Talking Trees with Davey Tree

By The Davey Tree Expert Company

Your trees and landscapes require year-round care, and The Davey Tree Expert Company is here to help provide you with expert advice. Join our professional Davey arborists and gardening-expert host

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The podcast currently has 216 episodes available.

Talking Trees with Davey Tree episodes:

November 17, 2022Arborists’ Work on Historical Properties
Mike Bova, principal consultant and project developer for Davey Resource Group (DRG), Lou Meyer, business developer for Davey’s mid-Atlantic region, Makayla Minnes, utility vegetation management technician for DRG and Josh Piquette, branch manager of the Washington D.C./Maryland Commercial Landscape Services (CLS), talk about their favorite historical properties to work on and their Davey careers.

In this episode we cover:
Notable properties in the Washington D.C./Maryland area (1:05)
The Armed Forces Retirement Home (2:30)
Special care taken for historical trees (4:10)
How it feels to work on historical properties (5:00)
Makayla’s job as a UVM technician (7:45)
The historic Austin properties that Makayla works on (9:00)
Makayla’s favorite trees (10:44)
Dealing with trees in wires (11:40)
What Makayla likes about her job (12:36)
How Makayla started with Davey (13:07)
Fall weather in Austin (13:45)
Hearst Castle – Significance of the property and the work Davey does there (15:00)
What Mike looks for during a tree risk assessment (20:00)
What being at Hearst Castle was like for Mike (22:58)
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!
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November 10, 2022Sustainability on Davey’s SEED Campus
Dan Herms, vice president of research and development at the Davey Institute and Dan Joy, executive vice president and assistant to the president, talk about the Davey Tree SEED (Science, Employee Education, and Development) Campus.
In this episode we cover:
What SEED stands for and how it was chosen (1:00)
The size of the SEED Campus and its features (1:50)
The importance of sustainability for the SEED Campus (3:50)
The history and future of the SEED Campus (8:00)
Herms' excitement for the SEED Campus laboratories and research plots (13:05)
Herms' favorite trees on the campus (17:10)
What the project has meant to Joy (18:20)
The hope for the SEED Campus (21:05)
To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.
To learn more about the SEED Campus, click here.

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!
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25min
November 03, 2022Why It’s Important to Prepare Your Trees and Gardens for Winter
Isaiah Smalt from Davey’s Rochester, New York, office talks about the best practices for preparing for winter, his Davey career and his favorite trees.

In this episode we cover:
The first thing that comes to mind when preparing your trees for winter (1:10)
How watering plays into winter preparation (1:45)
Looking up and down at trees (3:55)
The importance of having a certified arborist look at your trees (4:40)
Can winter be a good time to prune trees? (6:20)
Is winter a good time for fertilization? (7:20)
Should you mulch before winter? (8:10)
When does tree planting stop? (9:00)
Should you knock ice/snow off trees or leave it on? (10:40)
How Isaiah started his Davey career and his passion for tree care (11:35)
What working with clients means to Isaiah (14:48)
Isaiah’s favorite tree (15:55)
To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.
To learn more about keeping trees healthy in the winter, read our blog, Tree Care Checklist: How to Keep Trees Healthy This Winter.
To learn more about winter tree pruning, read our blog, Winter Tree Pruning: Young Trees, Fruit Trees, Spring Flowering Trees.
To learn more about prepping your trees for winter, read our blog, Worst Mistakes Prepping Trees for Winter.
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!
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19min
October 27, 2022Plants that are Best for Wet Areas
Robert Spartz from Davey’s Quad Cities office talks about trees in wet areas, the importance of using a certified arborist and what employee ownership means to him while we celebrate Employee Ownership Month through the month of October.

In this episode we cover:
What Robert thinks about when encountering wet spots (1:30)
How trees can mitigate wet situations (2:17)
Right Tree, Right Place: Trees that can survive (and thrive) in wet areas (2:55)
Planting trees close to your house (10:20)
What trees Robert suggests planting (12:35)
Dealing with flooding and existing trees (18:10)
Importance of using a certified arborist (20:10)
The feeling of saving trees (21:30)
What employee ownership means to Robert (22:40)

To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.
To learn more about the best plants for flooded areas, read our blog, Plants Good for Flooding and Wet Areas (By Zone).
To learn more about plants absorbing excess water, read our blog, Thirsty Plants: Which Plants Absorb Excess Water in a Yard?
To learn more about Right Tree, Right Place, read our blog, Climate Change Projections: The Impact and Why You Should Care.
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!
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26min
October 20, 2022There’s Fungus Among Us – Different Ways to Deal with Fungal Issues
Chelsi Abbott, technical advisor for the Davey Institute, talks about the positives and negatives of fungi, her Davey career and what employee ownership means to her while we celebrate Employee Ownership Month through the month of October.
To celebrate Employee Ownership Month, stay tuned to the end of each episode throughout the month of October to hear what each Davey guest enjoys about employee ownership at Davey.

In this episode we cover:
How fungi can be a positive (0:50)
Chelsi’s favorite fungi (1:13)
The relationship between trees and fungi (2:10)
Should you add fungi to your soil? (3:15)
Other positives of fungi (4:20)
The beauty of fungi and uses for it (6:55)
More of Chelsi’s favorite fungi (12:28)
What is artillery fungus and what does it do? (13:00)
Negatives of fungi (15:04)
Chelsi’s job as a technical advisor (16:16)
Leaf diseases and fungicide (18:30)
How Chelsi got into fungi (19:45)
Fungal diseases Chelsi worries about (20:30)
Working with oak wilt (23:08)
Climate Change (25:50)
What Chelsi enjoys about her work (27:14)
What employee ownership means to Chelsi (27:45)
To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.

To learn more about diseases caused by fungi, read our blog, Common Spring Plant and Tree Diseases Caused by Fungi.
To learn more about oak wilt and other oak diseases, read our blog, Why Are My Oak Tree Leaves Turning Brown?
To learn more about identifying fungi on trees, read our blog, What Are These Green Spots on My Tree’s Trunk or Branches?

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

Have topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at [email protected]. We want to hear from you!
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30min
October 13, 2022Why You Should Love Your Leaves
Jay Judd from Davey’s East Denver office talks about the benefits of leaves, emerald ash borer (EAB), his favorite trees and what employee ownership means to him while we celebrate Employee Ownership Month through the month of October.

To celebrate Employee Ownership Month, stay tuned to the end of each episode throughout the month of October to hear what each Davey guest enjoys about employee ownership at Davey.

In this episode we cover:
The benefits of leaves (0:50)
Using leaves for mulch and compost (2:45)
Fall foliage in Colorado (3:35)
Jay’s favorite tree for fall color (4:50)
Using leaves for crafts (5:11)
How Jay started with Davey (6:35)
What employee ownership means to Jay (7:42)
What Jay gets out of his job (8:36)
The role of leaves (10:57)
Some of Jay’s favorite trees (13:25)
Emerald ash borer in Colorado (17:26)

To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.
To learn more about managing leaves in your yard, read our blog, Managing Fallen Leaves in Your Yard.
To learn more about using leaves for compost, read our blog, Compost Shredded, Dry Leaves to Get These Leaf Compost Benefits.
To learn more about Emerald ash borer, read our blog, The 101 on Emerald Ash Borer.
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

Have topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at [email protected]. We want to hear from you!
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23min
October 06, 2022What do Trees and Sports Have in Common?
Sandee Reid, vice president of corporate communications and strategic planning, talks about NBA and MLB partnerships Davey is involved with to increase the canopy cover in Northeast Ohio, as well as what employee ownership means to her while we celebrate Employee Ownership Month through the month of October.

To celebrate Employee Ownership Month, stay tuned to the end of each episode throughout the month of October to hear what each Davey guest enjoys about employee ownership at Davey.
In this episode we cover:
Sports programs Davey is involved with to plant trees (0:36)
How these programs started (1:05)
Cleveland Cavaliers Trees for Threes program: How many trees? (1:46)
Where will the trees be planted? (2:10)
What species will be planted? (5:28)
Benefits of planting native trees (3:28)
Selecting the planting spot (4:48)
Cleveland Guardians Swing for the Trees program (6:14)
Tree distribution (7:25)
Scoreboard tree facts (8:07)
Sandee's favorite trees (8:46)
Tree questions (9:48)
How Sandee joined Davey and what she enjoys about her job (10:31)
Why employee ownership makes Davey special (11:46)
Long-term results for both programs (12:20)
Pittsburgh Penguins (13:03)
To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.
To learn more about Davey's Trees for Threes partnership with the Cleveland Cavaliers, read the press release, Cavs and Davey Tree Team Up to Plant Trees in Northeast Ohio.
To learn more about Davey's Swing for the Trees partnership with the Cleveland Guardians, read the press release, Cleveland Guardians and Davey Tree Team Up to Plant Trees in Northeast Ohio.
To learn more about the benefits of planting native trees, read our blog, Benefits of Planting Trees Native to Your Region.
To learn more about selecting the right spot to plant your tree, read our blog, Commercial Landscaping Rule #1: Right Plant, Right Place.
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

Have topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at [email protected]. We want to hear from you!
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15min
September 29, 2022The Ultimate Tree Planting Guide
Nick St. Sauveur from Cortese Tree Specialists, a Davey company, talks about when to plant a tree, what trees to plant and the best practices for tree planting.
In this episode we cover:
Why should you plant this time of year? (0:44)
Deciding where to plant a tree. (1:40)
The importance of hiring a certified arborist. (5:20)
Root pruning best practices. (6:35)
What to do for a tree that’s planted too deep. (9:45)
Containerized plants (11:09)
What Nick prefers when planting (12:00)
How much to water your trees (13:00)
Clay soil best practices (14:20)
Best practices for fertilization (16:00)
When you should (and shouldn’t) stake your tree (16:50)
When to mulch your tree and what type to use (18:40)
Best practices for mulching (20:20)
Nick’s favorite trees (21:25)
To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.
To learn more about tree planting, read our blog, Tree Planting Guide: 3 Methods of Planting Trees.
To learn more about what trees to plant, read our blog, Guide on How to Choose A Tree to Plant: Planning & Selecting.
To learn more about caring for new trees, read our blog, How to Take Care of a Newly Planted Tree (5 Easy Steps).
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

Have topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at [email protected]. We want to hear from you!
Click here to send Talking Trees Fan Mail!
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26min
September 22, 2022What are Climbing Competitions?
Sam Schunk, a trimmer from Davey’s Elmsford, New York, office, and Libby Bower, a trimmer from Davey’s Lake Bluff, Illinois, office talk about their experiences climbing for competitions and their careers.
In this episode we cover:
What is competitive climbing? (0:35)
How Sam got into competitive climbing. (2:15)
Sam’s experience with nerves while competing and what competitions are like. (2:50)
Sam’s best competition and what he learns from other competitors. (3:46)
Training for competitions and climbing for Davey. (5:55)
Sam's career with Davey (7:30)
The view from the trees. (8:25)
Safety while climbing. (8:55)
What Sam gets from competitions. (9:50)
Libby's Davey career. (11:30)
Libby’s experience climbing trees growing up. (12:20)
The physical aspect and training process of tree climbing. (12:50)
Libby’s climbing competition experience and nerves while competing. (14:45)
Libby’s favorite part of competing. (16:46)

To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.
To learn more about careers at Davey, visit jobs.davey.com.
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

Have topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at [email protected]. We want to hear from you!
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19min
September 15, 2022How to Know if You’re Over or Under Watering Your Tree + How to Help Stop Transplant Shock
Brian Sieber, district manager from Davey’s Cincinnati, office talks about over and under watering trees, stopping transplant shock, fall planting and his favorite trees.
In this episode we cover:
2022 weather in Cincinnati (0:38)
Underwatered trees (1:10)
How the size and maturity of trees plays into drought (1:44)
Deciding when to water a tree (2:13)
Importance of watering young and newly planted trees (3:20)
Overwatering trees (4:20)
How to tell if a tree is over or underwatered (5:15)
Is overwatering or underwatering worse for trees? (6:00)
Transplant shock for trees (6:25)
How to plant transplanted trees (7:48)
Negative impacts of planting too deep (10:30)
Safest time to plant trees (11:20)
Brian’s favorite trees (14:20)
Brian’s career with Davey (15:50)

To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.
To learn more about the signs of over and underwatered trees, read our blog, Signs of Underwatering Trees or Overwatering Trees.
To learn more about helping trees recover from transplant shock, read our blog, Helping Trees Recover from Transplant Shock.
To learn more about fall tree planting, read our blog, Fall Tree Care Checklist: Seasonal Tips.
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

Have topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at [email protected]. We want to hear from you!
Click here to send Talking Trees Fan Mail!
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19min

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