The Arboriculture track will not be offered in 2024 since our primary instructor and coordinator will be away on sabbatical leave.
Below is a short overview of this track for those who may be interested in attending in 2026. However, aspiring tree care workers may also want to consider attending this year's Landscape Management track, which offers many of the same classes as the Arboriculture track and provides a solid grounding in the insects, diseasess, and cultural needs of trees and shrubs.
Trees are treasured features of our communities and neighborhoods, and frequent storm events over the past few years have highlighted the challenges of maintaining and protecting trees in the landscape. Working outdoors - whether on the street, in a park or in a client's backyard - exposes arborists to a variety of unique issues every day. This curriculum will help attendees learn to identify potential problems and to avoid being injured on the job. Topics of particular benefit to arborists include arboricultural safety standards, construction injury to trees, pruning, cabling and guying, insect and disease problems of trees, and tree risk identification and management. This track is designed especially for arborists, tree wardens, and municipal DPW workers.