Tree care and education
Tree care and education
Thanks to generations of tree-loving citizens, Calgary is a city of green, with over 1.5 million trees in our urban forest.
Did you know that over half our city’s trees are located on private land? We want to help Calgarians to plant new trees, while caring for the ones we already have. Our eLearning modules offer basic tree-care information. Learn at your own pace, when convenient, for absolutely no cost.
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Register for upcoming workshops for Right Tree, Right Location or Tree Pests and Pruning or for guided walks.
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Watch the YYC Trees: Pruning Basics and Pest and Disease session recordings and read over the Common Question and Answers
Download our quick reference guides for the learning modules:
Learning modules
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Right Tree, Right Location
Planting your own tree can be a little daunting. This course will help you choose and plant a new tree in your yard.
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Your Tree, Year Round
You've purchased a new tree, selected the right location and planted it. Now what? Our second module provides basic tree care tips and knowledge for year-round tree care in Calgary's climate
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Storm Damage, Tree Pests
Keep your investment growing and healthy: this module has basic care tips and knowledge for storm damage, and dealing with tree pests and diseases.
In-person tree education programs
YYC Trees: Guided Walks
Have you ever gone for a walk in your community or local park and wanted to know more about all the beautiful trees you see? Join Calgary Parks for a free guided tree walk and learn some fun facts and unique characteristics about our city’s trees. You’ll find out how to identify trees in your community, learn what trees would make great additions to your own yard, hear interesting stories and more.
We are offering three historic tree guided walks where you will have the opportunity to discover Calgary’s tree history and hear the stories behind some of our historic trees. These walks are marked below with *Historic tree walk.
Walks take approximately one hour, and extra time is provided at the end to answer tree-related questions.
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| Wednesday, June 3, 2026: 6:30 – 8 p.m. |
Learn more and sign up for guided walk Sign up starting Friday, May 1 |
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| Wednesday, June 17, 2026: 6:30 – 8 p.m. |
Learn more and sign up for guided walk Sign up starting Friday, May 1 |
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| Tuesday, June 23, 2026: 6:30 – 8 p.m. |
Learn more and sign up for guided walk Sign up starting Friday, May 1 |
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| Tuesday, June 30, 2026: 6:30 – 8 p.m. |
Learn more and sign up for guided walk Sign up starting Friday, May 1 |
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| Tuesday, July 21, 2026: 6:30 – 8 p.m. |
Learn more and sign up for guided walk Sign up starting Friday, June 5 |
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| Tuesday, July 28, 2026: 6:30 – 8 p.m. |
Learn more and sign up for guided walk Sign up starting Friday, June 5 |
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| Tuesday, August 4, 2026: 6:30 – 8 p.m. |
*Historic tree walk |
Learn more and sign up for guided walk Sign up starting Friday, July 3 |
| Tuesday, August 11, 2026: 6:30 – 8 p.m. |
Learn more and sign up for guided walk Sign up starting Friday, July 3 |
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| Tuesday, August 18, 2026: 6:30 – 8 p.m. |
Learn more and sign up for guided walk Sign up starting Friday, July 3 |
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| Tuesday, August 25, 2026: 6:30 – 8 p.m. |
*Historic tree walk |
Learn more and sign up for guided walk Sign up starting Friday, July 3 |
| Wednesday, September 2, 2026: 6:30 – 8 p.m. |
Learn more and sign up for guided walk Sign up starting Friday, August 7 |
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| Wednesday, September 9, 2026: 6:30 – 8 p.m. |
*Historic tree walk |
Learn more and sign up for guided walk Sign up starting Friday, August 7 |
| Tuesday, September 15, 2026: 6:30 – 8 p.m. |
Learn more and sign up for guided walk Sign up starting Friday, August 7 |
Tree workshops
Right Tree, Right Location
Join Calgary Parks for an in-person session to learn what it means to have the Right Tree for the Right Location. The session will provide you with the knowledge to plant and care for a new tree in your yard. Space at each session is limited, and content at sessions will be the same.
Please only sign up for one session.
| Date and time | Location | Sign up link |
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| Tuesday, March 10, 2026: 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. |
Varsity Community Association |
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| Tuesday, March 24, 2026: 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. |
Monterey Park Community Centre |
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| Tuesday, March 31, 2026: 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. |
Strathcona Christie Aspen Community Association |
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| Thursday, April 9, 2026: 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. |
Mahogany Homeowners Association & Beach Club |
Tree Pests & Pruning Workshops
Join Calgary Parks for an information session to learn how to identify common tree pests and proper pruning techniques to keep your trees healthy and thriving. The information sessions listed below are approximately 1.5 hours long and feature a Q&A with a certified arborist who will offer advice and answer any tree-related questions or concerns.
Please only sign up for one session.
| Date and time | Location | Sign up link |
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| Wednesday, April 15, 2026: 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. |
Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Nature Centre |
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| Thursday, April 23, 2026: 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. |
Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Nature Centre |
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| Tuesday, April 28, 2026: 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. |
Ralph Klein Park Environmental Education Centre |
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| Wednesday, May 6, 2026: 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. |
Ralph Klein Park Environmental Education Centre |
Recorded workshops
Pruning Basics Workshop
Not sure how to prune your trees? Afraid you will do more harm than good?
In the sping of March 2021, The City held a series of online workshops discussing why you need to prune your trees, the best time of year to do your pruning and the correct tools to use to keep your tree happy and healthy for many years to come.
You can watch the recorded Pruning Basics Workshop session below:
Download the Pruning Basics presentation slides and YYC Trees: Common Pruning Questions from the March workshops.
Pests and Disease Workshop
Have you looked at your trees and noticed they aren’t as healthy as they use to be and wondered what could be happening to them? Do you think you could improve your knowledge about tree health?
In April 2021, we held a series of workshops discussing the common tree diseases in Calgary, what they look like, what treatments can be used and where to go for more information.
Watch the recorded Pest and Disease Workshop session:
Download the Pest and Disease presentations slides from the April workshops.