Media for Growing Trees Under Pavement: Research and Practice - 1.5 PDH (LA CES/HSW)

Paul is the co-founder Wolf Josey Landscape Architects and has led a diverse range of city, campus, garden and conservation projects of all sizes throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast. He has specific expertise in urban and campus design, planting soils, tree preservation, construction implementation and native plants of the Piedmont and Coastal Plain.

His earlier design experience as a project manager at Nelson Byrd Woltz and at Urban Trees + Soils in Annapolis also focused on urban, academic and institutional projects while overseeing the master planning and implementation of various award winning mixed use, city park, waterfront and campus projects.

Dr. Tom Smiley is a Senior Arboricultural Researcher at the Bartlett Tree Research Laboratory in Charlotte, NC and a former adjunct professor of Urban Forestry at Clemson University. Dr. Smiley is active in the arboriculture industry and has co-authored many of the ISA’s Best Management Practices. His research has led to improved methods of increasing sidewalk longevity near trees, protecting trees from lightning damage, improving tree root growth, and reducing tree risk.

As a Soil Scientist, Tim Reviews Landscape Architect design documents for conformance to soil properties required for sustainable plant growth, designs and develops soil physical and chemical properties to provide sustainable plant growth including investigation of sites to determine proper specification, handling, and installation of soils for planting and storm water management. Provides construction administration to oversee the installation and conformance to planting soil specifications.
Tim has a book written with Phillip J. Craul called "Soil Design Protocals for Landscape Architects and Contractors" The second edition is currently underway.