Arboriculture

Tree care practices from planting to pruning, with a focus on long-term structural health.

Structural Pruning: The First Five Years That Define the Next Fifty
Arboriculture

Structural Pruning: The First Five Years That Define the Next Fifty

How to prune young trees for storm resistance, structural integrity, and decades of trouble-free growth in Western Washington.

Read more →
Topping: The Harmful Pruning Practice That Persists
Arboriculture

Topping: The Harmful Pruning Practice That Persists

Walk through any Western Washington neighborhood in early spring, and you'll spot the evidence: trees that look like they've been given blunt haircuts, their canopies reduced to stumpy branches with...

Read more →
← All guides