Around Annapolis:Tree planted in judge's memory

While leaving Sunday services at St. Anne's Episcopal Church, landscape architects Eric Groft and his wife Shelley Rentsch noticed that the county courthouse courtyard seemed a bit bare, especially after a linden tree had come down. They decided to honor a friend with the gift of a tree in that location, and after working with various city and county officials over seven months, they fulfilled their wish.

A 18-foot-tall, 3-year-old willow oak was planted Friday morning in the courtyard in memory of the late Judge Warren Duckett. Needless to say, his wife, Judy Duckett, is very pleased to have others remember her husband in such a...