Boring Insects ("Borers") Quick Facts Far from being dull, these flying beetles get their name from parasitically boring into the living wood of host trees and siphoning out nutrients over time. Yuck? Totally! Keeping your trees happy, healthy, and well nurtured is the key to preventing [...]
What Are Your Arborists Reading? 9 Books on Trees to Branch Out Your Bookshelf! The Tree Book, Dirr & Warren The Tree Book is an anthology of the best plants and trees for North American plantings, complete with glossy full color pages. It reads easily, and is a great reference book. https://store.capitalbooksonk.com/item/dFQpyLS1Od302pV3nDWo_w Songs of Trees [...]
Thuja - Eastern Arborvitae Quick Facts Thujas are a popular pick with speciality gardens. They can add a pop of artsy shape as topiary, stand-alone tree, or act as a great privacy or spacing screen in a grouping. Watering [...]
Enhance root and foliage growth Encouraging healthy growth is what brings us strong, luscious trees! Healthy trees have both a strong root system supporting it, and happy branches and leaves. Bio Stimulants encourage growth by amending the soil with the nutrients trees need to grow from the ground up! Improve soil texture and structure Tough [...]
ISA Certified Arborist #WE-12306A How did you first find the tree care industry? You may notice from the last name, but I grew up around the arboriculture industry! I remember driving around with my dad on Saturday mornings checking on his tree crews, and the passion for the industry just stuck with me. What [...]
Thousands of Californians are taking up no-lawn landscapes! With increasing heat and stubborn drought conditions, our acres of lush green lawns are becoming a thing of the past - and as Arborists… we’re loving it! Our collective allegiance to lawns as Californians adds very little to our ecosystem, and contributes to a phenomenon called ‘monoculture’, [...]
ISA Certified Arborist #MA-0268 How did you first find the tree care industry? It was a summer job while I was in college! My friend had his own tree company, and I worked for him during the summer while I was at The University of Maryland. What was it that inspired you to stay? [...]
As our environment changes around us and drought conditions become more stubborn, we're all looking to be more eco-minded! Here are three easy, Arborist-approved changes you can make in your yard - we're happy to help implement any of these for you as well! Plant natives Planting native trees and plants is a gift to [...]
Camphor Quick Facts A beautiful evergreen, the Camphor tree is a great pick for shade, and its crisp, clean fragrance makes it one of our tree crews’ favorite trees to work with! Watering Tolerates warm weather and [...]
