Talking Trees with Davey Tree

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Talking Trees with Davey Tree episodes

May 23, 2024How to Save Your Trees Before Starting Backyard Construction Projects
Taylor Judd, sales arborist with Davey's East Denver office, talks about the importance of tree care and preservation before beginning backyard construction projects.

In this episode we cover:
Late spring Colorado snow (:40)
How construction projects affect trees (1:55)
Handling neighbor disputes with trees and construction projects (3:49)
Dealing with astroturf on trees' roots (6:19) (8:33)
Brick wall construction and tree roots (10:59)
Using Phosphonate for tree care (13:38)
How do Colorado residents take care of their trees (14:58) (16:04)
To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.

To learn more about how you can take care of your trees, check out our blog, Tree Care Checklist: How To Keep Trees Healthy This Summer.

To learn more about knowing who owns trees along property lines, watch our YouTube video, Who Owns This Tree.
Connect with Davey Tree on social media:
Twitter: @DaveyTree
Facebook: @DaveyTree
Instagram: @daveytree
YouTube: The Davey Tree Expert Company
LinkedIn: The Davey Tree Expert Company
Connect with Doug Oster at www.dougoster.com.
Have topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at [email protected]. We want to hear from you!
Have feedback, questions or a topic you want covered? Click here to send Talking Trees a message OR email [email protected].
21 min
May 16, 2024Spotted Lanternfly and Other Pests to Watch for
Mike Holleran from Davey's Wilmington, Delaware, office talks about spotted lanternfly (SLF) and other pests affecting his office and how they can best be treated.
In this episode we cover:
Spotted lanternfly (SLF) (0:40)
When SLF reached Delaware (1:36)
SLF damage (2:22)
Tree of Heaven (3:27)
SLF treatment (4:57) (6:47)
How long SLF was a major pest in Delaware (6:00)
SLF peak (8:28)
Emerald ash borer (EAB) (9:39)
Crape myrtle bark scale (10:15)
Tree and shrub maintenance (11:50)
Least toxic tree care approach and insect growth regulators (12:26)
Beech leaf disease (BLD) and how it's treated (15:04)
Michael's stories from the forest (18:11)
To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.

To learn more about SLF, EAB, BLD, crape myrtle bark scale and other pests and diseases, visit our Insect & Disease Issues blog page.
Connect with Davey Tree on social media:
Twitter: @DaveyTree
Facebook: @DaveyTree
Instagram: @daveytree
YouTube: The Davey Tree Expert Company
LinkedIn: The Davey Tree Expert Company
Connect with Doug Oster at www.dougoster.com.
Have topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at [email protected]. We want to hear from you!
Have feedback, questions or a topic you want covered? Click here to send Talking Trees a message OR email [email protected].
22 min
May 09, 2024Why Trees Fail - Environmental Factors & Things We Do
Rob Dallmann from Davey's Annapolis office talks about the reasons why a tree could fall and how arborists have to be "history detectives."
In this episode we cover:
A fallen tree in Rob's neighborhood (0:44)
Looking at the history of the scenery (1:11)
Events that can contribute to a tree falling (4:33)
The importance of an arborist looking at your trees for expert opinions (7:43)
How homeowners contribute to a tree falling (11:42)
Treating your trees like your pets (14:15)
How environmental factors play a role (14:56)
Oak decline (16:26)
The importance of tree diversity (19:55)
To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.
Connect with Davey Tree on social media:
Twitter: @DaveyTree
Facebook: @DaveyTree
Instagram: @daveytree
YouTube: The Davey Tree Expert Company
LinkedIn: The Davey Tree Expert Company
Connect with Doug Oster at www.dougoster.com.
Have topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at [email protected]. We want to hear from you!
Have feedback, questions or a topic you want covered? Click here to send Talking Trees a message OR email [email protected].
28 min
May 02, 2024Learn About Ecotherapy from a Certified Forest Therapy Guide
Chelsi Abbott, a technical advisor and education specialist at the Davey Institute (and Certified Forest Therapy Guide), talks about ecotherapy, also known as forest bathing, including how to do it and its benefits.
In this episode we cover:
What is ecotherapy? (0:53)
What a Certified Forest Therapy Guide does (1:45)
How long does forest bathing take? (4:19)
What the forest gives (5:46)
Garden Meditation Day (6:38)
Why Chelsi is a guide (8:22)
How Chelsi became a guide (10:00)
Finding yourself in nature (11:09)
Forest bathing tips (12:52)
Fungi and forest bathing (13:55)
The goal of forest bathing (16:13)
What Chelsi gets out of forest bathing (17:17)
To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.
To learn more about the benefits of trees and nature, check out our blog, The Endless Ways Planting a Tree Can Benefit You.
To learn more about the best times to prune, read our blog, When is the Best Time to Prune Trees?
Connect with Davey Tree on social media:
Twitter: @DaveyTree
Facebook: @DaveyTree
Instagram: @daveytree
YouTube: The Davey Tree Expert Company
LinkedIn: The Davey Tree Expert Company
Connect with Doug Oster at www.dougoster.com.
Have topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at [email protected]. We want to hear from you!
Have feedback, questions or a topic you want covered? Click here to send Talking Trees a message OR email [email protected].
20 min
April 25, 2024How Home Runs Help Plant Trees: Partnership with the Cleveland Guardians
Sandee Reid, Davey’s vice president of corporate communications and strategic planning, talks about Davey’s partnership with the Cleveland Guardians and why reestablishing the tree canopy is so important.
In this episode we cover:
What is Swing for the Trees? (0:46)
Which trees are planted through the program? (1:18)
Where are the trees planted? (2:00)
How the partnership began (2:32)
Earth Week Sponsorship (3:42)
Sandee's ceremonial first pitch (5:28)
Why the Guardians? (5:45)
Davey's other sports partnerships (6:50)
Davey's excitement for home runs and plantings (7:40)
When plantings occur (8:23)
The importance of tree canopies (9:07)
The legacy of trees (10:05)
Sandee's Davey Tree journey (11:56)
To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.
To learn more about the Swing for the Trees partnership, read our press releases about the program.

Connect with Davey Tree on social media:
Twitter: @DaveyTree
Facebook: @DaveyTree
Instagram: @daveytree
YouTube: The Davey Tree Expert Company
LinkedIn: The Davey Tree Expert Company
Connect with Doug Oster at www.dougoster.com.
Have topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at [email protected]. We want to hear from you!
Have feedback, questions or a topic you want covered? Click here to send Talking Trees a message OR email [email protected].
15 min
April 18, 2024How Preventative Healthcare for Your Trees Can Save Them
Aaron Hoot from Davey's Dallas office talks about preventative tree healthcare, common problems that can be prevented and the importance of treating emerald ash borer on trees.
In this episode we cover:
Girdling roots (0:45)
Proper planting practices (2:43))
Looking for distress signals (4:25)
Preventing emerald ash borer (6:13)
How arborists conduct preventative checkups (10:35)
Mistletoe pruning (17:57)
How Aaron became an arborist (20:39)
To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.
To learn more about protecting your tree against emerald ash borer, read our blog, Protect Your Ash Trees: Spot the Early Signs of EAB.

To learn more about root girdling, read our blog, It Looks Like the Roots are Strangling My Tree.

To learn more about mistletoe in trees, read our blog, Mistletoe in Trees.
Connect with Davey Tree on social media:
Twitter: @DaveyTree
Facebook: @DaveyTree
Instagram: @daveytree
YouTube: The Davey Tree Expert Company
LinkedIn: The Davey Tree Expert Company
Connect with Doug Oster at www.dougoster.com.
Have topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at [email protected]. We want to hear from you!
Have feedback, questions or a topic you want covered? Click here to send Talking Trees a message OR email [email protected].
25 min
April 11, 2024Importance of Diversity in the Landscape and Planting to Replace
Josh Fritz from Hartney Greymont, a Davey company, in the Boston North Shore office, talks about Doug's dying oak forest and how he can slowly replace the trees that have succumbed to oak wilt, as well as why planting a diversity of species in your landscape is so important.

In this episode we cover:
Planting diversity (0:35)
Street trees (2:03)
What to replace a Bradford pear with (3:39)
Replacing Doug's oak forest (5:32)
Understory trees (7:25)
Spring planting in Boston (8:51)
Evergreens for forested areas (10:44)
Red buds (12:43)
Winter in Boston (14:19)
Sugar maples (15:38)
A tree Josh wishes was planted more (16:35)
To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.

To learn more about Oak trees read our blogs Tree Identification: Do I Have An Oak Tree? or Avoid Pruning Oak Trees in Summer – Oak Wilt Causes

To learn more about evergreens, check our blog page.

Connect with Davey Tree on social media:
Twitter: @DaveyTree
Facebook: @DaveyTree
Instagram: @daveytree
YouTube: The Davey Tree Expert Company
LinkedIn: The Davey Tree Expert Company
Connect with Doug Oster at www.dougoster.com.
Have topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at [email protected]. We want to hear from you!
Have feedback, questions or a topic you want covered? Click here to send Talking Trees a message OR email [email protected].
20 min
April 04, 2024How Drones are Used in Arboriculture
Deb Sheeler, a Geospatial & Software Support Services production manager with Davey Resource Group (DRG), talks about the ways drones are used in arboriculture, what kind of data they can capture and how it's used in the industry.

In this episode we cover:
What does geospatial and software support mean? (0:36)
How drones are used in arboriculture (1:04)
Drones creating 3D images (2:27)
How many people operate a drone? (3:35)
What was used before drones? (4:38)
Who can operate a drone? (5:55)
Where can drones be used? (6:41)
Who uses the data? (7:52)
When did Deb first learn about drones? (9:36)
How often is Davey using drones? (11:28)
How Deb got started in her career (12:15)
One of Deb's favorite features drones offer (13:48)
To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.
To learn more about drones at Davey, check out our Drone Technology webpage.

Connect with Davey Tree on social media:
Twitter: @DaveyTree
Facebook: @DaveyTree
Instagram: @daveytree
YouTube: The Davey Tree Expert Company
LinkedIn: The Davey Tree Expert Company
Connect with Doug Oster at www.dougoster.com.
Have topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at [email protected]. We want to hear from you!
Have feedback, questions or a topic you want covered? Click here to send Talking Trees a message OR email [email protected].
17 min
March 28, 2024Spring Tree Care Tips from an Arborist
Matt Betz from Davey's Charlotte office talks about what you should be doing this spring on your landscape to keep your trees and property thrive this season!

In this episode we cover:
Spring so far this year in Charlotte (0:33)
Damage becomes apparent in spring (1:23)
Right tools and sharp tools (3:22)
Should you avoid pruning in the spring? (5:04)
Benefits of a certified arborist and cabling and bracing (6:18)
Spring planting (12:03)
Mulching (15:47)
Fertilizer (17:02)
Things to look for at the start of spring (19:59)
To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.
To learn more about spring tree care, read our blogs, Most Common Questions about Tree Care in Spring and Tree Care Checklist: How to Keep Trees Healthy This Spring.

Connect with Davey Tree on social media:
Twitter: @DaveyTree
Facebook: @DaveyTree
Instagram: @daveytree
YouTube: The Davey Tree Expert Company
LinkedIn: The Davey Tree Expert Company
Connect with Doug Oster at www.dougoster.com.
Have topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at [email protected]. We want to hear from you!
Have feedback, questions or a topic you want covered? Click here to send Talking Trees a message OR email [email protected].
24 min
March 21, 2024Managing Nature - Storms, Fluctuating Temperatures and Pests
Lou Meyer, business developer for Davey's mid-Atlantic region, discusses how arborists work with nature while dealing with storms, temperature changes and pest concerns.
In this episode we cover:
Managing nature (1:02)
Working with storms (1:58)
Best time to treat trees (3:30)
Winter in the mid-Atlantic (5:08)
Cherry blossoms (6:17)
How trees handle abnormal temperatures (7:14)
Managing emerald ash borer (9:43)
Managing other pests (10:57)
Enjoying nature (13:38)
ArborLock Growth Regulator (15:09)
To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.
To learn more about early leafing, check out our blog, What Happens If Trees Bud Too Early?

To learn more about pests your trees could be affected by, check out the Davey Blog's Insect & Disease Issues tab.
Connect with Davey Tree on social media:
Twitter: @DaveyTree
Facebook: @DaveyTree
Instagram: @daveytree
YouTube: The Davey Tree Expert Company
LinkedIn: The Davey Tree Expert Company
Connect with Doug Oster at www.dougoster.com.
Have topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at [email protected]. We want to hear from you!
Have feedback, questions or a topic you want covered? Click here to send Talking Trees a message OR email [email protected].
18 min

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