Spending time in nature helps us reconnect with ourselves, and our beautiful parks and green space need special care and attention.
We offer many courses to teach parks workers how to tend green spaces, ensuring these areas are kept beautiful and serene for years to come.
Saskatchewan Parks Worker Course
If you’re interested in the parks system and what it takes to maintain it, the Saskatchewan Parks Worker Course is for you. This course focuses on the essential horticultural requirements for any park system: soil health, plant biology, turf, pest, and weed management, equipment maintenance, and parks design.
Tree Identification
Trees play an important role in supporting life on Earth. They improve air quality, reduce pollution and are home to many of nature’s beautiful creatures. Let our Tree Identification for Saskatchewan course provide the tools needed to identify trees in the landscape.
Tree Planting, Site Selection and Basic Maintenance
This course gives you the information you need to plant trees correctly. Starting with the basic maintenance of trees, followed by the care required to maintain a tree, such as staking, watering and fertilizing.
Tree Pests and Diseases
Learn about tree diseases and pests with our Tree Pest and Disease course. This course provides basic level knowledge about pests and diseases that may affect trees in our communities.
Basic Overview of Landscape Design
Ever wonder how to design a beautiful landscape? Well, our course called Basic Overview of Landscape Design is one that should be on your list. Information on this course can be applied to all types of landscape including private, residential, municipal and parks .
More information
To learn more about these courses, contact:
Andrew Exelby
Parks and Open Spaces Consultant
(306) 780-9262
aexelby@spra.sk.ca
