Nordrhein-Westfalen

After the great success of the tree symposia in Münster in 2016 and in Cologne-Auweiler in 2017, the interdisciplinary exchange will be continued in 2018. The topic this time: "Avenue and urban trees from the perspective of tree qualities - planning - planting - care".

Location: Chamber of Agriculture NRW
Külshammerweg 18-26, 45149 Essen

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Programme

08.30 Arrival of participants and standing coffee

09.00 Welcome Andrew Gallik, Experimental Centre Horticulture Straelen/Cologne-Auweiler

09.15 Avenue and urban trees in times of climate change Dr. Joachim Bauer, City of Cologne, Chairman of GALK
10:00 Impulse lectures: Association of German Nurseries: Helmut Selders, Verband Garten-, Landschafts- und Sportplatzbau NRW: Werner Küsters, Association of German Landscape Architects NRW: Rolf Maas, Municipalities in NRW: Simone Raskob, Alderwoman of the City of Essen

11:00 am Coffee break

11:15 am The avenue tree on the test bench Experimental work at the LWK-NRW: Root development - Tree substrates Planting - Climate change Sepp Herrmann, LWK-NRW

12:15 Lunch

13.15 Practical demonstrations:

Station 1: Christoph Dirksen Recognising and assessing tree qualities
Station 2: Friedhelm Türich Plant pruning - what to look out for?
Station 3: Frank Demel Tree planting and care according to FLL rules
Station 4: Sepp Herrmann/ Reinhard Bertels Test results for practice: planting height, pruning, fertilization, tree substrates, heat damage

Coffee break

4:00 p.m. Closing discussion with the experts of the practical demonstrations

5:00 p.m. End of the event

Moderation: Martin Monreal, BZG Essen

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