Seminar Dates: November 5, 2026 1:00 PM
Seminar Cost: $30.00 Register Now
Seminar Description:
Water restrictions and shortages affect the long-term viability of urban trees, which take decades to reach maturity and to provide benefits to our environments. How much water do trees need to survive/thrive? It may be surprisingly much less than most water prescriptions because the water evaporates and run-off is not accounted for.
We will look at case studies of saving 90+% water usage during droughts and water restrictions by reducing wastes and losses. The main goal of this presentation is to provide methods to keep trees alive and thrive during water restrictions and shortages without breaking rules or paying fines while conserving the precious water resource.
Learning Objectives:
1. Learn the benefits and importance of urban forestry.
2. Study and learn the common causes of plant death in urban environment.
3. Learn new technologies that help to solve these problems.
Wei Zhang
Wei Zhang is the VP of Research and Development at Zynnovation LLC, aka TreeDiaper. He is also the Education Coordinator of The Institute of Soil Genomics for Healthy Community Forests. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Engineering from Virginia Tech.
He has been doing research & development for the green industry for 15 years. His research areas include watering solutions for landscape plants, the relationship of soil/water/air, and plant protection against stresses like drought and road salt. His work also provides novel solutions to green stormwater infrastructures where plants are used for the treatment of pollutants in stormwater.
He has more than 40+ peer-reviewed scientific journal articles, one monograph, and 200+ conference presentations. He has been a frequent speaker on Arboriculture, Landscape Architecture, Urban Forestry, Stormwater Green Infrastructure, and related conferences and symposiums. Dr. Zhang is known as a scientist, educator, and public speaker and is an ASLA-approved LA CES provider.
