Passion for Trees

Scott Carlson, Lead Consultant & Instructor, Iowa Arborist Consulting

I am passionate to a fault about trees. It’s a real problem. I am willing to talk about trees longer than you are willing to listen. We take a casual walk around Lindsay Park and dabble in species ID, structure, defects, disease, aesthetics, function, planting, etc. We will touch trees! You will learn one easy ID trick that will cut your identification options roughly in half. You will own this powerful tool for the rest of your life. I will tell you a few things you don’t want to know about trees. You have been warned. If your trees are normal, they have endured years of loving neglect with brief interruptions of well-meaning abuse. I hope my passion is contagious and you leave looking at trees differently.