Scouting is the essential first step of an IPM program. Shown here is Tammy Kovar, owner of Biological Tree Services, a nine-year TCIA member company based in Sarasota, Florida. All photos and graphics courtesy of the author. Plant health care [...]

An Almstead crew performs soil injection at Liberty State Park, near the 911 Memorial, in Jersey City, New Jersey. Photo courtesy of Arborjet. For the fourth installment of this series, we asked a number of industry professionals what we thought [...]

“About a year into it, I felt confident enough to do this (PHC) and to purchase more equipment. The PHC truck doesn’t go out every day, but it does go out every week. And a big part of our strategic [...]

Despite the tremendous volume of literature and material available on tree biology and tree biomechanics, one of the most common sentiments heard from tree workers and salespeople goes something like this: Photo 1: Jack Novak, a climber with Tree First [...]

“In my tenure in the green industry, the biggest lesson I have learned is how much more productive and profitable a company can be when care and focus are on proper planning.” Kathy Glassey, Monster Tree Service “How do you [...]