Highlights from April 2012

April 23, 2012

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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Wind Damaged Trees in Calgary

November 27, 2011

Many, many broken trees in Calgary today due to the wind. Wanted to post some of the images we got today – Pretty unreal.


Uprooted Spruce

Uprooted Spruce - Memorial Drive NW




Fallen Spruce

Spruce - North Calgary




Fallen Spruce

Spruce - North Calgary (2)




Fallen Spruce - NW Calgary

Fallen Spruce - NW Calgary




Fallen Spruce - Hillhurst

Fallen Spruce - Hillhurst




Fallen Spruce

Fallen Spruce - Hillhurst (2)




Broken Green Ash Tree

Broken Green Ash Limb




Fallen Spruce Tree

Wind Thrown Spruce Tree




Spruce Stems on House

Spruce Stems on House




Spruce Fallen on Road

Spruce Fallen on Road



Click on any of the images for the large file. We will post more when we have time.

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City of Calgary – Urban Forestry Tree Survey

November 5, 2011

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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Watering Trees in the Fall in Calgary

September 11, 2011

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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Crane Assisted Poplar Tree Removal

August 30, 2011

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

May 29, 2011

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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A hole in your hedge?

May 28, 2011

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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Wind and Snow Damage to Trees in Calgary

April 17, 2011

We have seen some fairly serious damage to tree due to the weather we have gotten this past week. The wind on Monday caused some breakage as well as the wet, heavy snow we got shortly after. The Spruce above had co-dominant stems which we touched on in a previous post. The heavy winds caused [...]

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Vegetables Anyone?

April 5, 2011

Are you planning to grow vegetables this summer? If not, what is stopping you? Anyone who has a yard certainly has a place to grow food. Your plot need not be large, in fact you can grow many vegetables in containers. A plot as small as 10×10 feet provides enough space to grow quite a [...]

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One Week Left for Elm Pruning in Calgary

March 23, 2011

Usually at this time of year we are rushing to finish up our Elm pruning for our clients. This is due to the pruning ban that is put in place annually to protect our Elms. Calgary is one of the few places in North America that remains Dutch Elm Disease free. The ban goes into [...]

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