Friends of Trees visits Pittsburgh!

By Susie Peterson

Watch out Pittsburgh! Here comes Friends of Trees! Neighborhood Trees (NT) staff members Elizabeth Elbel and Susie Peterson will be attending the Alliance for Community Trees Conference on November 5th to present on behalf of the whole team.

Elizabeth will be partnering with Nancy Buley from Schmidt Nursery, along with Matthew Stephens from New York City Parks & Recreation, to present on how tree planting organizations can better work with their nursery partners to obtain trees that will thrive in their region. The name of their presentation is “You Can’t Always Get What You Want: Seeking and Achieving Urban Forest Species Diversity.”

Susie will present on the Friends of Trees Summer Inspector Program. She will share what we have learned throughout the years about how to encourage new tree owners to care for their trees. Who knows — maybe this will inspire another city to start a similar program. All cities would benefit from a tree care program like this.

NOTE: If you are an attendee of the conference and would like to view the mentioned Monitoring Report, or view the slideshow, click on the appropriate link below.

Friends of Trees Monitoring Report

2013 ACT Conference – Summer Inspector Program Presentation

— Susie is a Neighborhood Trees Specialist with Friends of Trees.