by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 15, 2021 | Environment & Trees, My Blog
I biked the northern Baja of Mexico between June 9th to the 20th. These are some of the cactus and tree species I came across along the way. I wrote Mexico Baja Part 1and Mexico Baja Part 2 and Mexico Part 3 during that...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 30, 2021 | Environment & Trees, My Blog
I heard about these trees via another cyclist’s bike ride blog post. So, I was pretty excited about seeing a tree that was endemic to the deserts of Baja California. What information I found on them comes from the Britannica Encyclopedia. Their notes are as...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Mar 10, 2021 | Environment & Trees, My Blog
I came across this particular Plains Cottonwood Tree in Dinosaur Provincial Park. The information plaque at this tree estimated the tree to be just over 200 years old. And that it was likely a sapling when the first white man arrived in Alberta. The Indigenous...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Mar 10, 2021 | Environment & Trees, My Blog
In northern California there is a 31 mile section of old Highway 101 where the tallest trees in the world grow. These trees are called California Coast Redwoods (Sequoia Sempervirens) and this place is called the Avenue of the Giants. Of all of the places that I...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Feb 27, 2021 | Environment & Trees, My Blog
This is a blog post to help organize all my personal and online research notes of the Mahogany tree of Belize in one place. Disclosure: The purpose of this post is not about writing a post but keeping all my notes I deem significant to me organized and being able to...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Mar 25, 2020 | Environment & Trees, My Blog
On March 9, 2020 I had the privilege of visiting the Montreal office of One Tree Planted at the Montreal We Work Office. Now that spring and summer are upon us I hope to engage and learn from tree planting and environmental groups that I may cross paths with. The...