From the Camp Long mailing list:

We’re still looking for an appropriate site in West Seattle to do pruning. Do you know of a church, institution or yard that could use some major pruning that would be done for free? The only thing is, it has to fit the qualifications below.

Here’s the updated site requirements info for the Oct. 1st workshop.

Site Requirements for PlantAmnesty’s Spanish Language Pruning and Renovation Workshop
Thursday, October 1st, 2009, 8 am – 4 pm

This workshop is a classroom and hands-on all-day event for Spanish-speaking landscape professionals. Pruning and creative solutions to an overgrown landscape will be taught as a landscape is renovated during the workshop. In the morning George Ortiz of Signature Landscape Services will give a lecture at Camp Long. Then in the afternoon everyone moves to a location where professionals work in small groups with the workshop students, practicing pruning methods. For the afternoon portion of the workshop we are looking for a site that meets the requirements below.

Site Requirements
– A private home, church, library, commercial landscape, school or park located in West Seattle.
– Large enough so that it is maneuverable by a group of 20-30 people.
– It is preferable for us to work on different groupings of overgrown, neglected shrubs and small trees that are as old as 15 years. And a diversity of types of shrubs (i.e. not just a landscape of mostly Rhodys).
– Nearby parking for as many as 20-30 vehicles.
– A place to leave pruning debris.
– A bathroom for use by potentially muddy workers.
– A representative of site should be present during the workshop.
– A small monetary donation to PlantAmnesty is required, unless it is a public property.
– This type of work will NOT be done: hedge shearing, a lot of blackberry and weed removal, and work on steep slopes. Only one large tree can be pruned by a certified arborist. Several smaller or younger trees are preferable for this class situation.

Benefits to the Site Owner
– A pre-workshop consultation with author-expert Cass Turnbull, and the benefit of several professionals’ insights into possible solutions to existing landscape problems.
– Pruning and renovation work done by approximately 8 landscape professionals and 15-20 students.
– Opportunity to attend the workshop (taught in Spanish) and receive all workshop materials (a pruning DVD and handouts on pruning topics, in Spanish or English).
– A beautiful landscape at the end of the workshop!

If you are interested in having the workshop held at your residence, business, church, library, school, or park, contact PlantAmnesty, 206.783.9813 or info@plantamnesty.org