Arboriculture for the "More-Than-Human-World"
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Non Member Rate
$175.00
Non Member Rate
Student/Senior
$70.00
Student/Senior
This regional conference will offer a day of immersive learning opportunities, to explore the value that trees provide to the many beings that call the urban forest home! Wildlife habitat value of mature, dead, and dying trees, and the benefits of safely preserving spars, snags, and nurse logs in the landscape will be discussed, as well as the diverse potential of wood reclamation to give trees a second life, which has been demonstrated throughout the grounds of Cypress Lawn Arboretum in recent seasons. An afternoon of in situ demonstrations for the proactive habitat tree service practices of coronet pruning and nest cavity carving will take place out in the field, and the program day will conclude with an optional guided forest bathing experience to foster a deeper connection with the more-than-human-world that lives and grows all around us.
Agenda:
| 7:30am |
Registration and Sign-in |
| 8:00am |
Welcome and Introductions – Josh Gevertz, Arboretum Director, Cypress Lawn Arboretum and Memorial Park, Colma, CA
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| 8:30am |
The What & Why of Managing Trees as Wildlife Habitat- Ryan Suttle, Consulting Arborist & Urban Forester, HortScience | Bartlett Consulting, and Amber Graves Alvares, Consulting Arborist, Monarch Tree Services
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| 10:00am |
Break |
| 10:15am |
Giving Trees a Second Life: Spars, Slabs, & Storytelling – Josh Gevertz, and Christopher Campbell, CC Tree Design
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| 11:45am |
Lunch (provided, at Laurel Pavilion, West Campus of Arboretum)
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| 12:30pm |
An Introduction to Safely Making and Preserving Habitat Snags, Nurse Logs, and Reclaiming Wood-Lawrence Schultz and Christopher Campbell |
| 2:00pm |
Enhancing Habitat Value of Wildlife Snags - Craig Bachmann and Karsten Foerster, Tree133 LLC |
| 3:30pm |
CEU sign-out |
| 3:45 - 5:45PM |
(OPTIONAL) Forest bathing guided nature walk, hosted by Josh Gevertz and led by ANFT certified forest therapy guide Benjamin Page |
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NOTE: Morning lectures and boxed lunch service will take place at the Laurel Pavilion on the West Campus of Cypress Lawn Arboretum (1370 El Camino Real), while afternoon field learning sessions will take place outside on West Campus grounds, primarily in the cemetery section known as Birch Gardens.
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Early Registration (through 6/10/25):
- $140 - WCISA Member
- $175 - Non-WCISA Member
- $ 70 - Student/Senior
Regular Registration (on or after 6/11/25):
- $165 - WCISA Member
- $200 - Non-WCISA Member
- $ 70 - Student/Senior
CEUs:
- 6.0 - CA/CTW/CUFP
- 6.0 - BCMA-P
Location
Cypress Lawn Arboretum and Memorial Park - West Campus (Laurel Pavilion)
1370 El Camino Real
Colma, CA 94014