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Nursery Production

Resources for raising trees from seed to quality standards

Planning and Tree Selection

Resources for choosing the right tree for your site and city

Buying and Inspecting

Resources for purchasing high quality nursery stock

Planting

Resources for planting trees for long-term success

Growing and Caring

Resources for growing and caring for a tree through its life cycle

Pruning

Resources for pruning a tree at any stage of life

Video Library

View our full library of Growing Gold Videos here. We currently have videos how to identify a quality tree, how do uncover issues of the roots, and how to plant a tree.

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Access the best practice for growing, planting, and managing trees in a convenient, illustrated, one-page PDF. Print out these guides as a reminder to you and your volunteers.

We currently have cards in English and Spanish for:

  • Benefits of Trees

  • Choosing the right tree species

  • Choosing a high quality tree at the nursery

  • Planting

  • Root management

  • Young tree care

  • Tree pruning

Cue cards

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Details and Specifications

Open source, free and editable details and specifications for for landscape architects, engineers, architects, contractors, urban foresters, arborists, municipalities and state agencies developed by Dr. Ed Gilman, Jim Urban, Brian Kempf, and Tyson Caroll of the Urban Tree Foundation.

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