Local Boy Scout maps Trevecca’s trees as school works to be arboretum site
By Rachel Swann
With the help of a local Boy Scout, Trevecca is on its way to becoming a national arboretum site. Which means the trees and plant life on campus will be recognized as a living museum of nature.
On March 31, a Boy Scout, a former Trevecca president and a former professor joined Trevecca science professor Chris Farrell to tour the campus and begin mapping the trees.
They spent the day riding in the Boone Buggy discussing the history of the canopy of trees.
Their guide? A map of Trevecca’s trees published in 1970 by Jerry Costa for his thesis at Peabody College in Nashville.
Lucas Wallace, 17, is a local Boy Scout working on his Eagle Scout rank. Homer Adams, 82, was president of Trevecca from 1979-1991. John Dix 85, served as professor emeritus of biology from 19...