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Extension: Urban Forestry

Urban foresters attend to trees within the City of Knoxville.

The importance of trees, vegetation, and landscaping in urban areas cannot be understated. They help to cool cities, improve air quality and water quality, and help create desirable, pedestrian-friendly spaces. Our Urban Forestry Extension provides valuable, expert information on tree and urban landscape care and maintenance for private citizens, municipalities, and industry.

Contact

Sharon Jean-Philippe
Professor
865-974-2946
jeanphil@utk.edu

Resources

Webinar Series

The Tennessee Urban Forestry Council and UT Residential and Community Forestry Workgroup have joined forces to bring you free educational webinars to help you manage urban forests. For participants interested in earning International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) CEUs, there is now a $10 fee associated with the webinars. The webinars have also been approved for Society of American Foresters (SAF) CFEs. The webinars are limited to 1,000 participants.

Thursday, July 17, 2025 at 11 a.m. Central / 12 p.m. Eastern

Topic: Mycorrhizal Networks: Evidence vs. Fantasy in the Wood-Wide Web

Speaker:
Dr. Jason Hoeksema
Professor of Biology
University of Mississippi

Continuing Education:

  • ISA CEU
  • SAF CFE

Register here.

Webinar replays:

Logo on left says "Tennessee Urban Forestry Council" with website and a graphic showing two trees and a building. The logo on the right has a T in an orange box with the words, "School of Natural Resources."
Person in blue and white gingham button up stands in front of blue background.

Residential and Community Forestry Resources

Meet the Residential and Community Forestry Workgroup

Residential and Community Forestry News

Tree News You Can Use

Tree News You Can Use: Be On The Lookout: Bagworms

  • Flyer reading "be on the lookout alert, subject: bagworm (aka the defoliator)" with image of bagworm.
  • Brown cedar tree stands next to green cedar trees with word "vandalism" underneath it.
  • Red circles around bagworms in a cedar tree and the word "conspiracy" underneath it.
  • A bagworm handing on a pole with a red circle around it and a question mark beside it with the word "loitering" underneath it.

Tree News You Can Use: Tree Campus, Tree City, Tree What?

  • Flooding from Hurricane Helene in Pigeon Forge, TN.
  • Flooding from Hurricane Helene in Newport, TN.

Tree News You Can Use: Will My Tree Survive After Flood Damage?

  • A dogwood tree flower.
  • Leaves on a redbud tree.
  • Flowers on a flowering cherry tree.
  • Flowers on a silverbell tree.
  • Flowers on a redbud tree.

Tree News You Can Use: Spring Flowering Trees for Tennessee

  • A minor manganese deficiency in a red maple leaf
    A minor manganese deficiency in a red maple leaf
  • Eastern Swamp Privet (Forestiera hero of wetlands in Middle and West acuminata) National Champion, located in Shelby County, TN
    Eastern Swamp Privet (Forestiera hero of wetlands in Middle and West acuminata) National Champion, located in Shelby County, TN
  • Flowers of Eastern Swamp Privet
    Flowers of Eastern Swamp Privet by Eric Hunt

Tree News You Can Use: To Fertilize or Not to Fertilize? That Is the Question

  • Hand points to multiple fruits growing among leaves of Paw Paw tree.
  • Persimmon fruit grow on American Persimmon tree.
  • A pecan nut grows on a pecan tree.

Tree News You Can Use: Fall Harvest of Your Urban Food Forest

  • Green watering bags are wrapped around bottom of trees planted near sidewalk.
  • Black watering bag wraps around bottom of tree planted in a yard.

Tree News You Can Use: Your Tree May Be Thirsty!

Tree stands near road and powerlines.

Tree News You Can Use: Whose Tree Is This?

  • Green callus tissue grows on a tree.
  • A tree grows in a wooded area with mushroom on trunk.
  • Hand points to ground around tree.
  • Tree growing next to shrub near driveway and sidewalk.

Tree News You Can Use: Evaluating Tree Health, Structure, and Condition

Tree News You Can Use: Pruning Techniques: Combining Art and Science

  • Trees grow close to aboveground power line.
  • Hole crews dug within a utility right-of-way.

Tree News You Can Use: Where Not to Plant a Tree!

Eastern Red Cedar trees stand next to a road.
Eastern Red Cedar
Close up of blue cones on Eastern Red Cedar tree.
Eastern Red Cedar cones
Japanese Katsura tree grows outside Morgan Hall on the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture campus.
Japanese Katsura
Close up of Japanese Katsura tree leaf.
Japanese Katsura leaves

Tree News You Can Use: Bucking Tree Selection Trends

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  • 2431 Joe Johnson Drive
  • Knoxville, TN 37996-4563
  • P: 865-974-7126

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Important Phone Numbers:

Academic Inquiries:
865-974-7987

Forestry & Wildlife Extension:
865-974-7346

General Inquiries:
865-974-7126

Bookkeeping/Invoicing:
865-974-7986

School Director:
865-974-2706

Fax: 865-974-4714

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