Ask An Arborist with Alison Lancaster

California is home to a variety of incredible trees! Join Los Angeles consulting arborist Alison Lancaster for a special walk-and-talk that centers the learning around the trees in the TPF gardens. Some of these trees include sycamores, Torrey pine, palo verde, Santa Cruz Island ironwood, and more. The talk will cover a range of topics such as pruning, watering, planting, pests and diseases, and be guided by audience questions. You will leave this class with deeper insight about the trees we live alongside with!

We encourage you to bring photos and questions about your own trees at home.

Join us in the morning for Alison's Understanding Oaks walk-and-talk and spend the day learning about CA native trees!

Alison Lancaster has been a consulting arborist in Southern California since 2016. She has an AS in Wildland Resources and Forestry from Citrus College and a BA in Political Science from UC Irvine. She began her career in trees as an intern at City of Pasadena Urban Forestry where she helped organize the City’s street tree database, participated in a survey tracking the spread of invasive shot hole borer in the Arroyo, and met her mentor - Jan Scow. She trained and worked with Jan for five years before starting her own company. Since then she has earned her Registered Consulting Arborist qualification, was elected to the Western Chapter ISA Board of Directors, and received the 2019 WCISA Young Professional Award. Find her at alca-llc.com

Resources

International Society of Arboriculture – www.isa-arbor.com

American Society of Consulting Arborists – www.asca-consultants.org

Trees are Good – www.treesaregood.org

University of California Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program – www.ipm.ucanr.edu