Tree Seminar Schedule

The Green Team Management Tree Pruning Seminars are Free so long as you RSVP, other wise there is a $10 charge at the door.
   You are welcome to bring a note book but please do not record or take photos.

Booklets; to follow along with and review photos, will be handed out at the beginning of the seminar and will be collected at the end of the seminar, and are not for sale.

If you are interested in having Ted Smith do a Free Tree Care Seminar for your organization, store, HOA, or program, please contact him through the email below.

Up Coming Seminars for 2016:

070116 update: Seminars are now being held the first Saturday of every month at the ALL VALLEY PET CENTER in Meridian right off the Eagle road exit on Overland next to the Harley Davidson Dealership you can see from the Freeway.


ACE Hardware in Eagle    Saturday January 23 at 10:30am

D&B  in  Emmett   Saturday February 6 at 10:00

D&B on Glennwood Saturday February 13 at 11:00

D&B on Fairview Blvd in Meridian February 27 at 10:00


If a Seminar opening is not listed on this post please contact Ted Smith at greenteam.ted@gmail.com for the next opening.

Associated Web sites and information on Ted Smith and Green Team Management
www.gtm-llc.com
www.diylawntime.blogspot.com

Tree Care and Pruning Seminar

What is the Seminar going to cover?

Ted starts with understanding what makes our plants self-sustaining by making healthy soil. Then Tree Care and Growing nutritious Gardens. The next section is Tree Pruning which really is Surgery on a Living Plant. To not harm the plant you need to know some basic principles about how a tree grows. Then if there are folks that want to go through weed and pest control that seminar follows. Ted Smith has been teaching this for over twenty years, so he keeps it simple and very understandable, for even a person who has no plant background. However, once you understand the way your tree grows, it helps you so much with making pruning decisions.

The Seminar goes through HOW A TREE GROWS, RIGHT AND WRONG CUTS, TOOLS, then focuses on what many books miss, "real life pruning problems".

The tree you are pruning never looks like the nice little diagram given on-line or in a text book. Your Tree probably has limbs going every which way is why you wanted some education on the subject. Ted takes the time to show examples of problem trees and how to make the right decisions for long term tree health.

At the end of the booklet there is a five question quiz you take, for yourself, to see if you've learned the basics. This is a confidence builder on what you really learned in this thirty minute program and you'll be surprised how well it works.

For more detailed information on each section please go to these links about Green Team Management services
www.growingsoil.blogspot.com
www.diylawntime.blogspot.com
www.gtm-llc.com

Learning how to take care of Trees

Ted Smith is a ISA Certified Arborist that works directly with Home Owners, helping them understand the best practices for taking care of their trees.

Improper Pruning has a severe impact on a trees health. Pruning is really not that difficult with a basic knowledge of how to do it right.

With this in mind, Ted has written two free booklets for his clients, on the subject:
TREE CARE and THE TREE GUIDE FOR BACKYARD PRUNERS.

 

These Booklets are covered in the Free Seminar which takes approximately 30 minutes.

 

Armed with this information, a Home Owner will have the base knowledge of how trees grow and how to make the right decisions when pruning.

 

There is no fee for the Seminar and no obligations, however, if you want to become a client of Ted Smith's, there is a $39 charge for doing a Tree and Yard Evaluation to review your personal trees and you keep the booklets at that time.

 

Even if you do not intend to prune your trees yourself, it is very important to have the knowledge of how they should be pruned and be taken care of; so you know the job is being done right.