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“We appreciate the time and attention that your Arbor Patrol team takes to maintain the overall health and appearance of the trees, bushes and general grounds. As they say, you can only have one first impression and the impression the grounds make on both residents and visitors alike is always positive thanks to your caring maintenance. Just as the trees continue to grow and blossom under your care, we hope our relationship with SavATree does the same.”
William Toedter
Southampton, NY
“After four different unsatisfactory visits with so-called arborists, I found SavaTree... I was most impressed with the professionalism of David [my arborists] and his colleagues. They were most knowledgeable, fair with their assessment about what needed to be done, yet very attuned with what my concerns. I highly recommend them without any hesitation. In a field where there is an abundance of folks looking to take advantage of consumers, SavaTree, David and crew strike me as incredibly honest and proud arborists who do a fantastic job.”
Debbie Durkin
Silver Spring, MD
“I am a new and highly satisfied customer of SavATree. For 50 years I have lived in the same house in the Greenhaven area, and in that time I have never had a tree company that gave me such fine service.”
Joan Kleinbard
Rye, NY
“It is always a pleasure working with SavATree as your company provides the best plant, tree and lawn health care that we have experienced at the Ives. Always professional, courteous and responsive to our needs, SavATree’s services have provided our employees and patrons with pleasant outdoor experiences in an insect free environment for several years.”
Kathleen G. Gallagher
Executive Director
The Charles Ives Center for the Arts
Danbury, CT
“For over 14 years, I have entrusted the care of my trees, plants and orchard to SavATree. Their highly qualified arborists have exacting standards and understand how to maintain the health and form of the various species of trees on my property. I admire the artistic skill that goes into the pruning and love the colorful blossoms, fruits and foliage that flourish as a result of their impeccable care.”
Martha Stewart
Katonah, NY
"Efficient, high quality, professional competence — all at a competitive sum. At first [Alison] Pottage won me over by her solid knowledge as an arborist, then the crew did their job to her specifications on our 60 to 70 foot oaks within a remarkable period of time -- and left the grounds quite clean.”
Bob Busser
Philadelphia, PA
Click here to read all testimonials“You take on a job, call it a problem, gigantic or small, and you go to it. True Professionals. I am at peace for having found SavATree. Sometimes bills are paid grudgingly. I pay with respect to a company whose pride lives up to its logo. It’s love of what you do and I thank you.”
Sam Fink
Great Neck, NY
A few years ago, I had the pleasure of visiting Tanzania and climbing the very magical Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest point in continental Africa. We decided to take the less traveled and very beautiful Machame route to the summit.
-Daniel van Starrenburg, President and CEO
Besides the challenge that this climb offered, the diverse vegetation was a real treat. At the foot of the mountain are farms which cultivate banana trees & other food crops growing in the fertile volcanic soils, interrupted by an occasional patch for grazing livestock. Soon we entered a wide band of extremely beautiful mountain forest that circles the whole of Kilimanjaro, complete with river gorges flanked by dense sycamore figs, palms, albizia & macaranga trees. This dense rain forest has bearded lichens hanging from limbs, which are further encased with mosses and ferns making efficient use of every bit of light that trickles through the tree canopies. Orchids & violets can be found, but more common are the different varieties of native impatiens. The Impatiens kilimanjaro, with its scarlet & yellow flowers, grow nowhere else in the world.
Higher up we transitioned into the heath & moorland zone characterized by giant heather (Erica arborea) that grow as tall as 30 feet near the upper forest and up to 9 feet higher in the upper moorland. Many other varieties of heather and similar shrubs grow in this zone with striking contrast created by the fresh green of Hyperium revokitum with its bright yellow blooms. Wild flowers are everywhere and the distinctive protea (a flower similar to a white globe artichoke), which I had only seen in exotic table arrangements, is everywhere!
The moorland has a distinctive aroma consisting of a delicious mix of fragrances from many different plants. The higher elevations (12,000 feet) are characterized by clusters of giant Lobelias & Senecious which are typically found in valley bottoms & bedside streams. We also see our last bit of evidence of large game (perhaps Elands), in the form of tracks & droppings which disappear as we head up to the highland desert. With the extreme temperature fluctuations, nights below freezing and days as high as 72 degrees Fahrenheit, only the hardiest of plants can exist. The landscape is almost eerie & moon-like where the occasional wildflower takes you by surprise. Further along, record amounts of precipitation created a thick & deep blanket of fresh snow on the entire mountain above 17,000 feet.
After five days of sometimes grueling hikes, we reach the summit and find ourselves standing on top of a mountain so powerful, reflecting back to when we were at its foot doubting our abilities. It was a very emotional moment; worn out, dizzy & sick from altitude; some of us cried and others just lay in the snow. After taking a classic summit photo, we started our descent knowing that going down is often more difficult than going up-but with every step the amount of oxygen in the air would increase.
On day seven, the last day on the mountain, we celebrated by running down through the heath and racing with the porters into the forest like children just let out for recess. With the thick oxygen & our primed muscles, we felt we could run all the way across the continent.
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