Valley City (CSi)  The Valley City Beautification Committee is sponsoring a Tree Trimming/Shrub Pruning Seminar to be held Thursday, March 27, 2014 in the Training Lab at the Regional Technology Center, 415 Winter Show Road from 1- 3 p.m. and a repeat session from 5:45 to 7:45 p.m..

Sharon Bartels, Community Forestry Specialist, a 20 year veteran employee of the North Dakota Forest Service, based in Lisbon, ND will lead the seminar.  Sharon will cover the need for, time to and how to properly prune trees and shrubs.  She will cover the various tools and proper technique to use to prune and trim.  A classroom and hands on demonstration for shrub pruning will be done on the grounds of the Regional Technology Center and tree trimming along the east edge of Medicine Wheel Park.

The Seminar is open to contractors, tree trimmers, public employees and the General Public.  Anyone that trims trees or prunes shrubs is welcome. 

If you have any questions contact Beautification Committee member, Sharon Buhr at 701-845-5197 or 701-840-0973 for more information.