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Invitation to a Professional Training Workshop
Due to climate change and the growing challenges associated with urbanization and greening cities, Arboretum Volčji Potok and Trajnice Strgar Nursery are hosting an on-site professional workshop titled:
Sustainable Guidelines for Urban Greening – Professional Challenges in Managing Public Spaces with Trees, Roses, and Perennials from Design to Implementation and Maintenance
Using specific examples, the workshop will present cases of good and poor practice. The event also provides an excellent opportunity for exchanging professional opinions.
The professional workshop will take place on Thursday, October 14th 2021, at two locations: Trajnice Strgar Nursery and Arboretum Volčji Potok.
Program:
Trajnice Strgar Nursery, Suhadolčanova Street (no street number), Ljubljana–Črnuče
Time slot: 8:45–10:30
Bernarda Strgar Schulz: Fundamentals of Designing and Maintaining Perennial Plantings in Public Spaces
We will take a guided tour of the nursery, visiting sample and trial beds to discuss different types of perennials, the development of plantings over time, planting distances, and new knowledge about the use of perennials in response to major fluctuations in temperature and water availability.
Bernarda Strgar Schulz specializes in comprehensive garden design as well as the design of perennial plantings for public spaces. She runs a perennial nursery cultivating more than 900 different species and cultivars. The nursery also organizes educational programs and conducts planting trials. She writes articles and books and collaborates on radio and television programs.
Bernarda has a degree in Biology (University of Ljubljana) and finished London College of Garden Design in United Kingdom.
Arboretum Volčji Potok
Time slot: 11:00–14:00
Breda Bavdaž Čopi and Matjaž Mastnak: Planting Roses in Public Spaces
On established planting beds we will discuss the types of roses suitable for public spaces, selected cultivars, plant material quality, optimal planting time, substrates, fertilization, mulching, and maintenance.
Breda Bavdaž Čopi, MSc in Agronomy, is a rose specialist with many years of experience in managing public green spaces. She is the President of the Slovenian Rose Society and Vice President of the World Federation of Rose Societies (WFRS).
Matjaž Mastnak, MSc in Forestry, is a specialist in ornamental plants, lecturer and author, employed at Arboretum Volčji Potok. As an invited speaker, he has presented at professional rose conferences abroad. He is an international judge for new rose introductions in European rose gardens and leads workshops on rose cultivation.
Coffee and light refreshments break
Mirko Silan: Arboricultural Guidelines in Design and Planning
The session will begin with an overview of the functions of trees in the urban environment, followed by a discussion on the challenges we face in managing urban trees. The most common mistakes, examples of good practice, and contemporary professional arboricultural guidelines will be presented.
Mirko Silan is a graduate biologist employed at Arboretum Volčji Potok. In the field of arboriculture, he holds the following qualifications: EAC European Tree Operative (climbing arborist), Certified Veteran Tree Specialist, FLL Baumkontrolleur (Tree Inspector), and the ABA A2 Arboricultural License.
He is an active member and lecturer in arboricultural associations in Slovenia and abroad, a member of the national certification committee for the professional qualification Tree Care Operative at Height, and a professional associate and lecturer in Arboriculture at the Biotechnical Centre Naklo.
Exhibition Tour: Captured Landscapes
In collaboration with the Department of Landscape Architecture at the Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, a series of landscape architectural drawings is exhibited in Arboretum Volčji Potok. The works depict the diversity of Slovenian landscape motifs, each rendered multiple times throughout the year. Through careful observation, they record the metamorphosis of space, plant growth, weather phenomena, and other changing conditions.
The student sketches were created under the mentorship of assist. prof. Mateja Kregar Tršar, MSc, and assoc. prof. Valentina Schmitzer, PhD. The sketch panels will be installed within the park landscape of Arboretum Volčji Potok until February 2022.
Participation fee: EUR 70
To register, please send an email to info@arboretum.si. In your application, include your full name and address. You will receive an invoice, which must be paid by October 13th 2021 for your registration to be confirmed.
Upon arrival at Arboretum Volčji Potok, please check in at the park ticket office – the park entrance fee is included in the participation fee. Participants are responsible for arranging their own transportation.
The program will take place outdoors.
All current public health measures issued by the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ) will be strictly followed. At present, compliance with the PCT requirement (recovered, vaccinated, or tested) is mandatory for participation.
