From its modest origins in Minnesota, Saluting Branches has grown into a nationwide movement that celebrates our fallen servicemen and women. Created by Rainbow Treecare, an accredited, 35-year TCIA member company, this annual Saluting Branches Day of Service now extends [...]

All photos courtesy of the author. A few years back, not far removed from my first stay at a mental-health facility, I found myself chanting these words – “roots in ground, body in trunk, spirit in sky” – over and [...]

Lacking secondary growth and wood, palms create a wood-like skin through primary thickening and lignification. They are far closer relatives to banana trees than to oaks. This fact would prove to be prophetic. All photos courtesy of the author. Even [...]

Buckets, chippers and chain saws ... oh my! Struck-bys and ’lectric and falls … oh my! The variety of ways we can hurt ourselves in this business is amazing. It makes sense that we ought to be obsessed with safety [...]

OK, here’s what we had to do: Remove two bent birch trees (leaders) that were overhanging a beach. We couldn’t just drop them into the lake, because we had no way to fish them out of the water. They [...]