19th Annual
PTCA Seminar & Field Day
August 22nd&
23rd, 2008
in beautiful & historic Balboa Park
in San Diego, CA.
"Mature Trees;
Care, Preservation & Benefit"
Seminar Day
-Balboa Park Club-
Field Day
-Morley Field-
Why attend?
Friday,
August 22 Seminar day
Pruning & Diagnostics-Dr.
John Ball
Tree Preservation-James Allen, registered
consulting arborist
Tree diseases-Pat Nolan
Insect pests-Dr. John Kabashima
ANSI standards-Rose Epperson
Trust building-Gregg Houck
City of San Diego tree preservation program-Drew Potocki
Saturday, August 23
Field day
Tree workers (Spanish
& English)
Tree worker training
workshop-Jose Mercado
Electrical hazards-SDG&E
Chipper safety-
Portable saw mill demonstraction-West Coast Arborists
The Golden
Walk truck safety-California Highway Patrol
Arborists
Two rotating tree tours
Balboa Park tree bus tour-Dan
Simpson, Mike Marika, John Ball
Banker's Hill tree bus tour-Bob
Walton, James Allen & Drew Potocki
will show you old historic trees giving history, tree
preservation & what the City of San Diego does
Afternoon
PTCA Jamboree-including
Tree Morphology, Pest Identification, Tree Measurement,
Tree ID, Tool ID, Knots & Throwline
Lunch (both days) is
by Bekkars
And finally, the famous
PTCA raffle
Sign up early (before
Aug. 8th) and save $10!
Companies & municipalities sign up 4 or more &
save an additional 10%!
To sign up, download the Seminar brochure,
fill it out and mail it in!!
This is a time for arborists
and climbers to not only refresh the knowledge
they may not use every day but to learn the new
techniques, innovations and knowledge that are
constantly being developed, discovered and enhanced.
The
PTCA Seminar & Field Day has had some of the
top speakers and minds in the field of arboriculture
from across the country!
Visit
past seminars & field days below.
In
arboriculture, you either move forward or fall
behind!
What are you or your tree
service doing?
619-443-6202 or 619-262-1083
fax 619-546-0555
4203 Gennesse Avenue, #103-217, San
Diego, CA 92117-4950
VISIT PAST PTCA SEMINARS & FIELD
DAYS
Click on the seminar you would like to
visit.
The committee needs
volunteers. To help, contact any of the committees members or just
show up at the seminar committee meeting (see the events
page) and the PTCA will buy you dinner!
