Success with Trees: Separating Facts from Fiction

Event Details

How to we plant and maintain healthy trees? Join us to debunk tree myths learn about tree care.

What does a tree need to stay healthy? As with anything, the context is key. This webinar will address our trees from the perspective of:

Understanding the surrounding environment

Evaluating soil and light conditions

Selecting and Planting Healthy Trees

Some of the less apparent but important details that are overlooked

Making trees feel at home

Common myths and best practices to look after your tree(s) and make your yards healthy, identifying and managing tree stresses, and how to get involved in stewarding the urban forest

Those attending this presentation will gain a greater understanding of how to support a healthier urban forest and how simple and cost effective it can be. There will be some take home points which can be immediately implemented in your yard.

Presenter:

Chris Morrison, Heathy Yards Guide, Reep Green Solutions

ISA Certified Arborist. SOUL Certified Organic Land Care Practitioner. Fusion Landscape Professional (FLP).

During the community engagement process for Kitchener’s Sustainable Urban Forest Strategy, residents asked for more information about trees and their care. This workshop hosted by Reep Green Solutions is funded by the City of Kitchener for its residents.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/success-with-trees-separating-facts-from-fiction-tickets-108992649950

Event Type(s): General Interest

Age Group(s): All Ages, Seniors, Adults

Ada Wassink

ada.wassink@kpl.org