A few resources are listed below, that will expand on the instruction that was provided in the Tree Care Workshops. Please take a look at these items and links, and use them to supplement the Manual the was handed out in class.
WORKSHOP ONE
- How To Prune a Tree – US Forest Service
- Pruning Guide – Stihl Corporation
- Planting a Tree – This Old House Video Shown in Class
- Tree Planting Steps – Colorado Sate University
- How Trees Grow – Texas A&M University
- Watering Your Trees – Regreen Springfield
- Benefits of Urban Forestry – Video from American Forests
- Urban Forests: Cleaner, Cooler Air – Video from Society of American Landscape Architects
CONTACTS
- Mollie Freilicher, MA Dept of Conservation and Recreation
- Rick Harper, Univ of Massachusetts/Amherst
- Alex Sherman, City of Springfield Forestry Division
- David Bloniarz, US Forest Service
WORKSHOP MANUALS
