Month: May 2019

Water Smart Street Trees – Planning and Design

Join Stormwater Queensland and event partners Citygreen as we discuss how Street Trees can enhance the liveability of a city and the key considerations to factor into design, application and ongoing management.

Comprising keynote presentations from leading experts, this session is an invaluable opportunity to further your knowledge and skills.

Sessions include:

Street trees changing role in the liveable city Lyndal Plant, Urban Forester

• Street trees as multifunctional green infrastructure
• Local government directions e.g. prioritising greening/cooling, canopy cover targets, urban forest resilience planning

Design requirements for optimum tree growth – Ben Gooden, Citygreen

• Target shade cover and asset values, against projected time scales, enabled by correct soil volumes/spec, water balance and species selection
• Soils Under Pavements Trials at Bartlett Labs, Charlotte NC, USA

Modelling passively irrigated trees – hydrology and pollutant removal – Sally Boer, E2Designlab

• How to model passively irrigated trees in MUSIC
• Applying the sizing guides: retrofit and greenfield case studies

Observations of the design and performance of passively irrigated street trees – Tim Davies, BCC

• Observations and lessons learnt from different designs of passively irrigated street trees without underdrainage.
• Summary of programs including design considerations, monitoring and costs.

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The Kingdom of Fungi Workshop

Workshop presented by Dr Frances Guard.

Dr Frances Guard is a medical doctor with 40 years of experience in the field. 13 years ago, her passion for conservation combined with her medical background led her to work with macro-fungi on a conservation property at Maleny. For the past 13 years Dr. Guard has been involved in Queensland Mycological Society holding the president seat for 3 years until 2017. Her interest with QMS is community education and fungi photography along with other passions like rainforest regeneration, bird watching and, plant and animal surveying.

Dr Guard is the Co-author of;

• Australian Subtropical Fungi, (2014)
• Mushrooms and Fungi of the Sunshine Coast (2016) and,
• Australian Tropical Mushrooms and other Fungi (2019).

Fungi are essential components of all ecosystems including native and urban forests. Their roles vary from helping, breakdown and recycling of nutrients or promote soil health, to damaging, hurting their host or host environment. Regarding urban trees, pathogenic fungi represent a challenge for urban forest and ways of managing these need to be examined.

To see full workshop program please see below:

OUTCOMES FOR ATTENDEES:

• Understanding of the kingdom of fungi
• Understanding Fungi Roles
• Identifying Fungal Groups
• Understanding Parasitic Fungi

Ticket Prices:

QAA Qualified Member: $135.00

QAA General Member: $150.00

NON QAA Member: $160.00

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Cancellation Policy on Workshops & Events

All bookings are confirmed upon full payment to the Queensland Arboricultural Association Inc. If you wish to cancel your booking, request must be made in writing.
Credits and Refunds:

• 1 day prior or on the day – no credit or refund
• Within 7 days of event – 25% credit or refund
• Within 7-14 days of the Event – 50% credit or refund
• Over 14 days before the Event – full credit or refund

Food Vans Needed for QTCC!

We are searching for Food Vans to attend our upcoming QTCC!!

Please share these details if you know of anyone who would be interested in attending our event with their food van. 

Any inquiries can be directed to our office ladies at office@qaa.net.au