Shows

Claus Mattheck Seminar: On his latest research & VTA Methodology update

22 May 2012

Drayton Manor Hotel, nr Tamworth, Staffordshire

23 May 2012

The Fielder Centre, Hatfield Business Park, Hertfordshire

Professor Claus Mattheck is back by popular demand

The Proposed Programme Outline:

•The current state of VTA
•Thinking tools after nature
•Crown mechanics
•Root mechanics
•Graftings

•Places cost at £175 + VAT (£210)

•Contact Symbiosis Consulting Ltd for more information and to book your spaceSymbiosis Consulting Ltd Enquiries to: info@symbiosis.gb.com or 01455 828822

Office 2
Newtown Grange Farm Business Park
Desford Road
Newtown Unthank
Leicestershire

LE9 9FL

The Arb Show 15th-16th June 2012 Bathurst Estate

Visit the website for more information.

http://www.trees.org.uk/The-ARB-Show#

Barcham Trees Big Barn Conference 2012 featuring Dr Ed Gilman, University of Florida

20th JUNE 2012

You can now sign up to attend the next Big Barn Conference at Barcham Trees, the third of the Big Barn series. It is free but there are only 400 places and it will "sell out".

There has been much written and extensive research carried out, both historic and current, about successfully transplanting young trees into both the urban and rural environments. Yet despite this the staggering Trees in Towns II statistic that approximately 25 per cent of the young trees planted in the public sector actually fail, remains.

The industry endorsement of a new British Standard BS 8545 Young Trees: From Nursery through to Independence in Landscape, which is currently being drafted, has confirmed that the subject remains topical and that there is a recognised need for more guidance and research. The document will seek consolidate the view that the successful transplanting of young trees is a process which begins on the tree nursery and is continued until the tree is fully self supportive in the landscape.

The 2012 Big Barn Conference again has an international flavour with the day focusing primarily on young trees, their healthy development in the landscape, how nursery production practices can affect both short and long term young tree performance and the influence of formative pruning on the future structural integrity of young trees as they mature.

The lead speaker will be Dr Ed Gilman from the University of Florida. Dr Gilman has spent his entire career involved in research and education with the above process clearly in mind and now has the reputation of being one of the most eminent researchers in his field. Dr Gilman works with arborists, consultants, landscape contractors, tree nursery operators, urban foresters and others engaged in tree selection, growing, transplanting and management issues.

His current research interest is directed towards tree and shrub production practices and their impact on the rate of establishment in the landscape. Included in this is extensive research is pruning strategies, irrigation amount and frequency, fertilizer placement and source and rate, root pruning of field grown trees, and non traditional container shapes and practices. His major focuses include root morphology in response to the environment, root growth and water stress after planting and the modelling of the factors that influence the rate of tree establishment in the landscape.

Dr Gilman has, in addition to many research papers has written several books with his 330 page ‘Illustrated Guide to Pruning’ probably being the best known in the UK. Much of his work can be found on the University of Florida’s website.

Also on the programme are: Philip van Wassenaer, principal consulting arborist and founder of Urban Forest Innovations and Urban Forest Innovative Solutions, Canada.
Duncan Slater MICFor, lecturer in Arboriculture at Myerscough College. Duncan will open the conference proceedings. Duncan is engaged in an on-going research programme into the mechanical properties of junctions in trees and has already thrown up a number of findings that challenge our existing knowledge about the anatomy of these junctions and their mechanical behaviour.

Conference chair is Dr Mark Johnston FICFor whose pedigree and contribution to Arboriculture and Urban Forestry are well celebrated and documented.

The synergy of the subjects to be covered by all three speakers is readily apparent and it promises to be a day not to be missed anyone interested how young trees raised on the nursery today can be successfully transplanted into the landscape and develop to be the significant trees in tomorrow’s urban forest.

Free entry: This conference is free of charge to delegates with places reserved on a first come first served basis.

The Great Yorkshire Show

The Great Yorkshire Show 2012

10th - 12th July 2012

Please visit the website for more information.

http://www.greatyorkshireshow.co.uk/html/home/

 

Saltex 2012

IOG Saltex 2012
4 - 6th September 2012
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

IOG Saltex is the UK's only outdoor event for the grounds care, sports amenities, landscaping and estate management sectors, with an unrivalled reputation for ideas and innovation. Launched as a grounds care show in 1938, it has grown in size and stature and now covers all aspects of the open space management industry.

The APF show 2012 returns to Ragley Estate

APF 2012
13 - 15th September 2012
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

APF 2012 will be held at Ragley Estate, Alcester, Warwickshire on the 13/14/15th September 2012 by kind permission of the Marquess Of Hertford.

The APF Exhibition is the UK’s largest exhibition for the woodland, forestry, arboriculture and fencing industries. Presented by ConFor, APF 2012 will build on the huge success of APF 2010 at Cannock Chase when over 250 exhibitors and a record 16700 visitors attended.