Starhill Forest Arboretum historic white Gudgel Oak

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An artist from Chicago and a local master stonemason teamed up to provide this commemorative plaque and install it on a donated 1,700-pound granite boulder.

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STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER articles about saving The Gudgel Oak Tree

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The Gudgel Oak
is an historic white oak (Quercus alba) that overhangs Gudgel Road, a few miles from Starhill Forest Arboretum

After recruiting donations from caring people all around the country, we began working to stabilize the tree in April 2005 — a local certified arborist did the work at cost as his donation because the tree is located on public right-of-way.

Jeff Brown (left), Lana Gits (second), and Manfred Koriath (right) helped Guy Sternberg obtain and install the boulder and plaque commemorating saving The Gudgel Oak

Guy Sternberg evamining the Gudgel Oak Tree

Guy Sternberg is a landscape architect, arborist, tree consultant, writer, lecturer, and photographer from Illinois. He has propagated and grown hundreds of species of trees, both native and non-native, and maintains his own research arboretum, Starhill Forest, with his wife, Edie. He was the first president of the International Oak Society and is a life member of the International Dendrology Society, International Society of Arboriculture, and American Forests.

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STARHILL FOREST ARBORETUM

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We offer lectures about oaks, historic trees, native trees, and other
tree-related topics, available in any English-speaking country
and tailored for any audience level.
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