Barcham announce Conference in June 2012
After the success of Barchams Conference in June 2009 with Dr Gary Watson, we are pleased to annouce the next installment....Barcham are pleased to announce that the keynote speaker at the June conference is to be Dr Edward F Gilman, Professor of Environmental Horticultural in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Florida, USA.
Barcham’s Keith Sacre says he is delighted to have secured Ed Gilman for the conference and believes a British audience will learn a great deal from his presentation.
Ed Gilman has been at the University of Florida since 1986 and currently conducts both research and educational programmes in tree selection, urban design, nursery production and urban tree management. Much of his career has been spent proving there is a science to keeping urban trees healthy.
His research focuses on the affects of nursery production methods on tree quality, establishment rates, irrigation amount and frequency, pruning strategies, root pruning of field-grown trees, plus non-traditional containers and practices. He has published more than 200 articles in technical journals and trade publications, and is the author of six books including Trees for Urban and Suburban Landscapes and Illustrated Guide to Pruning.
Barcham also have the pleasure of presenting Dr Philip Wassenaer, Duncan Slater and Dr Mark Johnston. Full biographies can be downloaded below.
This Conference will be free of charge to attend and limited to 400 people on a first come, first served basis.
Barcham are pleased to announce that the keynote speaker at the June conference is to be Dr Edward F Gilman, Professor of Environmental Horticultural in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Florida, USA.
Barcham’s Keith Sacre says he is delighted to have secured Ed Gilman for the conference and believes a British audience will learn a great deal from his presentation.
Ed Gilman has been at the University of Florida since 1986 and currently conducts both research and educational programmes in tree selection, urban design, nursery production and urban tree management. Much of his career has been spent proving there is a science to keeping urban trees healthy.
His research focuses on the affects of nursery production methods on tree quality, establishment rates, irrigation amount and frequency, pruning strategies, root pruning of field-grown trees, plus non-traditional containers and practices. He has published more than 200 articles in technical journals and trade publications, and is the author of six books including Trees for Urban and Suburban Landscapes and Illustrated Guide to Pruning.
Barcham also have the pleasure of presenting Dr Philip Wassenaer, Duncan Slater and Dr Mark Johnston. Full biographies can be downloaded below.
This Conference will be free of charge to attend and limited to 400 people on a first come, first served basis.



