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I recently went on a scouting trip to Mississippi to plan for an upcoming Oak Open Day. I had been there two years earlier and that is when I got the idea for a tour.
Posted Tue, 2014-04-22 02:25 in Ryan Russell's blog
Aiken, South Carolina, which some of us visited last November during the Oak Open Days there, was hit by a catastrophic ice storm Februay 12-13.
Posted Tue, 2014-02-18 22:47 in Roderick Cameron's blog
A member of the International Oaks group on Facebook (moderated by IOS member Jeroen Braakman) posted a link to the following item. 
Posted Thu, 2014-02-13 16:49 in Charles Snyers d'Attenhoven's blog
This past year we lost three of our prominent, longtime members.
Posted Fri, 2014-02-07 11:03 in Guy Sternberg's blog
The IOS has been approved again as the International Cultivar Registration Authority (ICRA) for Quercus.
Posted Fri, 2014-01-31 21:24 in Ryan Russell's blog
Quercus rysophylla with unusual fall color in Argentine arboretum.
Posted Fri, 2014-01-31 17:16 in Roderick Cameron's blog
Acorns in Bhutan - to be seen but not hoard(ed).
Posted Sun, 2014-01-05 16:36 in Shaun Haddock's blog
On the first weekend of November 2013 a group of oak enthusiasts congregated in Aiken, SC.
Posted Thu, 2013-11-14 11:54 in Roderick Cameron's blog
Yesterday, 22nd of September, nearly 30 oak enthusiasts gathered at Pavia nurseries, an outstanding nursery owned and run by Dirk Benoit, past IOS board member. 
Posted Mon, 2013-09-23 10:56 in Charles Snyers d'Attenhoven's blog
On your way to AIken in South Carolina this November, you might pass by Red Oak, NC. 
Posted Mon, 2013-08-12 15:49 in Charles Snyers d'Attenhoven's blog
Two oaks elected tree of the year 2013
Posted Sat, 2013-08-03 17:24 in Charles Snyers d'Attenhoven's blog
Michel Timacheff, IOS Member and photographer, came across an old oak near Villers-sur-Lesse in southern Belgium.  Its circumference is over 6 meters at BH. 
Posted Thu, 2013-05-02 11:06 in Charles Snyers d'Attenhoven's blog

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I recently went on a scouting trip to Mississippi to plan for an upcoming Oak Open Day. I had been there two years earlier and that is when I got the idea for a tour.
Posted Tue, 2014-04-22 02:25 in Ryan Russell's blog
Aiken, South Carolina, which some of us visited last November during the Oak Open Days there, was hit by a catastrophic ice storm Februay 12-13.
Posted Tue, 2014-02-18 22:47 in Roderick Cameron's blog
A member of the International Oaks group on Facebook (moderated by IOS member Jeroen Braakman) posted a link to the following item. 
Posted Thu, 2014-02-13 16:49 in Charles Snyers d'Attenhoven's blog
This past year we lost three of our prominent, longtime members.
Posted Fri, 2014-02-07 11:03 in Guy Sternberg's blog
The IOS has been approved again as the International Cultivar Registration Authority (ICRA) for Quercus.
Posted Fri, 2014-01-31 21:24 in Ryan Russell's blog
Quercus rysophylla with unusual fall color in Argentine arboretum.
Posted Fri, 2014-01-31 17:16 in Roderick Cameron's blog
Acorns in Bhutan - to be seen but not hoard(ed).
Posted Sun, 2014-01-05 16:36 in Shaun Haddock's blog
On the first weekend of November 2013 a group of oak enthusiasts congregated in Aiken, SC.
Posted Thu, 2013-11-14 11:54 in Roderick Cameron's blog
Yesterday, 22nd of September, nearly 30 oak enthusiasts gathered at Pavia nurseries, an outstanding nursery owned and run by Dirk Benoit, past IOS board member. 
Posted Mon, 2013-09-23 10:56 in Charles Snyers d'Attenhoven's blog
On your way to AIken in South Carolina this November, you might pass by Red Oak, NC. 
Posted Mon, 2013-08-12 15:49 in Charles Snyers d'Attenhoven's blog
Two oaks elected tree of the year 2013
Posted Sat, 2013-08-03 17:24 in Charles Snyers d'Attenhoven's blog
Michel Timacheff, IOS Member and photographer, came across an old oak near Villers-sur-Lesse in southern Belgium.  Its circumference is over 6 meters at BH. 
Posted Thu, 2013-05-02 11:06 in Charles Snyers d'Attenhoven's blog

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