Each year my teaching team takes our students to an old growth forest in Norway, Maine to study some of the largest white pines in the northeast.

1. Welcome to Ordway Grove. Located in Norway, Maine

2. Old Growth
White Pine.
Some of these
trees have
circumferences
of over 13 feet,
and heights of
up to 150 feet
tall.

3. Some of the trees are more than 250 years old.

4. Old trees die,
allowing new
trees to grow.

5. This forest has
been preserved
since 1789 and
has trees of all
sizes and
species, from old
growth to new
growth.

6. Tree-hugging is
contagious. It
spreads from
person to
person. This
individual hugged
over 50 trees
while in the
forest, and I
caught most of
the hugs on
camera!

7. Red Pine Bark with a puzzle piece design

8. Sugar Maple Leaf on Granite

9. Students from
the city enjoy
the tranquility
of the forest.

10. Partridgeberry

11. Maple Leaves
and Birch Bark

12. This hole might provide a potential home for animals.

13. Lake Pennesseewassee lies at the western edge of the forest.

14. Lake Pennesseewassee Reflections

15. Lake Pennesseewassee

16. Tranquility