In person at Novare Res, 4 Canal Street, Portland, ME.

The Maine section of BLSA invites our landscape architecture community and friends to a reception in honor of Portland city arborist Jeff Tarling.

Through his 34 years of service as the arborist for the City of Portland, Tarling “has overseen the planting of thousands of thousands of trees, built nearly a dozen community gardens, visited schools across the city and led the cleanup after major storms.” He oversaw “management of city trees and horticulture at parks, playgrounds, schools and other public property. He manage[d] 27 employees and also review[ed] site plans from a landscape perspective.

Tarling retired at the end of January. Please join BSLA in recognizing this extraordinary career.

Members + non-members, colleagues and friends, all are welcome!

RSVP here.

Read more about Jeff Tarling’s career in the Portland Press Herald and the Portland Phoenix.

Thank you michael boucher landscape architecture for sponsoring this reception.

Image credits. At left: Jeff Tarling stands beside an oak tree in Kennedy Park in November, 2021. Tarling will retire at the end of January after 34 years as the city's arborist. (Portland Phoenix/Jim Neuger)

Above: Portland arborist Jeff Tarling looks over a Japanese White Pine in the conifer section of the Longfellow Arboretum at Payson Park in January. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald)