Upon completion of this Trek Badge, students will be able to:
- Explain how trees grow and how growth influences decay
- Explain removal cuts, reduction cuts and heading cuts
- Explain pros and cons related to time of year to prune
- Explain considerations in how much foliage/live wood to remove
- Explain how to structurally prune a young shade tree
- Describe generic pruning of mature shade trees, including objectives - why's and methods - how's
- Explain pruning options for flowering shrubs and evergreen shrubs.
Noncredit courses do not produce academic credit nor appear on a Colorado State University academic transcript.
Textbook and Materials
Optional
- The Science of Gardening
David Whiting
ISBN: 978-0-7575-9659-9
Not available at the CSU Bookstore
Instructors
Eric Hammond
ehammond@adcogov.org