• What Do You Know About Pruning? 

    What Do You Know About Pruning? 

    Good pruning helps trees. Bad pruning causes problems.  The goal is to make your trees healthier, more attractive and safer to be around. Because trees in an urban or residential…

  • The Invader in our Woods and Landscape

    The Invader in our Woods and Landscape

    Who or what is this invader?  It’s Oriental Bittersweet, one of the worst invasive plants in North America.   It all began in the 1860’s, brought from Asia as an…

  • What’s Going On with the Pines?

    What’s Going On with the Pines?

    Have you noticed many of the white Pines have been dropping their needles?   Or looking like they’re losing  their needles?   What’s going on? It’s the result of a…

  • Helping the Pollinators

    Helping the Pollinators

    The weather is warmer and the days are longer, and the pollinators are out! Some of the typical pollinators that people will think of are butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds but…

  • Amazing Trees

    Amazing Trees

    There are amazing trees all around us.  And one of the best times to really appreciate them is during the times when they are bare of leaves. That’s when their…

  • Winter is Coming! Are Your Shrubs and Saplings Ready?

    Winter is Coming! Are Your Shrubs and Saplings Ready?

    Despite being warmer and less snowy lately, New England winters are known for being harsh, cold, windy, and full of snow, ice, and slush. While they are also incredibly beautiful,…

  • Controlling “Pests” while Protecting our Planet

    Controlling “Pests” while Protecting our Planet

    First, I put “pests” in quotations for a reason. People often consider bugs and certain animals “pests”. While some are surely pests, such as mosquitoes, ticks, aphids, and japanese beetles,…

  • All about Arboretums

    All about Arboretums

    ALL  ABOUT  ARBORETUMS! You may have heard about aquariums, terrariums, and vivariums but now we’ll add arboretums.  Arboretums are similar to all of the above but specifically for trees.  They…

  • Recycling & Keeping It Green

    Recycling & Keeping It Green

      Keeping it Green Did you know that we RECYCLE all our wood byproducts? Any tree job results in wood or wood chips on our jobs.  All chips are disposed…