Tree Care Industry Association is proud to announce the winners for the annual Professional Communication Awards, an award honoring marketing and communication excellence in the tree care industry. SavATree won in three categories.
Tulips in full bloom in SavATree’s Booth #230 at the Philly Flower Show. Stop by to find out how to protect your tulips from deer! About the Philly Flower Show, from the founders: The 2017 PHS Philadelphia Flower Show, ”Holland: Flowering the World,” celebrates the beauty and ingenuity of Dutch culture, from vivid flower fields…
SavATree is pleased to announce its new sponsorship with the American Platform Tennis Association (APTA). For those who are unfamiliar with platform tennis (also known as paddle tennis), it was developed in 1928 by Cogswell and Fessenden of Scarsdale, New York. These two gentlemen were primarily interested in a racquet sport that could be played…
It felt like spring the day of the SavATree seminar, a rarity for February in Chicago. The auditorium was packed to hear program speakers Dr. Gary Watson, Dr. Fredric Miller, and Jordan Orwig. A major topic was focused on tree roots: getting root depth right during cultivation and planting, and what can be done when…
We originally wrote about Joseph Wheelwright back in 2011 in our Timely Tips newsletter. We would like share the article now in honor of his memory. Trees As Art: The Amazing Tree Figures of Joseph Wheelwright In the early 1980’s, artist Joseph Wheelwright was on a nature walk when he spotted a stick with a…
Got Deer? SavATree’s Winter Protection Treatment is applied once in the fall or early winter to protect evergreens and other plants that retain their foliage from deer damage. Hungry deer can cause irreparable damage to your landscape. With winter feeding, plants are often disfigured, stressed and in some cases damaged beyond repair. Our options can…
Stressed and dehydrated trees and shrubs are at greater risk of decline during the harsh, cold winter. ArborGuard, our clear polymer antidesiccant, creates a thin barrier over the surface of the leaves, locking in moisture. In addition to reducing water loss, it prevents sunscald and windburn to minimize browning of foliage. Patrick Parker, Director of…
By Patrick Parker, RCA #514, PHC Program Director, SavATree, Bedford Hills, NY INTRODUCTION As I write this the northeast U.S. is experiencing one of the worst droughts it has seen in over a decade. The U.S. Drought Monitor (http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/) has classified parts of New England in its second worst category of Severe Drought and all…
Recover • Protect • Defend After a difficult growing season, fall provides your landscape the opportunity to recover and defend against the harsh winter ahead. Your SavATree arborist will design a program to protect against storm damage, address structural issues and provide critical nutrients. How can we help: • Recover – Our exclusive sea kelp…
Republished with permission from Frank S. Rossi, Associate Professor and Extension Turfgrass Specialist, Cornell University Turfgrass Program http://turf.cals.cornell.edu If there is adequate soil moisture in the soil surface to allow turf green-up (maybe growth) than renovation programs, fertilization, weed control, seeding and sodding can occur and expect at least moderate to good success from these…
