• April 13, 2026

      The Arborwear team at Arborwear HQ, posing for the 2025 Top Workplace Award, given by Cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer. (Arborwear has received this award six years in a row!) Photo courtesy of Josie Cremeans. Industry statistics [...]

  • TCIA's 2025 Award Winners
    March 2, 2026

    Congratulations to the 2025 TCIA annual award winners, who were announced during TCIA’s Winter Management Conference in February 2026. Michael Raupp, Ph.D. Award of Merit: Michael Raupp, Ph.D. Known as "The Bug Guy," Dr. Raupp, a professor emeritus [...]

  • Tree care Apprenticeship
    March 12, 2026

    Arborist apprentices, SCA pre-apprentices, Openlands staff and Illinois Arborist Association instructors pose under the training tree from the Beginner Climbing Training. In 2024, TCI Magazine explored the growing role of Registered Apprenticeship Programs (RAPs) in addressing workforce challenges [...]

  • Arborists Through Apprenticeship
    March 11, 2026

    Two Old Growth Tree Service employees work through a section of TCIA's Arborist Apprenticeship Training Program. All photos courtesy of Britt Felton, unless otherwise noted. At Old Growth Tree Service, training has never been optional. “You don’t get [...]

  • Untapped Talent Pool in Tree Care
    March 5, 2026

    A class from Garden Time's Green Reentry Job Training Program, including Victor Sanchez, participant, far left, and Kate Lacouture, cofounder and executive director, second from left. All photos courtesy of Garden Time. When Victor Sanchez returned home after [...]