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In addition to providing an off-season forum for garden enthusiasts from the area, the Hamilton College Arboretum Winter Series workshops are now providing an opportunity for professional development of local arborists. The Winter Series workshops are open to the public and feature lectures by experts in the horticulture field. Attendance at these workshops is an opportunity for arborists to keep their certifications up to date. Certification as an arborist with the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) is no easy task; it takes years of education and hard work. Keeping an arborist certification valid requires acquiring Continuing Education Credits (CEUs). With recent approval from the ISA, attendance at Hamilton's arboretum Winter Series workshops will count as CEUs for certified arborists. Vincent Simeone's lecture on Saturday, February 21 and Irene Lekstutis's upcoming lecture on March 21 will count for 2 and 1 credits, respectively, of the 20 CEUs needed every three years for arborists to keep their certifications up to date.

Director of Arboretum Terry Hawkridge is excited about expansion of the program to become a resource for local arborists. "We are a resource for amateur gardeners in our area, and with this approval we become a resource for the profession as well." Hamilton's Arboretum staff includes 5 of the 180 certified arborists in New York State and the opportunity to get CEUs will be extremely helpful in their continued professional development.

Arboretum Winter Series workshops occur on the third Saturday of each month in the Science Center Auditorium. There are two left: March 21 and April 18. March's lecture will be conducted by Irene Lekstutis and the topic is Sustainable Landscape Plants. She will highlight plants with reliable performance, multiple seasons of interest, and low-maintenance herbaceous perennials. April's lecture will feature Scott Reath from Reath's nursery. He will explore the groundbreaking hybrid peony collection of late Hamilton professor A.P. Saunders and discuss peony site selection, soil requirements, care, history, and propagation techniques. All Arboretum workshops are free and open to the public. Please call (315)859-4657 for registration or visit the website at www.hamilton.edu/arboretum.

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