ReTree Program – City of Calgary – Deer Ridge Community Association

Tuesday June 14, 2016- Free The Under Story Workshop – City of Calgary – Parks Educational Program. Please register below and come out to Deer Park United Church from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm.

The Under Story Workshop

Register for the free The Under Story Workshop on June 14, 2016 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm at the Deer Park United Church – 77 Deer Point Road S.E. in Deer Ridge.

Are you finding it difficult to grow anything under that tree in your back yard? Learn fun and successful ways to incorporate under story growth and/or other landscape techniques to rekindle your relationship with your mature tree.

Click on the “Retree YYC” icon to register for this Free program. Space is limited so register early.

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Deer Ridge Community Calgary

Tuesday June 7, 2016- Free Planting & Pruning 101 Workshop- City of Calgary – Parks Educational Program. Please register below and come out to Deer Park United Church from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm.

Planting and Pruning 101 Workshop

Register today for the free Planting & Pruning 101 Workshop on June 7, 2016 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm at the Deer Park United Church – 77 Deer Point Road S.E. in Deer Ridge.

Come hungry for knowledge about tree planting and pruning and leave with a healthy appreciation for Calgary’s Urban Forest. This is a beginner to intermediate course, but also a great venue for community experts to help educate their neighbours and discuss community tree care. After this course you can feel confident planting and maintaining your trees. This course gives a healthy portion of demonstration leaving enough room for a tree fueled Q&A with a certified City of Calgary Urban Forestry Technician. Each participant will also receive a take-away with extra information and a surprise treat.

Click on the “Retree YYC” icon to register for this Free program. Space is limited so register early.

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ReTree Program - City of Calgary

City of Calgary ReTree Program. Take the survey and see how you can help trees in Calgary.

Deer Ridge is a 2016 ReTree YYC community! Take the survey and see how you can help trees in Calgary. (click on the ReTree YYC icon below)

As part of the ongoing ReTree initiative Calgary Parks hired Diamond Head Consulting, an environmental consulting firm specializing in urban forestry, planning and landscape design to assess, recommend and create a tree and landscape vision of city owned trees along primary routes within and bordering 75 communities over the next three years.

Diamond Head Consulting Ltd has a team of 20 registered professional arborists, foresters, arborists, planners, landscape designers and GIS specialists who have previously worked with other municipalities to prepare inventories, assessments and plans for projects that require the management of individual trees and forest stands using a science-based ecological principles to develop innovative and sustainable urban land use plans.

Through the partnership of Diamond Head and Calgary Parks, our goal is to create a tree and landscape vision taking into account the existing tree inventory of each ReTree Community and integrating industry best practices. Our goal is to increase the urban forestry tree canopy through conducting detailed analysis of existing tree data, identifying locations for tree to be newly planted, succession planning, increasing of species diversity as well as keeping and enhancing the current feel for each community.

Calgary Parks will be engaging citizens from each 2016 ReTree Community in person and / or online regarding the tree characteristics of their neighbourhoods, and providing opportunities for evening or weekend learning sessions through Community Associations. This is a part of how Calgary Parks plans to create tree stewardship and plant trees within each community, while building tree stewardship in citizens throughout our city.

Upcoming ReTree events will be posted throughout the Summer and Fall. Check back for registration information.