Ed Richardson, Region's 'Tree Man,' Recently Visited East Hampton to See 'Notable Trees'

Some people collect stamps when they retire. Or take up golf.

Ed Richardson collects trees. Well, sort of.

As a volunteer for the Connecticut Botanical Society Richardson, who is 88, travels around the state checking out trees that might make the society's "Notable Trees" list, a project sponsored by the botanical society along with the Connecticut College Arboretum and the Connecticut Urban Forest Council.

Richardson, who lives in Glastonbury, was in East Hampton last month to talk about the town's notable trees, including a sycamore maple tree on Main Street that has been named the oldest of its kind in Connecticut.

Richardson and his tree work were recently profiled by the Hartford Courant.