Aboriculture online courses to improve tree survivability in less than 30 days
About Course
Arboriculture online courses overview
Total courses and presentations available or proposed so far:
Introduction to arboriculture: What arboriculture is and its vital role in both urban and rural landscapes.
What is a tree: The basic biology of trees, including the various parts and their functions. How trees grow and maintain themselves.
Effects of trees in urban settings: Learn about the positive and negative effects that trees have, and how we can mitigate the negatives and increase the positives.
Urban tree planting: Go through why plant a tree, what a tree needs to grow and where, which tree to plant, how to choose nursery stock, how to plant.
Tree pruning: Learn how to prune a tree, reasons to prune, when to do it, how much and other things to keep in mind before pruning.
Trees and developments: Explore how professionals like architects, landscape architects and contractors can incorporate and protect trees in their development projects.
Basic tree inspection: Introduction to assessing trees to identify hazards.
Basic tree management: Learn strategies for long-term tree management using GIS tools.
Preserving heritage trees in the landscape: How to identify and make people aware of and concerned about heritage trees to ensure they are not felled unnecessarily.
More online arboriculture courses to follow, based on demand. Please contact me for requests.
Course Content
A brief introduction video for you to get an idea of what is proposed in these arboriculture online courses.
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Intro video
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