Description:
Wayne Cahilly
Owner, Cahilly’s Horticultural Services, LLC
This seminar will examine the special nature of veteran trees. A veteran tree is one that is past maturity and is old in comparison with other trees of the same species. We will discuss current research and some of the preservation practices that are popular in England including retrenchment, propping, and reduction. Like all living things, trees survive through the transfer of energy. This transfer occurs both within the tree itself, as well as between the tree and its environment. Far from being a static process, energy relations are highly dynamic and constantly changing as trees age, decline, and die. Arborist should be aware of these changes, to provide the best advice and management recommendations to his or her clients for the care and preservation of older trees. Wayne Cahilly is an International Society of Arboriculture Board Certified Master Arborist, a Registered Consulting Arborist and a graduate of the School of Professional Horticulture at the New York Botanical Gardens where he has worked for the Science and Capitol Projects division as an arborist, forest manager, arboretum and grounds manager and is now the manager of the mapping department. He also owns and operates Cahilly’s Horticultural Services, LLC., a consulting business focusing on pre- and post-failure analysis of trees and providing assistance to the legal and insurance communities.
This course carries 6.5 CEUs for ISA certified arborists (S=3, P=2, M=1.5).
Friday, April 5 Fee: $145 (includes lunch)
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.