associated with them. Show topics include: Big Tree Hunters, Traveling Trees, Haunted Trees, and Trees of the Capital. Meyer said it was a delight and an honor to appear with the immensely popular Stewart, who heads up an empire of books, magazines, TV shows, and websites. She in turn lavishly praised Meyer's recent book "Famous and Historic Trees" and commented that of all the things she enjoys planting, trees are her favorites. While talking with Mount Vernon horticulturist Dean Norton, Stewart took especial es·pe·cial adj. 1. Of special importance or significance; exceptional: an occasion of especial joy. 2. note of the tulip poplar, white ash, and magnolia trees on the property. Seven tulip poplar, holly, and white ash trees planted by Washington remain at Mt. Vernon. The estate is also known for its enormous pecan trees. AMERICAN FORESTS has propagated trees from Washington's tulip poplars, holly, and red maples for our Famous & Historic Trees collection. These are currently for sale, and white ash trees from Mt. Vernon are forthcoming. Meyer appeared on MSL in early November; "Thee Stories" will debut on PBS stations in the spring. Check local listings for broadcast times. AMERICAN FORESTS' Historic Tree Nursery reported brisk sales, particularly of the tulip poplars, in the wake of his appearance on MSL. For more about Tree Stories and AMERICAN FORESTS' Historic Thee Nursery, visit our website: www.americanforests.org. Watch for more on "Tree Stories" in the Spring issue. |
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