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Dormant Season Pruning

November 14, 2018

Dormant Season Pruning

Why is it important to plan early for winter pruning?

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Not All Bugs Are Bad (or Biological Control)

March 23, 2018

Not All Bugs Are Bad (or Biological Control)

Natural predator insects provide an effective means of controlling pests that can damage your trees. Find out why not all bugs are bad.

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RIP Old Cobbham Friends

January 25, 2018

RIP Old Cobbham Friends

The Cobbham Neighborhood in Athens is losing two giant treasured oaks due to inonotus root rot. 

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The Gravity of Tree Felling

January 11, 2018

The Gravity of Tree Felling

Everyone knows someone who has cut down a tree. A friend, neighbor, grandfather, grandmother, father, mother, aunt, uncle, or "that guy". All of these examples are usually followed by a story of how "they dropped that tree right where they wanted" or, alternatively, "he crushed my car and we never spoke again."

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Champion Trees

January 9, 2018

Champion Trees

Georgia is home to 20 national champion trees, one of which has a home here in Athens. That tree is the Georgia Oak which measures 77" in trunk circumference, 59' in height, and has a 65' crown spread.

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Tree Cabling

November 28, 2017

Tree Cabling

We have all witnessed the aftermath of a large limb failure on a beautiful old water oak and wondered if is this common, or that must of been one heck of a storm, or I sure hope that doesn’t happen to my tree.

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Grant-funded Tree Project at Oconee Hill Cemetery

November 15, 2017

Grant-funded Tree Project at Oconee Hill Cemetery

Preservation of the Oconee Hill Cemetery was financed in part with Federal funds from the National Park Service, U.S. Department of Interior, through the historic Preservation Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.

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Fireblight

November 14, 2017

Fireblight

An example of the effects of fireblight is shown here. If you have a tree suffering from fireblight give us a call for a complimentary evaluation.

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