Thursday, November 3, 2016
Marshall Tree Farm
17350 SE 65th Street
Morriston, FL 32668
Venue phone: 800-786-1422
CEUs:
Certified Arborist: 6.5 BCMA 6.5 (4-M 2.5-P)
FNGLA: 4 LIAF: 4
LA: Provider #0004488, Course #0009775: 6.5 (optional)
AGENDA
8:00 Registration (continental breakfast available)
INDOOR SESSIONS
8:30 - 9:15 Florida’s History with the Nursery Grades & Standards for Nursery Plants
Tyson Emery, Dr. Ed Gilman and Michael Marshall
How the 2015 edition was developed, and a national perspective on grading nursery stock.
9:15 - 10:15 The Grades & Standards: a 7 Step Process
Dr. Ed Gilman and Michael Marshall
Attendees will learn the streamlined grading process from members of the committee that helped coordinate the rewriting of the Standard. It is fairly straight forward and substantially easier to use. The differences between the new and the old Standard will be clearly explained. Handouts will be used to help simplify learning.
10:15 - 10:30 BREAK (refreshments available)
OUTDOOR SESSION
10:30 - 11:30 Sample Grading Exercises
Dr. Ed Gilman and Michael Marshall
Using nursery trees, attendees will learn to grade trees according to the new edition of the Grades and Standards. There are no “tricks” or shortcuts, and grading can be a rapid process. Learn the details.
INDOOR SESSION
11:30 - 12:00 What’s Changed: Old vs. New
Michael Marshall
Review updates to the entire 2015 document and interact with all attendees and speakers to decipher how the grading process has changed for the better.
12:00 - 12:45 LUNCH (provided)
INDOOR SESSION
12:45 - 1:15 Planting Specifications and Details
Dr. Ed Gilman
There are new planting details and specifications available on the web that incorporate the latest research and practices into a very user friendly package. Easily import details (dwg. files) into your designs. Whether you are a landscape architect downloading the dwg. files, a municipal urban forester, or other specifier of trees and planting projects using the pdf versions, you will enjoy these nationally reviewed FREE files – 78 of them! These are relevant across Florida and dwg. files can be edited by you (a first for these types of online resources)! From soils, to planting, to preservation, to irrigation, attendees will learn where to find these invaluable resources and start using them tomorrow.
OUTDOOR SESSION
1:15 - 3:15 Rotate Between 3 Outdoor Stations
• The 7 Steps in the New Grades and Standards - Michael Marshall
Attendees grade trees with interaction from the speaker. You will leave with a good understanding of the new streamlined grading process. You will be surprised at its simplicity.
• Inspecting and Handling Trees Upon Delivery - Russell Adams
Attendees learn from a contractor who has received thousands of trees on job sites. What is acceptable? How can you make the process smooth with no surprises? How can we settle disputes?
• Tree Roots and the New Standard - Dr. Ed Gilman
We focus on grading roots on nursery trees. What is acceptable and what is not? How can growers efficiently produce finished container and field grown trees with compliant root systems? Attendees learn to quickly grades trees for roots.
INDOOR SESSION
3:15 - 4:00 Grading Palms
Russell Adams
Attendees will learn how Grades and Standards for palms has changed dramatically from the last edition. The new criteria for palm grading will require designers, contractors, state and local governments and growers to reconsider their notion of what constitutes an acceptable palm or desirable palm.
4:00 SEMINAR ENDS, sign for your CEUs
OUR EXPERTS
RUSSELL ADAMS is currently a Project Manager with Sheda Ecological Associates, a Florida company which provides a variety of professional environmental consulting services ranging from large public works projects and watershed management studies to small-scale residential site development. He is a graduate from the University of Florida with a Bachelors of Science in Horticulture. He has owned the Gainesville Tree Farm since 1988. He worked for Oasis Landscaping in Gainesville and later with Jones Edmunds and Associates as a Senior Landscape Inspector overseeing the construction and establishment of nearly 100 projects for the FDOT.If not a Florida Chapter member yet, you can click below to join! Then you can select the discounted member rate when you register for this and future Florida ISA seminars!