Want to learn about planting trees and taking care of them?   Participate in a PA Horticultural Society Tree Tenders training this fall; and join one of the nation’s oldest, most respected volunteer urban tree-care programs.

Participants receive training on: Tree biology; Identification; Planting; and Proper tree care.

This four-part workshop series will be held on Wednesday, September 9, 16, 23, and 30, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

The courses will be held virtually and will be available in English and Spanish.

Tree Tenders are given the tools to plant and nurture trees in their own neighborhoods. Regionally, there are more than 5,000 Tree Tenders from more than 100 neighborhoods!

For more information or to register, visit the PA Horticultural Society Tree Tenders webpage.

Visit DCNR’s TreeVitalize webpage for more on tree tenders, community tree programs and resources available across the state.

For more information on state parks and forests and recreation in Pennsylvania, visit DCNR’s website, Click Here to sign up for the Resource newsletter, Visit the Good Natured DCNR Blog,  Click Here for upcoming events, Click Here to hook up with DCNR on other social media-- Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr.

(Reprinted from the August 19 DCNR Resource newsletter.  Click Here to sign up for your own copy.)

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-- PA Horticultural Society Offering Basic Tree Tenders Training In September

-- DCNR Accepting Comments On Wild Resource Conservation Program Funding Allocations

-- DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Ben Mummert, Central PA Conservancy

-- PA Land Trust Assn: Sept. 22 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Access On Recreational Trails Online Workshop

-- Wildlands Conservancy: Lehigh River Sojourn Set For Sept. 19-21, Register Now!

-- PA Farmland Preservation Program Adds 2,512 Acres, 33 Farms; 586,884 Total Acres Preserved

-- Aug. 19 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR

-- Aug. 21 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation

-- Washington & Jefferson College To Lead Plants In The Human-Altered Environment Online Teaching Tools Project To Improve Habitats

[Posted: August 19, 2020]

8/24/2020