The University of Illinois Extension wants to help you care for trees, whether at home or elsewhere.  To that end, they are again hosting a series of webinars in their Community Tree Care Series.  The sessions take place on Tuesdays from 9-11 a.m.  Attendees can join live or watch the closed-captioned recordings later.  The cost to attend the webinar series is $10 for general access or $50 for those seeing Continuing Education Units. 

Andrew Holsinger, horticulture educator with the Extension, played his part in organizing this series.  He says the first talk, scheduled for this coming Tuesday (January 13), is about planting the right trees for pollinators and other species in the habitat.

The second session is set for January 20.  This one is about managing pests and keeping them away from trees.

With many construction projects happening in warmer conditions, the next webinar is about protecting trees from such work.  This class is scheduled for January 27.

Tree work often entails the use of chainsaws.  The February 3 session focuses on chainsaw safety.

The penultimate session, on February 10, focuses on how to help trees adapt to a changing climate.  Pests come up again in this course, as well. 

The final class – scheduled for February 17 – is all about caring for trees after they are planted.

More information on these courses and the University of Illinois Extension more broadly is available at extension.illinois.edu.

Andrew Holsinger appeared as a guest on the WTIM Morning Show.