Planting and Tending the New Urban Forest

MHG Meetings

Sponsored By: Metro Hort Group

Planting and Tending the New Urban Forest
Bill Logan - Founder, President and Lead Arborist at Urban Arborists

Note: This talk has been approved for Continuing Education Units (CEUs) under the ISA Certification Program.
Details below:

April 18, 2024

The Central Park Arsenal
Fifth Avenue and 64th Street
Third floor: The Arsenal Gallery

Doors open for refreshments at 6:00 pm
Meeting begins promptly at 6:30 pm
General meetings are free to Metro Hort members. No reservations are necessary.
Guests are welcome to attend for a $20 contribution

SYNOPSIS

Bill will talk about broadening the species palette, including plants that are good not just for people but for a wider holobiont; changing the way we plant them by giving them more space, and learning how urban trees tell us what care they need. The talk will look particularly at urban pruning needs and patterns, including formal pruning like hedging, pollarding and coppicing. Planting and tending go together. One without the other is a recipe for failure.

Note: This talk has been approved for Continuing Education Units (CEUs)* under the ISA Certification Program. Attendees who wish to receive CEUs will be required to a) sign an attendance log at the meeting and b) provide your accurate and valid ISA Certification Identification numbers.

*Continuing Education Units for this presentation:

Certified Arborist: 0.75
Municipal Specialist: 0.75
BCMA - Science: 0.25
BCMA - Practice: 0.5

Bill Logan

Bill Logan founded Urban Arborists and has run the company since its beginning. He teaches pruning and tree identification at the New York Botanical Garden's School of Professional Horticulture. At the Garden, he also teaches a master class in tree care to foresters of the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. He has lectured at numerous botanical gardens around the country, including the Arnold Arboretum, the Morton Arboretum, and the Huntington Botanical Gardens. 

He has published four books of natural history - Oak: The Frame of Civilization, Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth, Air: The Restless Shaper of the World and, most recently, Sprout Lands: Tending the Endless Gift of Trees - all from WW Norton. As writer and contributing editor to House & Garden, House Beautiful and Garden Design, and as a garden columnist for the New York Times, he developed a keen sense of what makes a garden beautiful. He visits and/or consults on all Urban Arborists field work. He is a sought-after consultant to landscape architects, municipalities, companies and individuals. He is an ISA certified arborist and a member of the American Society of Consulting Arborists.