Comments on: Moon Tree

By: Hedy Havel

Hedy Havel — Sat, 04 Feb 2023 16:22:29 +0000

I’ve got Pines on my farm in North Florida, but sure wish I had a Moon Tree! that would be awesome!
hope they’re being taken care of!!

By: Michael Gross

Michael Gross — Sat, 24 Jul 2021 17:28:16 +0000

We have the offspring of a Moon Sycamore in our campus arboretum, the Sister Mary Grace Burns Arboretum of Georgian Court University. It was purchased in 1995 from American Forests’ Famous and Historic Trees program, sadly now defunct. The tree was purchased by our physics department and is dedicated in memory of physics professor John Shive. Interestingly, in reference to Janet Burns post above, we also have an Amelia Earhart sugar maple, the offspring of a tree at her house in Atchison, Kansas. That tree also came from the American Forests collection as well.

By: Janet Burns

Janet Burns — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 16:21:49 +0000

I grew up in Atchison, KS, and remember when the Moon Tree was planted. The International Forest of Friendship was started by The 99’s, a women’s aviator group of which Amelia Earhart was a founding member. It’s a beautiful area, and whenever I return for a visit to my hometown, it’s the place I’m most eager to see.

By: Anne Grauzis

Anne Grauzis — Sun, 18 Jul 2021 18:55:07 +0000

This gives us hope for the whole planet and its survival

By: Wade Harrison

Wade Harrison — Sun, 18 Jul 2021 14:08:04 +0000

Beautiful essay, thank you! Most human triumphs throughout history could probably be called “a jubilant mess,” as you creatively describe the distribution and planting of the moon trees that actually germinated. Too often we’ve edited out the awkward messy parts, and we lose a lot of perspective in the process. As a footnote, let’s also remember Stuart Roosa (1933-1994), Apollo 14 Command Module Pilot, who agreed to carry the seeds among the limited personal effects each astronaut was allowed. Before he became an Air Force test pilot and a NASA astronaut, Roosa was a US Forest Service smoke jumper, parachuting into active fires in Oregon and California in 1953. As both a space geek and a forester, who clearly remembers both Apollo 14 and the US Bicentennial five years later, I’m embarrassed to admit that I never knew (or had forgotten) that a smokejumper had been to the moon until your essay inspired me to get re-acquainted with the Moon Tree story ( more details here: https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/moon_tree.html )

By: Frank Gallagher

Frank Gallagher — Sun, 18 Jul 2021 13:54:52 +0000

Folks: Interesting. As part of one of the Shuttle missions, I believe it was Mark Kelly who carried Birch Tree seeds from Liberty State Park on a mission. Upon return I grew out the seedlings. Of the hundred or so seeds a few sprouted which is normal for Birch. The seedlings were planted in the park, except for one. That one is in my front yard.

By: Harriette Sturges

Harriette Sturges — Sun, 18 Jul 2021 13:15:37 +0000

Thank you for thinking and completing this amazing project. What a great experiment! Keep thinking up cool ideas like this.

By: Barb Dunnam

Barb Dunnam — Sun, 18 Jul 2021 12:49:29 +0000

Resilience. Nature always finds a way.

By: Carrie Welch

Carrie Welch — Fri, 16 Jul 2021 16:29:49 +0000

This is an amazing article and I can’t wait to go visit a moon tree near me.

By: Cathleen Caffrey

Cathleen Caffrey — Fri, 16 Jul 2021 15:11:11 +0000

Sure says something about life and surviving. Nice.