Thanks to a $10,000 dollar grant by the Montgomery Parks Foundation, an old tree that once shaded the corner of Beach Drive and Cedar Lane in Kensington has a new life. A crowd gathered Oct. 11 to see the unveiling of a whimsical carving by chainsaw master Colin Vale.
This stump sculpture stands among a few other select wooden artworks found in county parks like Brookside Gardens and Jessup Blair Park in Silver Spring. For those interested in watching a work in progress, you can find Colin Vale carving a new bench most afternoons at Ken-Gar Palisades Park, 4140 Wexford Drive in Kensington. Vale hopes to complete that project by Thanksgiving.
For more information about Champion trees and where you can find them in the county go here.
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