Landscape plants are assets, and there is a science – and an art – to assigning a dollar value to those assets. Nature does not provide price tags, however. That’s why this new one-day class, taught by gifted arboriculture instructors Ted Szczawinski and Lee Gilman, explains and demonstrates the four key variables that determine the dollar value of a landscape plant – size, species, condition, and location. The challenge of the valuation process is assigning specific numbers and weights to each factor. You will learn how to apply the appraisal methodology for those inevitable cases where landscape plants have been damaged or destroyed. These skills also are critical in insurance reimbursements, real estate transactions, tree inventories and plant condemnation actions. |