Rutgers - New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station

Six (6) one-day Arboriculture/Tree Care courses are offered through the Rutgers NJAES Office of Continuing Professional Education. Click on links below for more information.

• Hazardous Tree ID (December and February)
• Large-Tree Climbing and Rigging (December)
• Municipal Shade Tree Management (February)
• Plant Health Care and Prescription Fertilization (February)
• Tree Planting and Installation (February)
• Tree Pruning, Cabling and Bracing (February)

Contact the Rutgers NJAES Office of Continuing Professional Education

Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania

Come visit its historic gardens, located at 100 E. Northwestern Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Enjoy concerts and educational activities geared toward all ages, and let its Urban Forestry Consultants educate you in arboriculture.

Download the program and registration brochure for upcoming seminars noted on our calendar or visit their website for schedules of all their entertainment events and education sessions.

David Sibley Seminar and Book Signing

The Cora Hartshorn Arboretum in Short Hills will be hosting a free talk and book signing by renowned birder, author and artist, David Sibley.

He has written a new book, “The Sibley Guide to Trees” and will speak on The Art of Identification, at the Drew University, Dorothy Young Center for the Arts Concert Hall, at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009.

Come and get insight into the creative process of the fastest selling bird guide author in history, whose influence has been compared by the New York Times to James Audubon and Roger Tory Peterson.