Lee Dean, lead arborist at Cornell Plantations, Wednesday taught basic tree-climbing to students in HORT 4940 (Special topics in Horticulture: Arboriculture – Applied Tree Care).
Along with Dean, Taryn Bauerle and Don Rakow in the Department of Horticulture teach the course, which is new this semester. Students in the course get hands-on experience with
- Tree establishment
- Assessing plant health
- Worker safety
- Pruning techniques
- Urban forestry
Questions about the course? Contact Taryn Bauerle bauerle@cornell.edu or Don Rakow dr14@cornell.edu
