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Tag: Tree Health

  • Thursday, May 6, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm – Emerald Necklace Conservancy Annual Meeting: Keeping the Necklace Green, Online

    Thursday, May 6, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm – Emerald Necklace Conservancy Annual Meeting: Keeping the Necklace Green, Online

    Join The Emerald Necklace Conservancy on May 6, 5:30-7pm at the 2021 Annual Meeting to celebrate major accomplishments ofr the Olmsted Tree Society and learn why a healthy urban tree canopy is essential to our city. Conservancy President Karen Mauney-Brodek will deliver a recap of the past year, then dive deeper into tree and landscape maintenance work on the Emerald Necklace with Erica Holm, the Conservancy’s Field Operations Coordinator and Dr. Jim Clark, the Managing Consulting Arborist for Hort Science | Bartlett Consulting and an internationally renowned arborist. Learn why tree care is essential to the long-term health of the tree canopy, the humans interacting with it and the environment. Register for this free virtual event.

  • Wednesday, July 18, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm – Tree Health Assessment

    Jerry Bond, Urban Forestry Consultant, Urban Forest Analytics LLC, will lead Arnold Arboretum attendees through a new field protocol for obtaining quick and reliable estimates of tree health, a critical component of tree condition. He will introduce his process of observation, with emphasis on producing repeatable and useful results. After practicing techniques in the field, he will present the way field observations can be interpreted and transformed into reliable information for communicating to clients. Jerry will also stress understanding the limits of observation in order to guard against making assumptions. A second outdoor session will test real-world application of these methods. He will explain the biological foundation for his field protocol and end the program with the day-to-day utility of this approach within various work contexts. This class is based on the book, Urban Tree Health: A Practical and Precise Estimation Method, by Jerry Bond, published in 2012. Lunch will be provided. $150.

    Note: This program takes place at the Arboretum’s Weld Hill Research Building, located at 1300 Centre Street, Roslindale. Register at http://my.arboretum.harvard.edu or call 617-384-5277.

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  • Saturdays, June 7, July 19, August 2, September 6, and October 11 – Exploring Cambridge’s Urban Forest

    Earthwatch Institute invites you to join them for Exploring Cambridge’s Urban Forest on Saturday, June 7, July 19, August 2, September 6, or October 11.  You can be a citizen scientist by identifying and measuring Cambridge trees, and by recording tree health and locations.  Trees filter pollutants, mitigate climate change, improve human health, and more.  Together your research results will help shape policies to improve urban forests.  Go to www.earthwatch.org/expeditions/exploring-bostons-urban-forest or call 1-800-776-0188 for more information. You’ll note the website refers to Boston but the press release refers to Cambridge – let’s just call this the Metro Area.

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  • 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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