Tree care and education
Tree care and education
Thanks to generations of tree-loving citizens, Calgary is a city of green, with over 1.5 million trees in our urban forest.
Did you know that over half our city’s trees are located on private land? We want to help Calgarians to plant new trees, while caring for the ones we already have. Our Right Tree, Right Location offer basic tree-care information. Learn at your own pace, when convenient, for absolutely no cost.
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Register for upcoming sessions for Right Tree, Right Location and/or Tree Pests & Pruning or for Guided Walks.
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Watch the YYC Trees: Pruning Basics and Pest and Disease session recordings and read over the Common Question and Answers
Download our quick reference guides for the learning modules:
Learning modules
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Right Tree, Right Location
Planting your own tree can be a little daunting. This course will help you choose and plant a new tree in your yard.
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Your Tree, Year Round
You've purchased a new tree, selected the right location and planted it. Now what? Our second module provides basic tree care tips and knowledge for year-round tree care in Calgary's climate
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Storm Damage, Tree Pests
Keep your investment growing and healthy: this module has basic care tips and knowledge for storm damage, and dealing with tree pests and diseases.
Tree information sessions
Right Tree, Right Location
These in-person information sessions teach you what it means to have the right tree for the right location. The session will provide you with the knowledge to plant and care for a new tree in your yard.
Tree Pests & Pruning
Join Calgary Parks for an information session to learn how to identify common tree pests and proper pruning techniques to keep your trees healthy and thriving. Sessions feature a Q&A with a certified arborist who offers advice and answers tree-related questions or concerns.
We are accepting requests for the sessions listed above for groups of up to 30 participants. If your community group, organization, or team would like to learn more, please email YYCTrees@calgary.ca to discuss booking an information session at your community association or location.
We also plan to offer a limited number of information sessions open to the public at Ralph Klein Park and Inglewood Bird Sanctuary in spring 2027. Details including dates and registration information will be shared once they become available.
YYC Trees: Guided Walks
Have you ever gone for a walk in your community or local park and wanted to know more about all the beautiful trees you see? Join Calgary Parks for a free guided tree walk and learn some fun facts and unique characteristics about our city’s trees. You’ll find out how to identify trees in your community, learn what trees would make great additions to your own yard, hear interesting stories and more.
The guided walk schedule for 2027 will be available here in mid-to late-March 2027. Please check back for information.
Recorded information sessions
Pruning Basics
Not sure how to prune your trees? Afraid you will do more harm than good?
In the sping of March 2021, The City held a series of online workshops discussing why you need to prune your trees, the best time of year to do your pruning and the correct tools to use to keep your tree happy and healthy for many years to come.
You can watch the recorded Pruning Basics Workshop session below:
Download the Pruning Basics presentation slides and YYC Trees: Common Pruning Questions from the March workshops.
Pests and Disease
Have you looked at your trees and noticed they aren’t as healthy as they use to be and wondered what could be happening to them? Do you think you could improve your knowledge about tree health?
In April 2021, we held a series of workshops discussing the common tree diseases in Calgary, what they look like, what treatments can be used and where to go for more information.
Watch the recorded Pest and Disease Workshop session:
Download the Pest and Disease presentations slides from the April workshops.