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Join the next Smartscape training session for landscape professionals and increase your knowledge in the design, installation, irrigation, and maintenance of desert landscapes.
The University of Arizona, Maricopa County Cooperative Extension is accepting registrations for the spring 2021 Smartscape series! Classes will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from February 2nd – March 4th from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm online through Zoom.
Smartscape is a comprehensive, research‐based professional training program specifically designed to educate landscape professionals on the fundamentals of designing, installing, irrigating, and maintaining attractive, water-efficient landscapes. This Smartscape course delivers 20 hours of high-quality education on the best irrigation and horticultural practices for the desert southwest. For $99, students receive a Smartscape manual with valuable information and materials, instruction from experts in the green industry, the opportunity to get International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) continuing education units, Arizona chapter of American Society of Landscape Architects (AzASLA) continuing education units, and complimentary snacks. Graduates of the course receive a certificate of completion from the University of Arizona and a chance to market themselves as a Smartscape professional by listing their contact information in the Smartscape Online Directory
Visit https://smartscape.org/ for more information and REGISTER at https://smartscape.org/courses/maricopa-smartscape-spring-2021/
Contact Kirti Mathura, Smartscape Program Coordinator, with any questions at smartscape@cals.arizona.edu or (602) 827-8206.
Arizona Community Tree Council Presents
SCOTTSDALE CIVIC CENTER LIBRARY
3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd
Scottsdale, Arizona 85251
Registration Now Open!
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April 10, 2021
Agenda: (Download the agenda here)
2021 Arizona Certified Arborist Training (CAT) Class: 6 Fridays, 8:00am – 3:00pm
Date and Time
Topics
Chapters
Presenters
March 5
8am-9am
Overview and Exam Prep Planning
David Mikulak
9:15am-10:30 am
Plant ID, Taxonomy, Nomenclature
Chapter #1
10:45am-12:15
Tree Biology
Chapter #2
12:15pm-1:15pm
Lunch on Your Own
1:15pm-2:45pm
Pruning and ANSI Standards
Chapter #8
Richard Adkins
2:45pm-3:00pm
Questions
March 12
8am-9:30am
Tree Selection
Chapter #6
Steve Priebe
9:45-11:15am
Tree Planting & Installation
Chapter #7
11:15-12:15
Lunch
12:15-1:30pm
Trees and Construction
Chapter #13
Roy Maxey
1:45-3:00pm
Urban Forestry
Chapter#14
Jon Orona
March 19
8:00-9:30am
Soil
Chapter#3
Tom Ellis
Water Management
Chapter #4
11:15-11:30am
Questions/Discussion/Recap
11:30-12:30pm
12:30-2:00pm
Tree Nutrition & Fertilizing
Chapter #5
2:00pm-3:00pm
Review and Discussion/Recap
Send Home Practice Exam #1
March 26
Tree/Plant Health Care
Chapter #11
Dave Mikulak
Tree Problems & Diagnosis
Chapter #10
11:30-12:30
Lunch on your own
Tree Assessment & Risk Mgmt.
Chapter #12
Rick Robinson
2:00-3:00pm
Send Home Practice Exam #2
April 2
Tree Worker Safety
Chapter#15
Scott Cosgrove
Working in Trees
Chapter #16
Tree Support & Lightning Protection
Chapter #9
April 9
Arborist Jeopardy Round 1
Arborist Jeopardy Round 2
12:30-3:00pm
Double Jeopardy and Dismissal
The ISA Arborists' Certification Study Guide is included with your Full Registration. (All Daily Registrants are required to provide their own ISA Arborists' Certification Study Guide, and may purchase with from ACTC for $75.)
What is the cost of the CAT Program series?
Full Registration fee for the 6-week CAT program is $395. Non-members pay the annual membership fee in addition to the registration fee.
What if I am unable to attend all 6 classes? Daily Registration is available. Non-members pay the annual membership fee in addition to the registration fee. The ISA Arborists' Certification Study Guide is not included in the daily registration. Daily registrants are required to provide their own ISA Arborists' Certification Study Guide. The ISA Arborists' Certification Study Guide may be purchased through your CAT Registration, or from the ISA Online Store.
SOUTHWEST AGROFORESTRY ACTION NETWORK
in partnership with the Arizona Community Tree Council
presents online/via Zoom
Indoor and Outdoor Forest Gardens
Tuesday, April 13, 9:00am MST (AZ)
9:00 – 10:00 (60 minutes)
Presented by Jerome Osentowski
Applying for Approved CEUs and CFEs:
To make sure your account receives the credit, please register your certification using the link below.
Continuing Education Credit Form
You will be asked to verify your attendance during the presentation.
Presentation Description:
Jerome Osentowski, director and founder of Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute (CRMPI), farms at 7,200 feet on a steep, rocky hillside in Colorado, incorporating deep, holistic permaculture design with practical common sense. The edible landscape nursery at CRMPI produces hardy fruit trees, fruit shrubs, grapevines, nitrogen-fixing trees and shrubs, and perennial edible, medicinal, and insectary herbaceous plants for landscapes, gardens, farms, and orchards in the Rockies and beyond (https://crmpi.org/). Join us for an insightful educational experience with Jerome Osentowski and learn about indoor and outdoor forest gardens and the opportunities for exploration and growth within your edible landscape.
Presenter:
A forager and permaculturist with roots in rural Nebraska, Jerome Osentowski lives in a passive solar home he built at 7200 feet above Colorado’s Roaring Fork Valley. Director and founder of Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute and a permaculture designer for thirty years, he has built five greenhouses for himself and scores of others for private clients and public schools in the Rockies and beyond. He makes his living from an intensively cultivated one acre of indoor and outdoor forest garden and plant nursery, which he uses as a backdrop for intensive permaculture and greenhouse design courses. Among his accomplishments is hosting the longest-running Permaculture Design Course in the world, now at twenty-nine years running. Jerome and his business partner and co-author, Michael Thompson, have also been instrumental in identifying, conserving, and propagating heritage fruit trees that have survived and borne crops for over a century in the harsh environment of the Roaring Fork Valley. Jerome’s explorations of sustainable systems and his travels for development projects have taken him to Baja, Nicaragua, Patagonia, Finland, Australia, and the Caribbean.
Following the presentation will be a 15 minutes of Q&A with the presenters and a program wrap-up.
All participants are invited to attend the 30 minute SWAAN Business Meeting led by Steve Price, Chair that will begin at the close of the education program.
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Prescott Resort & Conference Center
1500 East State Route 69
Prescott, AZ 86301
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