Seminar – March 26 2010

Trees and development – The roots to best practice.
Hosted by Tree Logic
Leonda By The Yarra
Garden Room
2 Wallen Road, Hawthorn
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One of the most important tree management topics for 2010!

A Key to Water Sensitive Cities Right under Our Feet. Seminar 2010

Tree Logic is planning to bring Bruce Ferguson leading world expert on porous paving, to Australia during May/June this year. The series of seminars will address the use of porous pavements as well as issues of incorporating vegetation into urban water management systems.  Local experts, including case studies, will compliment the international knowledge provided [...]

Tree Logic’s seminar, Arboriculture, a great success.

Tree Logic’s seminar, Arboriculture, presented by Nelda Matheny and James Clark was a great success. Both speakers have command of their topics and can inform and entertain at the same time.
For many of the delegates it was an opportunity to revisit some fundamental arboricultural skills as well as network amongst a good crowd of 165.  [...]

Matheny & Clark Seminar

Matheny & Clark Seminar
Thursday 26th November 2009
at “Leonda By The Yarra” 2 Wallen Rd Hawthorn
Guest speakers at Tree Logic’s next seminar on November 26 are the principals of HortScience Inc, Nelda Matheny and James Clark. These international leaders in arboriculture and urban forestry have a strong technical background and an ongoing commitment to the professional [...]

Urban Forests Striving for a natural balance

Seminar
March 2009
Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne
Dates and venues to be confirmed
Tree Logic’s next seminar will be looking at the necessity to re-introduce nature into our urban lives. The seminar will aim to provide a holistic perspective looking at
sociological, psychological and economic perspectives of our urban forests.
Topics will also cover issues regarding the development and implementation of urban [...]

Sustainable Systems Seminar 2008 Speakers notes

This list is available for direct download as pdf documents from original speaker Powerpoint presentations.

Introduction to Sustainable Systems
Kim Sorvig Sustainability, Complexity, & Beauty
Dr Jason Grabosky Root Pavement
Peter May Soil Tree Perform
Dr Peter Breen WSUD Street Trees
Lyndal Plant Brisbane Sustain Urban Tree
Dr Jason Grabosky Struture Soil Deep Root
David Balsamo Efficient Water Trees
Kim Sorvig Permenant Pavement
Dr Jason [...]

Sustainable systems for urban trees

14th-18th April 2008
Sustainable landscapes involve both technical and ethical choices (Thompson & Sorvig, 2000). What we hope to convey in our seminar ‘Sustainable systems for urban trees’ is information that could allow more informed approaches to introducing the principles of sustainability into our landscapes. Trees form the major soft landscape component in our [...]

World Experts to head National Seminar on Sustainable Systems for Urban Trees

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World Experts to head National Seminar on Sustainable Systems for Urban Trees
Two international experts on sustainable systems for urban landscapes will speak at a day long national seminar in April this year. Dr Jason Grabosky on his second visit to Australia from the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources Rutgers State [...]

Legislation and Urban Trees

A half day professional development seminar exploring how legislation influences tree management decisions.
Topics include:
Understating the planning scheme, examining the relationship between state and local provisions
Restrictions on title affecting trees
Protecting trees through local laws
Protection of Heritage trees and Aboriginal Scar trees
Native Vegetation and Net Gain: The role of the arborist
Guideline for presenting evidence, at VCAT or [...]