[UrbanCropCircle] Upcoming Plant Amnesty Events

[rhonda at sustainableballard.org]

FYI, upcoming Plant Amnesty Events.


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Subject: Upcoming PlantAmnesty Events - Press Release
From:    "Cass Turnbull" <info at plantamnesty.org>
Date:    Sun, April 19, 2009 4:35 pm
To:      rhonda at sustainableballard.org
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Upcoming PlantAmnesty Events - Press Release
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PlantAmnesty Events in April and May
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Meeting of Like Minds

Tuesday, April 21st, 7pm - 9pm
Center for Urban Horticulture, NHS Hall

3501 NE 41st St, Seattle

Free and open to the public. Potluck, friendly, come as you are. Hosted by
the Heritage
Tree Committee. Topic: The Marvelous Maples of the University of
Washington Botanic
Gardens - Speaker: David Zuckerman.

Arbor Day Celebration (noon) and Tree Prune (all day)

Thursday, April 23rd, 8am - 3pm
African American Museum
2300 S Massachusetts St, Seattle

This event is part of the PlantAmnesty master plan to proivde good pruning
for everyone!
Our Arborist Referral Service is for those who can pay. We have classses
and educational
literature for the do-it-yourselfers, and for underfunded, worthy trees
... we provide
free pruning! This year PlantAmnesty Arborists will prune the historic
Blue Atlas
Cedar at the site of the African American Museum, which is a recently
restored historic
structure (formerly Colman School) that residents of Rainer Valley waged a
successful
effort to save during the I-90 rebuild. We will also prune trees at the
adjacent
 Jimi Hendrix Park and along Massachsuetts Street. Will there be music?
We'll see.
The official celebration of Arbor Day is scheduled for high noon at the
site of
the cedar. The celebration will include short speeches, cookies, and
thanks to the
arborists for their good deeds. Come and join us -- all are welcome.
Parking is
available on site at 2300 S. Massachusetts St. (access to parking is from
S. Massachusetts
St., between Rainer Ave. S. and 24th Ave S.).

Cass Turnbull's Master Pruner Program - TREES I


Sunday, May 10th (Mothers' Day), 10am - 12pm
Magnuson Park, Building 406 (The Brig)
7400 Sandpoint Way NE, Seattle
Tree pruning (not including fruit or nut trees). How to prune a tree limb,
including
branch collar identification and the basics of compartmentalization. The
class is
incorporated into the Festival of Trees, a large event (see below). So
come early
to assure your place. A live tree pruning deontration outdoors follows
this talk.
Please note: Guest Teacher is Bess Bronstein.
Festival of Trees

Sunday, May 10th (Mothers' Day), 10am - 4pm
Magnuson Park, 7400 Sandpoint Way NE, Seattle
Have fun and learn about trees at a FREE all-day Festival with:

* Entertainment, parades, and fun workshops with the fabulous New Old Time
Chatauqua
* a Mariachi Band
* tree talks by famous garden writers, including Ciscoe Morris, Marty
Wingate, Cass
Turnbull, Arthur Lee Jacobson, Linda Chalker-Scott, and others
* tree demonstrations:  tree pruning, transplanting a tree
* kids' activities all day
* bucket truck rides
* Interesting and interactive Info Booths
* Sustainable and Eco-Friendly Local Vendors and Food

Urban Forest Symposium

Monday, May 11th, 9am - 4pm
Center for Urban Horticulture, NHS Hall
3501 NE 41st St, Seattle
Join PlantAmnesty and the UW Botanical Gardens for this symposium, which
focuses
 on urban forest managmeent issues and solutions.  Topics include
communicating
the value of trees, trees and climate change, protecting trees during
construction
projects, and tree risk assessment.  The Symposium is intended for
representatives
of city agencies, policy makers, natural resource managers, local
non-profit and
 community groups, tree advocates, landscape industry professionals,
landscape architects,
architectural firms, green builders, and anyone interested in preserving
and protectng
the urban forest.

Click here for more detailed information, including schedule and speakers:

http://depts.washington.edu/urbhort/#urban

Fees and Registration:
$50 ($40 for non-profits), if registered by May 1st.  Fee after May 1st is
$65 ($55
for non-profits).  Lunch is an additional $10 and must be ordered by May
1st.  Bringing
your own lunch is an option, though going off-site for lunch is not
advised.  To
 register, contact Jean Robins at jrobins at u.washington.edu or 206-685-2590.

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PlantAmnesty - dedicated to ending the senseless torture and mutilation to
shrubs and trees due to mal-pruning.
PO Box 15377
Seattle, Washington 98115

206-783-9813
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