Upcoming Events

Trees SC offers several educational programs throughout the year geared towards professionals and citizens interested in growing, protecting, and preserving our state’s urban and community forests.

 

 

 

2025 Spring SC Arborist Workshop

Spring SCAW Event Details

  • Date:  March 20, 2025

  • Time:  8:30am to 4pm

  • Location: Irmo Municipal Building

  • Address: 7300 Woodrow St, Irmo, SC 29063

  • Limited Space:  Only 70 seats are available.  Reserve your spot today!

Physical registration and copy of the agenda can be found HERE.

Online registration can be found HERE.

Available CEUs

SAF Category One: 5 credits

SC Pesticide Core: 1 credit

ISA: Pending TBD

Agenda

8:30 – Registration

9:00 – Welcome

9:05-9:55 – Mistaken Identities: Distinguishing Plant Disease and Insect Damage, Cory Tanner, Clemson Extension Service

9:55-10:45 – Yellow-Legged Hornets, Ben Powell, Clemson Extension Service

10:45-11:00 – Break

11:00-11:50 – American Beech Decline, Jerry Moody, North Carolina Cooperative Extension

11:50-1:00 – Lunch (Included)

1:00-1:50 – Hurricane Helene Storm Response – Western North Carolina Perspective, Jerry Moody, North Carolina Cooperative Extension

1:50-2:40 – Right Tree, Right Place – Utility Planting Guidelines, Aileen Gray, Duke Energy Utility

2:40-3:30 Right-of-Way Pruning Principals and Practices, Joel Bickley, Dominion Energy

3:30 – Closing 

2025 Fall SC Arborist Workshop

Fall SCAW Event Details

  • Date:  September 18, 2025
  • Time:  8:30am to 4pm
  • Location: Harbison State Forest
  • Address: 6500 Broad River Rd, Columbia, SC 29212
  • Limited Space:  Only 70 seats are available.

Registration and agenda coming soon!

CEUs Applied For (TBD) 

2025 Annual Conference (Spartanburg, SC)

Conference Details

  • Date:  November 5-7, 2025 (Nov. 5th is an optional field day, separate registration is required)
  • Location: Hyatt Hotel and Conference Center
  • Address: Spartanburg, SC
  • Limited Space:  Limited seats are available.

Registration and agenda coming soon!

CEUs Applied For (TBD)

2026 Spring SC Arborist Workshop

Spring SCAW Event Details

  • Date:  March 19, 2026
  • Time:  8:30am to 4pm
  • Location: TBD
  • Address: TBD
  • Limited Space:  Only 70 seats available

2026 Fall SC Arborist Workshop

Fall SCAW Event Details

  • Date:  September 17, 2026
  • Time:  8:30am to 4pm
  • Location: Harbison State Forest
  • Address: 5600 Broad River Rd, Columbia, SC 29212
  • Limited Space:  Only 70 seats available

 

Scholarships Available

Trees SC is pleased to announce a limited number of scholarships available to help off-set the registration cost of attending either the Arborist Workshops or the Annual Conference. This is a free registration scholarship intended for those that would be prevented from attending an event due to financial hardship. Applicants are eligible for only one event. Applications will be reviewed by a committee of the Board of Directors and if approved, you will be notified and automatically signed up for the educational event of your choosing. These scholarships are made possible through the silent auction donations at previous Trees SC annual conferences.

Deadline for submission is 10 days before event.

 

Professional Events

These programs target professionals in the green industry, including arborists, foresters, landscape architects, civil engineers, planners, horticulturists, and others in the green industry. In addition to our annual conference and South Carolina Arborist Workshops, which are full-day, multi-subject programs, we offer concentrated workshops that address specific topics. Examples of these workshop topics include nursery standards, electrical hazards, tree diversity, and climbing safety and techniques.

 

Community Events

Through our Canopy Sessions, we educate homeowners, civic clubs, and non-profits on tree-related issues. By working through a local partner, we develop a program to address a specific concern to the local community. Previous sessions focused on proper tree planting techniques (site prep, tree selection, and planting); right tree, right place; pruning; and writing tree ordinances. To plan a Canopy Session in your community, please contact us.

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Help us spread the message of the importance of trees, celebrate our special trees in South Carolina, and be an advocate for urban and community forests. Membership is open to anyone concerned with the protection of our state’s trees.

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Address

PO Box 155
Blacksburg, SC 29702

Email

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