Dan Blazer from Davey's Southwest Milwaukee office shares six salt tolerant trees that are a good idea to plant near roadways, as well as which trees he does not recommended planting near roadways where there is heavy salt traffic. Dan talks about how you can start preparing for winter now by getting these trees planted this fall.

In this episode we cover:

• Trees and salt (0:51)
• Salt tolerant trees - plant these near roadways (2:00)
  • Hybrid elms - princeton and triumph (2:09)
  • Kentucky coffeetree (2:50)
  • Miyabe maple (4:40)
  • Ginkgo biloba (6:16)
  • Honey locust (7:41)
  • Swamp white oak and schuette oak (11:37)
• How are these trees more salt tolerant than others? (4:10)
• Diversity in the landscape (8:29)
• Ash trees and the emerald ash borer (9:39)
• Trees not to plant along roadways (12:34)
  • Conifers (12:46)
• How Dan started his job (13:21)
• Dan's favorite trees and plants (14:33)
  • Canadian hemlock (15:10)
    • Hemlock woolly adelgid (15:42)
  • Rhododendron (17:00)

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 trees from salt, read our blog, How to Protect Trees from Winter Salt or Rock Salt Damage.
To learn about how rock salt may be affecting your property, read our blog, How Rock Salt May be Affecting Your Lawn.
To learn more about emerald ash borer (EAB), read our EAB blogs.

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Amanda Pipes from Davey's Calgary, Alberta, office talks about the benefits of our forests, how you can help keep them healthy and the benefits of teaching others about trees. 

In this episode we cover:

• Benefits of trees (1:28)
• How forests benefit wildlife (2:09)
• Wildfires (3:02)
• Drought and what you can do (3:50)
• Flood control (6:44)
• Cleaning the soil (7:13)
• Amanda's favorite trees for Calgary's climate (7:31)
• Weather changes and what trees to plant (9:13)
• Chinook (10:18)
• How Amanda started her job (11:11)
• Educating others about their trees (13:12)
• How often should you have an arborist do a safety check on your property? (14:31)
• Diversity in the landscape (15:22)
• Satisfaction of helping others (16:26)

To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.

To learn more about National Forest Week in Canada, go to the Canadian Institute of Forestry's website.
To learn more about the benefits of trees' shade, read our blog, The Benefit of Shade Trees - Nature's Sunscreen.
To learn more about drought tree care, read our blog, What Should I Do with My Trees in a Drought?

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Travis Vickerson from Chippers, Inc., a Davey company, talks about his favorite trees with beautiful fall colors, why your trees might not be losing their leaves and much more to help you learn something new about fall and the trees on your property.  

In this episode we cover:

• Why do leaves change color? (0:59)
• Sugar maples and syrup (2:55)
• Fall foliage this year (3:56)
• Trees with great fall color (4:43)
• Tree structure (6:06)
• Why is your tree not dropping its leaves? (7:01)
• Trees with unique bark structure (7:52)
• How Travis started his job (8:32)
• Teaching other arborists how to be safe (9:32)
• Safety checks on your tree (13:26)
• Saving a tree on a homeowner's property (14:46)

To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.

To learn more about trees with colorful fall foliage, read our blog, "Fall Foliage: Best Trees and Shrubs for Red Fall Color."
To learn about trees that lose their leaves in the spring, read our blog, "Why are My Trees Shedding or Losing Leaves in Spring?"

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Eric Foley from Maier Tree & Lawn, a Davey company, in Rochester, Minnesota, talks about the volunteer work he and other arborists across the country do for Saluting Branches, a non-profit organization dedicated to recognizing and honoring our veterans by doing tree work on veteran cemeteries. 

In this episode we cover:

• What is Saluting Branches? (0:44)
• Work arborists do on the properties (2:36)
• Pausing during work (3:23)
• Why this work is important to Eric (4:12)
• How Eric started his job in arboriculture (5:44)
• Difference between working on a homeowner's property versus a veterans' cemetery (6:55)
• Prep work beforehand (8:05) (11:39)
• Making a difference and bringing arborists together (9:44)
• Geographic Information System (GIS) (12:26)
• Getting involved in Saluting Branches and becoming a site leader (13:50)

To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.

To learn more about Saluting Branches, visit SalutingBranches.org.

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Nick St. Sauveur from Cortese Tree Specialists in Knoxville, Tennessee, shares his top favorite trees for Eastern U.S. climates just in time to help you prepare for planting season this fall!

In this episode we cover:

• #1 Favorite tree - Katsura (0:54)
•  #2 Favorite tree - Sourwood (4:12)
• Natives (6:16)
• #3 Favorite tree - American smoke tree (7:39)
• Right tree, right place (8:48)
• Trees for full sun (10:18)
• #4 Favorite tree - Black tupelo (10:51)
• Nick's advice on planting (13:52)

To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.

To learn about the right time to plant trees in your area, read our blog, When is the Best Time of Year to Plant Trees? (Evergreens, Maples and Fruit Trees).
To learn more about planting a tree in the fall, read our blog, When is it too Late to Plant a Tree in the Fall?
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 growing trees in full sun, read our blog, What is Considered "Full Sun?"
To learn more about the best way to plant a tree, read our blog, Plant Any Tree Step by Step (Burlap Wrapped, Potted and Seedlings).

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Michael Sundberg from Davey's South Denver office shares his top favorite trees for Western U.S. climates just in time to help you prepare for planting season this fall!

In this episode we cover:

• Planting season in Western U.S. (0:54)
• How Michael started working in arboriculture (1:25)
• What has this summer been link in Denver? (2:07)
• #1 Favorite tree - Bristlecone pine (2:43)
• #2 Favorite tree - Sugar maple (3:52)
• Fall planting (5:32)
• Biggest mistakes when planting a tree (6:32)
• #3 Favorite tree - Tulip poplar (7:31)
• Blue spruce problems? (9:22)
• #4 Favorite tree - Aspen (10:04) 
• Most enjoyable part of being an arborist (11:07)

To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.

To learn about the right time to plant trees in your area, read our blog, When is the Best Time of Year to Plant Trees? (Evergreens, Maples and Fruit Trees).
To learn more about planting a tree in the fall, read our blog, When is it too Late to Plant a Tree in the Fall?
To learn about some more trees that are best suited for drought climates, read our blog, Best Trees for Drought Areas (Drought Tolerant Trees by Zone).
To learn more about the best way to plant a tree, read our blog, Plant Any Tree Step by Step (Burlap Wrapped, Potted and Seedlings).

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Dick Till from Davey's South Pittsburgh office is joined with Ann Talarek, horticulturalist at the historic Fallingwater house, as they discuss  the important work arborists do on historic properties. The Fallingwater house was designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in the 1930s and is considered a National Historical Landmark.

In this episode we cover:

• Ann's job at Fallingwater (1:02)
• Dick's job working with Fallingwater (2:57) (15:06)
• Hemlock woolly adelaide (3:55)
• Famous plants at Fallingwater (6:47)
• What it's like working on a historical property (8:30) (12:59)
• Favorite trees on the property (9:55) 
• Working with Davey (13:41) (15:42)
• Visiting Fallingwater (16:07)

To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.

To learn more about the Fallingwater house, visit the website, Fallingwater.org.

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Jake MacDougall from Davey's South Minneapolis office talks about how to care for your trees during and after a drought, as well as how to prepare them for another one to ensure your trees stay healthy and strong after the hot, dry summer. Jake also talks about his job as an arborist and how the team stays safe while on the job.

In this episode we cover:

• Drought tolerant trees (1:00)
• Ideal time to plant a tree to prepare for a drought (1:41)
• Watering your tree properly (2:31) (7:24)
• Knowing when a tree needs water (4:47)
• Trees that like well-drained soil (5:47)
• Mulching correctly (8:35)
• Combination of turf and trees (11:52)
• How Jake started his job (13:03)
• What a sales arborist does (14:24)
• Stretching and staying safe on the job (15:20)
• Meeting with homeowners (19:04)

To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.

To learn more about drought tolerant trees, read our blog, Best Trees for Drought Areas (Drought Tolerant Trees by Zone).
To learn more about how often to water your trees during a drought, read our blog, How Often to Water Trees During a Drought.
To read more of our blogs on drought, go to our Drought blog page.

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Adam Baker, technical advisor for the Davey Institute, talks all about pollinators, such as how trees support them, why it's beneficial to plant trees and plants for pollinators and which trees and plants he recommends based off his scientific research.

In this episode we cover:

• How do trees help pollinators? (1:21)
• Trees Adam would recommend (2:46)
• Adam's research (4:08) (9:00)
• End of the season and what monarch butterflies need (7:04)
• Bees (11:23)
• The importance of attracting pollinators (14:09)
• Host plants for pollinators (15:43)
• Pawpaw trees (17:19)
• How Adam started his job (18:23)
• The importance of pollinator plants and chemical-free plants (21:36)

To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.

To read Adam's research on monarch butterflies mentioned in the podcast, you can find it linked here in the Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution scientific journal.
To learn more about bees and trees, read our blog, Do Bees Like Trees? Trees for Bees Guide.
To learn more about creating a pollinator garden, read our blog, Creating a Pollinator Garden (Steps and a Pollinator Plant List).

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Josh Lapacz, former Davey intern and now crew leader at Davey's North Minneapolis office, and Sierra McCoy, intern at the same office, talk about how they found their way to jobs in arboriculture and what internships are like at Davey. 

In this episode we cover:

• How Josh became interested in arboriculture (0:55)
• How Sierra became interested in arboriculture (2:02)
• What internships in arboriculture are like at Davey (2:38)
• Learning how to climb (4:16)
• How do you decide which area of arboriculture to work in? (6:28)
• Josh's role at his office (8:29)
• Getting comfortable in a new role and asking questions (10:34)
• Josh's favorite part of his job (13:04)
• Satisfaction of helping homeowners (14:16)
• Next steps in Josh's and Sierra's careers (15:21)

To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.

To discover job opportunities at Davey Tree, go to jobs.davey.com.
To discover job opportunities at Davey Tree in Canada, go to davey.com/job-opportunities.

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