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What is an EcoSystem? An ecosystem is all the living and nonliving things in an environment. Your Yard is An EcoSystem! Keep it healthy by following these tips... Our world is made up of a network of tiny interlocked ecosystems.  If you want to change the world in a positive way, you don’t have to [...]

Fruit Trees: What You Need to KnowWhat could be better than a tree that provides beauty, a food source for pollinators, and a snack for you!  Fruit trees are a great addition to a landscape for many reasons, but there are several factors you need to consider in order to have a successful fruit tree [...]

Transplanting: You CAN Take it With You When we move we take the contents of our homes with us, but we leave the structure of the house behind.  The same thing can be true for our landscapes! Although we must leave the landscape behind, you can take the plants with you.  Many times, people [...]

The 4 Elements of Seasonal Design One of the best things about living in the Northeast is the fact that we have four distinct seasons. We get to watch as things change from spring blooms, to summer greens to the amazing foliage color of the fall and the snowy beauty of winter. As a creator of [...]

The Top 3 Winter Burdens As much as we would like it to not be the case, beautiful landscapes are not “set it and forget it.” They require care and attention throughout the year, especially in winter! Like putting a child down for a nap, if it isn’t done right, they will wake up cranky and [...]

Enjoy A Pop of Color During the Cold Months: Winter Interest Plantings In New England, it's essential to have a garden that is planned with four seasons in mind. Plants with cold weather interest bring brightly colored berries, blooms and interesting bark to your stark winter landscape. We are able to add these shrubs [...]

Has another season gone by where you are still not satisfied with your lawn?Everyone knows that all normal lawn programs kick off in the spring; however, if you have a chronically under-performing lawn, or experienced some type of damage over the summer, just waiting until spring to start the process over again is a recipe [...]

Good Bugs & Bad Bugs: Integrating Pest Management Into Property Care In our job, we encounter many insects, some are good guys and some are bad guys. Recently, bad guys have started to infiltrate our northern climates due to fluctuating weather and warmer winters. Over the last five years, the Southern Pine Beetle has [...]

Getting to the Root of the Problem: Airspade Technology As arborists and horticulturalists, it is our job to take care of trees, from the time of planting, all the way to ultimate removal. However, sometimes things can go wrong where we can’t see them; in the roots. Things like improper care at the nursery, construction damage, [...]

Sustainability is a buzz word talked about all the time. When you try to define it the outcome becomes a very complicated and burdensome effort that dramatically effects our daily lives. To be truly sustainable urban American would have to reconfigure itself completely. A better way is to rethink the outcome of true sustainability [...]