Boston Flora

Tag: Landscape Professionals

  • Saturday, October 24, 9:30 am – 12 noon – Assessing Tree Health and Structure

    Dave Ropes, Consulting Arborist, Tree Specialists, Inc., will give a class at Garden in the Woods in Framingham in collaboration with the New England Wild Flower Society and the Arnold Arboretum on Saturday, October 24, from 9:30 am – 12 noon.  Proper tree care requires assessment of the entire tree system from roots to shoots. Learn how to properly assess a tree’s health and structure with techniques used by professional arborists. Learn which types of structural defects compromise the integrity of the tree and require attention, and which are merely aesthetic concerns. Study and evaluate tree foliage, twig growth, and the presence of pathogens and diseases. A classroom session will cover tree physiology and site conditions that relate to tree health, followed by a field session to look at a variety of trees at Garden in the Woods. Appropriate for landscape professionals as well as property owners who want to know how to decide what can be done and when to call a professional arborist.
    Fee: $30 for Arnold Arboretum or NEWFS members, $36 nonmembers.  To register, log on to www.arboretum.harvard.edu.

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  • Saturday, August 22 – Creating Home Outside with Julie Moir Messervy

    Creating Home Outside is an informative workshop including lecture, illustrative photographs, lively discussion and opportunities to practice Julie’s unique design principles. Messervy explains how and why good design works so that we may better refine our properties to meet our needs, as well as fulfill our longing for beautiful and meaningful places. Her lecture is based on a series of six steps that can be followed successfully by homeowners, gardeners and landscape professionals alike, to achieve cohesive and personally pleasing landscapes. Julie takes participants through an understandable process that yields clear and satisfying results. Spend a refreshing day renewing your sense of discovery for the landscape environment; learn how to strengthen the link between indoors and out; and evaluate your client’s needs and preferences to help them achieve a personal landscape that is uniquely their own. At the end of this exciting day, you’ll realize that you know enough to complete a conceptual design for yourself or a client. The workshop will take place in Shepardson Hall at Vermont Academy in Saxtons River, Vermont.  For more information, call 802-869-1470, or email Mary at mary@jmmds.com.  General admission is $135 plus $3.38 ticket fee; 30 mile radius and senior 65+ is $115.00 plus $2.88 ticket fee; Students are $65.00 plus $1.62 fee.  Log on to http://creatinghomeoutside09.eventbrite.com/ for additional details.