Join us for an author talk with Marguerite Holloway speaking on her book, Take to the Trees. This program is in conjunction with Berkshire Botanical Garden for Arbor Day. Mark your calendars for Friday, April 24, 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. at the Stockbridge Library in the Bement Room. Journalist Marguerite Holloway arrives at the Women’s Tree Climbing Workshop as a climbing novice, but with a passion for trees and a deep concern about their future. Run by twin sister tree doctors Bear LeVangie and Melissa LeVangie Ingersoll, the workshop helps people—from everyday tree lovers to arborists—ascend into the canopy. As Holloway tackles dizzying heights, she learns about the science of trees, tells the stories of charismatic species, and spotlights experts chronicling the great dying that is underway in forests around the world as trees face simultaneous and accelerating threats. As she climbs, Holloway also comes to understand the profound significance of trees in her relationship with her late mother and brother. A lyrical work of memoir and reportage, Take to the Trees–named one of Scientific American’s top 10 books of 2025—sounds the alarm about rapid arboreal decline while offering hope about how we might care for our forests and ourselves. Marguerite Holloway has written about the environment and science for publications including the New York Times, The New Yorker, Audubon, Wired and Scientific American, where she was a long-time writer and editor. She is a professor and the Director of Science and Environmental Journalism at the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University. She lives in New York City. You can visit her website here.
