Lesson-Learned from the Tree School

Abstract

CU School of Urban Tree Care is collaboration between Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University, Somdet Chaopraya Institute of Psychiatry, Mr. Taradon Tunduan, tree pruning and maintenance expert, and BIG Trees Project, founded in 2014, to serve the objective in disseminating the theoretical and practical knowledge of big tree maintenance. To produce all levels of personnel such as the practitioners, foreman, even the teachers with qualified standard, integrity, and cultivated in big tree maintenance especially for Thailand.

Throughout the 5-year operation, the school have continued developing its training courses. There are 4 different courses at the present time: the short course for executive and general public, the middle-length course for foremen and managers, and the long-term course for practitioners to serve different kinds of applicants’ purposes and give maximum benefit to every level of applicants.

This article aims to indicate evolution throughout 5 years of operation, problems, and solutions through studying on the projects’ documents and conveyed the school’s operational experience. To conclude with the result of projects and their impact on urban landscape in order to be a guideline for governmental organizations and private sectors to develop their courses in the future.