Conference Info

Seeing the trees we plant and prune now grow into old age. What better green idea is there? Conservation of resources is a major part of sustainable landscape. As tree care professionals, we need to promote tree health and longevity. It is our responsibility to use correct horticulture practices in the planting and maintaining of trees, and to share this goal with our communities.

Tentative Schedule

NEW LOCATION:  Hilton Albuquerque 1901 University Blv NE Albuquerque, NM

Think Trees January 28th and 29th 2010

Thursday, January 28th

8:00 Opening Remarks Katherine O’Brien

8:30 Butch Blazer

9:00 Eric Duchinsky (Arboriculture and sustainability)

9:30 Break

9:45 Jim Urban (Soil Science and Tree Biology)

11:00 Dr. Larry Costello (Avoiding Tree-Infrastructure conflicts)

12:00 Lunch

1:00 Melissa Barker (Fundamentals of a safety Program)

2:00 Dr. Jamshid Ashigh (Managing weeds in the landscape)

3:00 Break

3:15 Dr. Steven Windhager (Sustainable Sites Initiative)

4:30 Closing remarks

Friday, January 29th

8:00 Opening Remarks Katherine O’Brien

8:30 Dr. Larry Costello (Pruning a Structural Approach)

9:30 Break

9:45 Jim Urban (Practical Soil Applications)

11:00 Dr. Gary Johnson (Fertilization-keeping the Landscape green)

12:00 Lunch

1:00 Dr. Tess Grasswitz (Beneficials, how to get them and keep them)

2:30 Break

2:45 Dr. Gary Johnson (Watering, what’s the secret)

4:00 New Trees, a discussion

4:30 Closing Remarks/Scholarship Drawing