Oct, 2012

Spruce Tree Felling

by MattD on October 12, 2012 2 comments

We don’t often have space to fell a tree of this size but this week we had a chance. There was a clear line to bring the tree down in and it was done safely using a felling notch and wedges. Bringing a large tree down to the ground to be dismantled is much quicker [...]

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Aug, 2012

Cool nights = Less Watering

by MattD on August 31, 2012 1 comment

It is getting much cooler at night, time to slow down the watering of trees and shrubs, this will allow them a chance to “harden off” before the cold Winter ahead… Watering too late into the season can cause your trees and shrubs to stay active when they should be starting to shut down for [...]

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Aug, 2012

Watering Trees in Calgary

by MattD on August 27, 2012 0 comments

We just added an article about watering trees in Calgary, written by ISA Certified Arborist Matthew Davis. Check out the link below.

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Apr, 2012

Highlights from April 2012

by MattD on April 23, 2012 0 comments

We have been hard at work this Spring season. It has been getting late for pruning many trees before they leaf out so we been doing more tree removals lately. We put together this slideshow. Tree Removals and Employee Training

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Nov, 2011

Wind Damaged Trees in Calgary

by MattD on November 27, 2011 0 comments

Many, many broken trees in Calgary today due to the wind. Wanted to post some of the images we got today – Pretty unreal. Click on any of the images for the large file. We will post more when we have time.

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Nov, 2011

City of Calgary – Urban Forestry Tree Survey

by MattD on November 5, 2011 2 comments

The City of Calgary has released a survey to be completed by members of the public asking questions about maintaining and growing our city’s urban forest. It asks some great questions, first testing the respondent’s knowledge and opinion of the current state of our trees. It then moves on to questions regarding the care and [...]

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Sep, 2011

Watering Trees in the Fall in Calgary

by MattD on September 11, 2011 2 comments

At this time of year, when the leaves are changing colors it is important to properly water trees and shrubs to help prevent damage in the winter. In early fall (mid September) you should stop watering trees.The trees will still be actively growing in September and added moisture will slow the onset of dormancy which [...]

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Aug, 2011

Crane Assisted Poplar Tree Removal

by MattD on August 30, 2011 0 comments

We removed this Poplar back in June and just got the video together. We had the help of a crane to reduce the impact on the area under the tree in our client’s yard. Our Arborist Nora is the one in the tree. The crane made the job very quick (approx. 3 hrs) and clean. [...]

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May, 2011

Spraying for Weeds at the Tuscany Community Garden – With No Chemicals!

by MattD on May 29, 2011 0 comments

On Saturday we were out using our new chemical free weed control system at the Tuscany Community Garden in Calgary. Community gardens have become extremely popular in the past few years in Calgary due in no small part to the efforts of the Calgary Horticultural Society. The Tuscany Garden has been a long time in [...]

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May, 2011

A hole in your hedge?

by MattD on May 28, 2011 0 comments

We have been seeing a number of hedges around Calgary the last few years that are severely infested with Oystershell Scale. The damage appears as large sections of the hedge that “dieback” or fail to leaf out due to the infestation. This results in a very patchy, ragged look. As you can see in the [...]

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