Small flowering trees serve an important role in the landscape, providing both horticultural interest as well as benefit to wildlife and pollinators.
Learn to identify small flowering trees and explore their ecological significance. Through a series of lectures and plant walks throughout the Gardens, this course covers the identification and many landscape uses—and benefits—of small flowering trees found in this region.
Course Credit
This class counts toward the Horticulture and Gardening requirement for Landscape Design.
Course Schedule
Onsite Lectures
Mondays, March 17, 24 & 31 and April 7, 6:00–8:00 pm
Onsite Walks
Saturdays, March 29 and April 12, 9:00 am–12:00 pm
Inclement Weather Dates: March 30 and April 13
Location
Grove Studios 104 & 105
This program will take place partially outdoors. Please dress for the weather and wear footwear suited for walking on uneven paths and through wet areas.
Instructor
Bob Dougan
Robert Dougan is a graduate of Temple University and has been concentrating on trees for his entire career. He works as Ground Supervisor for Jeanes Hospital where he cares for more than 700 trees on a 34-acre campus in Northeast Philadelphia. Dougan also teaches classes on woody plant identification, residential landscape design, and landscape maintenance at Temple University. He has also presented programs on tree identification for the Penn-Del chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture; the Montgomery County, Penn State, Cooperative Extension; the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society; and Tyler Arboretum.
