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This regional conference will explore lessons and methods of old tree arboriculture practices, with a morning lecture series and afternoon field demonstrations out on the grounds of Cypress Lawn Arboretum and Memorial Park. The subject matter for the day will include proactive and restorative maintenance of mature and post-mature trees, with a special focus on the heritage collection of Monterey cypresses at the Arboretum, the tree that names the place. Also included in the program will be the intergenerational stewardship offered by the planting of companion trees cultivated in nursery settings, as well as a discussion of the shifting industry standards of tree care for birds and wildlife in the context of dead and dying old trees. Hands-on immersive learning opportunities to understand current arboricultural methods will be taught in-person by leading practitioners in our western chapter region, for a day of knowledge and fun at Cypress Lawn Arboretum!
Agenda:
| 7:30am |
Registration and sign-in |
| 8:00am |
Welcome and Introductions
Josh Gevertz, Arboretum Director, Cypress Lawn Arboretum and Memorial Park, Colma, CA |
| 8:30am |
Arboretum Heritage Project: Cultivating the next generation
Dave Teuschler, Devel Mountain Wholesale Nursery, Clements, CA |
| 9:30am |
Caring for Heritage: Lessons of proactive stewardship for the old trees of a historic cemetery
Josh Gevertz |
| 10:30am |
Break
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| 10:45am |
Giving Trees a Second Life: Habitat value of dead, dying and decaying trees
Ryan Suttle, HortScience | Bartlett Consulting, Berkeley, CA |
| 11:45am |
Lunch Provided - East Campus of Arboretum |
| 12:30pm |
Stewardship by species: Practical methods for care of veteran Monterey cypress (Hesperocyparis macrocarpa) specimens
Christopher Campbell, CC Tree Design, San Francisco, CA and Lawrence Schultz, San Rafael, CA |
| 2:00pm |
In Practice: Root Excavations and Drone Aerial Inspections
Field demonstration led by Roy Leggitt and Aaron Wang, Tree Management Experts, San Francisco, CA |
| 3:30pm |
CEU Sign Out
*Please allow up to 6 weeks for processing of CEUs
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NOTE:Morning lectures will take place in historic Noble Chapel of East Campus of Cypress Lawn Arboretum (1370 El Camino Real, Colma CA 94014), while lunch and afternoon field sessions and optional walking tour will take place outside on East Campus grounds, primarily in cemetery sections B and C (a map will be provided for further details)
Speakers
- Josh Gevertz, Colma, CA
- Christopher Campbell, San Francisco, CA
- Roy Leggitt, San Francisco, CA
- Lawrence Schultz, Berkeley, CA
- David Teuschler, Clements, CA
- Aaron Wang, San Francisco, CA
Early Registration (through 6/10/24):
- $140 - WCISA Member
- $175 - Non-WCISA Member
Regular Registration (on or after 6/10/24):
- $165 - WCISA Member
- $200 - Non-WCISA Member
CEUs:
- 6.0 - CTM
- 4.0 - BCMA-P
- 2.0 - BCMA-M
MAXIMUM IS 60 ATTENDEES
Bios
Christopher Campbell has been a Certified Arborist since 2002, practicing tree care in San Francisco and the Bay Area since 1994. TRAQ qualified since 2013. High quality urban tree care and preservation has been his focus. Mentors include Ted Kipping and Roy Leggitt.
Josh Gevertz has been of service as Arboretum Director of Cypress Lawn Memorial Park for 4 years, as the inaugural arborist in the position since Cypress Lawn was first recognized as an accredited Arboretum through the global ArbNet program in 2019. As speaker for the trees at this cemetery founded in Colma, California in 1892, Josh manages tree care throughout the property, hosts a wide variety of educational and cultural programs, leads community outreach efforts as a vocal ambassador for the Cypress Lawn Heritage Foundation, and embraces his purpose of fostering kinship between people and trees. Josh is a certified arborist through the Western Chapter, as well as a TRAQ- qualified risk assessor, with an interdisciplinary educational background from UC Davis’ College of Biological Sciences and UC Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design, as well as a fellow of the Geraldine Knight Scott traveling scholarship.
Ryan Suttle is a consulting arborist & urban forester at HortScience | Bartlett Consulting (H|BC) in Berkeley, CA. He specializes in tree risk assessment and tree preservation projects. Prior to joining H|BC, Ryan worked in utility vegetation management throughout the Bay Area and in New England. He holds an M.Sc. in Arboriculture and Urban Forestry from UMass Amherst. There, his research largely focused on assessing the function, value, and risk of trees along utility rights-of-way in Massachusetts as well as the use of emergent artificial intelligence infrastructure in tree risk assessment.
David Teuschler is the Chief Horticulturist for Devil Mountain Wholesale Nursery. He established the nursery’s propagation program and currently directs the propagation and inventory teams for the company’s sixteen locations across California. David has worked in the nursery industry for three decades, including many years at Valley Crest Tree Company. While there, he served as Plant Health Care Manager for the Specimen Tree Division, Account Manager in the Estate Gardens Division, and, most notably, Chief Arborist for the Apple contract grow, responsible for growing over 7,000 trees – half from seed – for installation at the Apple campus in Cupertino, CA. David is a Certified Arborist and a member of the Western Chapter of the I.S.A. and the I.P.P.S. He is a 3rd generation Californian and has a BS in Ornamental Horticulture from California State University, Fresno.
Location
Noble Chapel of East Campus of Cypress Lawn Arboretum
1370 El Camino Real
Colma, CA 94014