The most impactful way to plan for the long-term health of your trees is by opting to have a custom Plant Inventory Map created for your property. During this specialized service, our Certified Arborists identify, notate, measure, and map all trees and shrubs of interest.

This offering further allows you, by partnering with our team, to craft a customized plan focused on maintaining optimum health across your property for the life of your ownership—and generations beyond! A Plant Inventory Map is specifically helpful for tracking details on past services as well as suggested services for future phases of arbor care across your entire property.

Trees and shrubs are impacted by weather patterns, foreign insects, soil conditions, drainage, and many other factors. Our Certified Arborists specialize in analyzing and identifying plant health issues. In cases when new and unknown insects or diseases are detected, we utilize our research organization resources—and sometimes clipping samples—to assist our team in diagnosing the problem and providing the right solution.

Treating for pests or diseases before they cause long-term damage provides the best outcome for a tree’s continued health.

One key to protecting trees and shrubs from damaging insects or disease is by ensuring a tree maintains “vigor”—the capacity to resist strain and survive when threatened. Monitoring soil conditions, employing proper pruning techniques, and periodic arborist inspections all play an important role in supporting tree vitality.

Although a variety of insects can cause damage to trees or plants, some are mutually beneficial and can support tree health. Diseases are considered abnormal and can be caused by environmental stressors, bacteria, or fungi. Our Certified Arborists are trained to identify non-native, invasive, and problematic insects or diseases and will assist you with the proper treatment plan to protect your landscape before further damage occurs.

Sometimes the issue with an unhealthy tree begins underground. Problems like buried root flare, girdling roots, compacted soil, over-mulching, and poor soil quality are commonly ‘at the root’ of the problem. Using specialized non-invasive air-excavation and aeration tools, our Certified Arborists can discover and mitigate these types of issues by unearthing and examining surface roots for signs of distress. A deep-root fertilizer program, supplemental nutrients, or pH balancing may provide just what a tree needs to resume healthy growth.

The goal of bracing or cabling is to provide structural support to trees that show signs of structural weakness. When our Certified Arborists identify trees that appear vulnerable to breakage or prone to splitting, our team recommends these risk mitigating solutions to support and protect your tree as well as prevent future property damage.

Overall, bracing and cabling—in addition to proper pruning—can promote the health, safety, and longevity of a structurally-compromised tree. Once in place, our team also offers periodic inspections of bracing or cabling installations to monitor for changes.