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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
Should You Save Your Favorite Tree?
Using Your Head and Your Heart
Is there anything more difficult than trying to decide if you should remove or save a damaged or ailing feature tree on your property? The tree may be older than you are, and have been in place since before your home was built. The economics of the decision include considering the value of the tree, and the cost to restore and maintain it. And if you have lived in your home a while, the emotions of tree evaluation pull heavily on your heart, as you may treasure memories, privacy, shade, or the sheer beauty associated with a particular tree.
The best tree minds in the world have collaborated to produce a publication that creates a precise mathematical process for assessing the value of a tree. The Guide for Plant Appraisal, now in its 9th edition, commissioned by the American Society of Consulting Arborists, authored by the Council of Tree and Landscape Appraisers, and published by the International Society of Arboriculture contains a step-by-step process for tree evaluation. It even has an accompanying workbook with tools to determine replacement cost value, similar to the worksheets used by home appraisers. Where as home appraisal involves key metrics such as square footage, number of rooms, age and type of construction; tree appraisal involves size, species, condition and location.
A certified arborist can take you through the economics of saving or replacing a tree, and if the arborist works for my company they are equally capable of discussing the emotional, aesthetic and environmental aspects of the decision. The SavATree team is taught to ask questions to be sure that we are addressing what is important to you, the property steward, in order to provide a strategy for maintaining your property's value both economically and emotionally. We need to understand how your family (or company, for commercial properties) uses the property, what your plans are for the future, and what is important to you in order to provide sensible solutions. And yes, true to our name, we are a little biased sometimes as we favor saving important trees!
by Daniel van Starrenburg, President
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