May 25, 2026 - City of Edmonton worked with Landscape Alberta to offer members a structural pruning demonstration workshop. This has been an annual event for several years, but this year was described as 'best yet' by one attendee. The site this year include diversity of tree form and age to allow for fulsome conversation about how contractors and nurseries can support the urban forest as an asset for generations to come. Several times Landscape Alberta member nurseries were commended for their excellent on farm pruning practices and how that has led to an overall improvement in the quality of trees being planted across the city.
This is a wonderful example of a decade of effort to have meaningful conversation between our members and stakeholders like the City of Edmonton. The common ground forged over time has worked to create more value in Alberta grown trees, less pruning work by contractors and less rejections and/or replacements at CCC and FAC.
If you were unable to attend or misplaced your handouts please see the meeting guide here. If you have ideas for topics where we can connect policy and practice in a meaningful way please send your thoughts to joel.beatson@landscape-alberta.com.