Yes! At long last, we are having a real-live meeting in Culver City! And to celebrate this return to semi-normalcy, Andrew Schiavone — the manager of the Westside branch of Bartlett Tree Experts — and Jeff Micka — their fruit tree expert — will be speaking to us on the planting and pruning and general care of our trees.
Jeff is a friend and colleague of our revered Tom Del Hotal, whom Tom taught and worked with on fruit tree pruning projects. Andrew started with Mellinger Tree Service as a climber in 2010, and worked closely with Carl Mellinger (who was the previous owner of this branch of Bartlett), to gain insight into Carl’s Shigo-esque and less is best approach to tree care. If you have a specific tree you find problematic, please zip your question or concern to Contact Us and we will pass it on to these kind and knowledgeable gentlemen.
Please note that our beloved MultiPurpose Room has been preempted by Culver City for April 9th, so we will be using the Garden Room which also has a patio, albeit much smaller. The easiest way to access the Garden Room is via the electric-door east of our normal entrance.
Also, your humble chair will try to do a better job of Zooming this meeting than I did our field trip to Deborah’s (hey, it was BRIGHT out there and I couldn’t see my phone screen); but since both our June and August meetings will have to be on Zoom — because the speakers are based in Northern California –, it would be really great to have as many folks as possible show up for Andrew and Jeff.
Until further notice, Culver City still requires masks and proof of vax.
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