Our Large Nursery Yard will be have 4 Raised Staging Areas where Certified Arborists will demonstrate proper pruning techniques to maintain the health and beauty of a variety of trees and shrubs. And one Staging Area totally dedicated to the planting of trees and shrubs and nutrients added to the soil to assure healthy rooting and survival of the plants.
This training is designed for tree care professionals and municipal employees that perform maintenance on street and park trees.
Participants will learn:
Basic tree biology
Tree pruning
Proper planting and transplanting of trees
Basic plant health care
Principles of cabling, bracing, and lightning protection
Basic safety concepts required to work on the ground during tree care operations
Job site hazard analysis, including traffic control
Client communication
Safety requirements mandated by ANSI Z133 and OSHA
September 22-24, 2017. Tree Climbing education for women, taught by women. Don't miss this all inclusive tree climbing workshop weekend! Course full; waitlist. More courses coming soon.
Sheffield MA Town Forest Event - Woods and Trails: A Pathway Forward. A conference for Municipalities, Community Groups, Natural Resource Professionals, and Environmental Educators.
Matt Foti, MCA has long been a proponent of emerging technologies related to planting and moving trees. Throughout his storied career he has diagnosed hundreds of problems resulting from the way plants are grown, installed, and maintained. Recently Matt was asked to consult on a challenging tree moving project in the country of Georgia. The job involved moving 40 enormous trees, great distances, throughout this remote corner of the world. Join us as Matt shares the details of how the Georgia project was planned and executed.
A hands-on workshop for tree wardens, municipal employees, tree care professionals, and anyone else interested in learning how to prune young trees for proper structure and why it is important to prune young trees.
Please join us at the Southbridge Hotel & Conference Center for "The Next 50 Years in Arboriculture, Moving Ahead Together", in beautiful Southbridge, MA. Ed Gilman will be this year's Keynote Speaker. Get up-to-date on arboriculture in New England. Network with the region's arborists. Earn CEUs and Pesticide Credits.
MFI is a great weeklong training opportunity to learn new management tools and develop your professional skills to grow your urban forestry program from good to great!
The Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science and USDA Northern Forests Climate Hub are offering the Forest Adaptation Planning and Practices training as an online course for urban foresters and natural resource managers (7, 1.5 hour sessions).
New England Grows is a 3 day event being held from 29th November to the 1st December 2017 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center (BCEC) in Boston, United States Of America. The horticulture show that has established its name by cutting edge contemporary show of green industry will again be coming in front of audience. Over hundred exhibitors are going to present, supply the brightest ideas, the hottest plants, and the latest technology from the horticulture industry.