[Scpg] Basic Young Tree Care Workshop

[Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

Basic Young Tree Care Workshop.

.Saturday February 5, 2005, 
8:00 AM to Noon

Open to all with an interest in trees-no experience required  
Free Admission/lunch with Prior Registration 

Goleta Union School Dist. Board Room,401 N. Fairview Ave, Goleta CA
Directions –
take Highway 101 to the Fairview Exit, turn towards the mountains and it is
about.5 mile north of 101 on the right side of the street

Sponsored by a California ReLeaf Network Exchange Grant,  the Central Coast
Region Urban Forest Council, Goleta Valley Beautiful, Santa Barbara Beautiful,
Santa Barbara County ReLeaf, Carpinteria Beautiful, City of Goleta, Santa
Barbara County Public Works, Southern California Edison, Santa Barbara
Southcoast Fire Safe Council

 Agenda- Presentations by tree care professionals,
certified arborists and urban foresters
Introduction – Ken Knight, President, Central Coast Region Urban Forest
Council

8:00 to 8:10 – Tools for selecting the right tree for the right place
-Darla Mills, Regional Field Specialist, CDF
- Handouts– Tree City USA Bulletin #4 The Right Tree for the Right Place,
explain how to use SelecTree www.ufei.calpoly.edu.

8:10 to 8:20 - Planting around utilities
Jane Brown, Public Affairs/Pat Gladden, So. CA Edison
Handouts-Edison’s Right Tree/Right Place Brochure, Tree City USA Bulletin #25
Tree Line USA

8:20 to 8:30 Firesafe planting
SB County Fire Safe Council Representative
Handout: Tree City USA Bulletin 41 How to Reduce Wildfire Risk

8:30 to 8:40
Questions

8:40 to 8:50
   10 minute break

8:50 to 9:30 - How to plant a tree demonstration on school grounds
Handout – ISA brochure/Tree City Bulletin 19 – How to Select and Plant a Tree,
and 5 Living with Urban Soils

9:30 to 9:40   10 minute break

9:40 to 9:55 –How to maintain trees 
Jan Scow, Registered Consulting Arborist
Handout – Tree City Bulletin 38 – The Way Trees Work, How to Help

9:55 to 10:10 Demonstration on basic pruning techniques
Dougal House, Certified Arborist
Handout – Tree City Bulletin 1 – How to Prune Young Shade Trees 

10:10 to 10:20 - Questions

10:20 to 10:30 - 10 minute break

10:30 to 10:45 – How to recognize common tree problems and what to
do                                               about them.
Bill Spiewak, Registered Consulting Arborist, Bill’s Tree Care
Handout Tree City Bulletin 44 –What Ails Your Tree?                        

10:45 to 11:00 - 
The ten biggest problems for trees in cities.
Andy Trotter, Vice President, West Coast Arborists

11:00 to 11:10 - Questions

11:10 to 11:20 - 10 minute break

11:20 to 11:30   Tree legal issues
                         David Gress, City Arborist, City of Santa Barbara

11:30 to 11:40 – Looking at the urban forest-not just the trees
   Dana Karcher, Executive Director, Tree Foundation of Kern
   Handouts: Tree City Bulletin 45 Trees for Better Streets, 22 Tree
    City USA: Foundation for Better Tree Management, Bulletin 18
   Tree City USA Growth Award, CA Urban Forests Council brochure 

11:40 to 11:50 - How to organize a public tree planting project in your
neighborhood
-Ken Knight, Certified Arborist/Urban Forester, Goleta Valley Beautiful
Handouts: Tree City Bulletin 36 How to Work with Volunteers-Effectively,
and 42
Working with Children

11:50 to Noon    Questions

Noon to one - A chance to mingle with the speakers about your specific
questions while enjoying a complimentary box lunch  

 
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Preregistration required - Limited space available.  

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Send to Goleta Valley Beautiful, PO Box 6756, Goleta CA 93160-6756,

or e-mail to <mailto:kennethknight at cox.net>kennethknight at cox.net. For
information call 252-1952