21st annual Urban Forestry Conference

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Just a reminder that the early bird registration deadline is TODAY! If you cannot attend the whole conference, please sign up for the tour and/or utility workshop!

Urban Forestry for Healthy Communities

http://www.tufc.com

The TUFC Annual Conference 2012 will focus on urban landscape planning and design practices needed to facilitate independent movement of children in outdoor play spaces. Creating natural play areas where kids can explore the outdoors in a safe unstructured place…just like when we were kids! The conference will be October 4, 5 & 6th in Nashville, TN at Ellington Agricultural Center.

Karla K Kean

Tennessee State University-Montgomery County

Horticulture Extension Agent

I.S.A. Certified Arborist

1030 Cumberland Heights Road, STE-A

Clarksville, TN 37040

931-648-5725, ext. 31

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Registration Information • 2012 Urban Forestry Conference • October 4-5 • Ellington Agricultural Center, Nashville

Learn
to create
urban
greenspaces,
playscapes

Click here to register

Urban greenspaces

All-Day Workshop/Tour

Creating Natural Spaces
in Urban Environments

Learn about the concept of nature play design and tour a play area, a nature center, and a pocket park.

Keynote: Tara Armistead

Creating People-Friendly
Urban Designs

Tara Armistead's keynote focuses on connecting people with nature using a grassroots approach. Looking at smaller spaces as well as large ones, she presents successful examples of simplicity as an approach to connecting humans to natural spaces.

Connecting Urban Forestry
with Natural Spaces

Tara Armistead and Vera Vollbrecht

Creating Playscapes

Beth Babbit and Robyn Brookshire

Gather ideas, understand the benefits, and learn to design and install safe and fun playscapes with elements of nature.

Urban Forest Management

Utility Arborist Workshop

All-day workshop features
best practices for utility arborists.

ISA Exam, Points and CEUs

CEU points

Thursday tour	4
Thursday workshop	3
Friday a.m. session	2.25
Friday p.m. sessions (each)	2.75
Tree climb (Climbers, judges only)	3

Pesticide Sessions

UT experts give updates on:
• Ash borers
• Walnut canker
• Risk assessment

See full schedule

21st annual

Urban Forestry Conference

October 4–5

Ellington Agricultural Center, Nashville

14th annual

Tree Climbing Championship

October 6

Ellington Agricultural Center, Nashville INFO

Sponsors

Benefactors

Learn to create urban greenspaces, playscapes

Ellington Agricultural Center, Nashville
INFO

Learn
to create
urban
greenspaces,
playscapes