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Tree Planting & Pruning Education Class

 

Councilwoman, Elke Lassiter, organized a Tree Planting & Pruning Education Class on September 26th, 2007.  Kim Bomberger, a District Community Forester from the Kansas Forest Service in Manhattan, hosted the class.  All the City employees and several citizens attended the workshop at the Township Hall.  The agenda was as follows:

 

9am - 11am - Classroom education program and slideshow on proper tree planting. 

 

11am - Noon - Demonstration by Ms. Bomberger in the City Park on how to properly dig a hole and plant a tree.  (Trees donated by Mayor Gibson)

 

Noon - 1pm - Lunch on your own

 

1pm - 3pm - Classroom education program and slideshow on proper tree pruning

 

3pm - 4pm - Demonstration by Ms. Bomberger in the City Park on how to properly prune trees    

 

 

 

Inside the classroom!

 

Getting Ready to Plant a Tree!

Elke Lassiter, Sandi Goetz & Bob Schuenight putting their newly acquired skills to the test!

The Finished Project!

 

Click the links below to download and print the information provided during this class..

 

 

 

 

 


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