Reflection Riding Arboretum and Botanical Garden is up for recertification, so officials are out at the 300-acre preserve counting and identifying all trees.

The process involves more than pinning labels to trees, said Chattanooga Urban Forester Gene Hyde, a member of the recertification team and a former Reflection Riding board member.

“It would be great to do a GIS (geographic information system) inventory of all the trees and add signs that tell about the historical, medicinal and cultural significance of the trees,” Mr. Hyde said.

Reflection Riding is certified as a Level 4 arboretum, the highest level.

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