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Lion-Tail Pruning: Not Worth the Risk
Generally, the aim of our blog is to provide you with two resources: 1. Education to help you understand why your plants do what they do. 2. Best-practices that you can use right now to be proactive with the health and maintenance of your trees and shrubs. However, we also need to issue warnings about
Incorporating Native Plants into Your Landscape Design Successfully
The dominant landscaping trend at the moment is a significant push towards relying exclusively on “native” plants that are allowed to grow as they would in the wild. According to the American Society of Landscape Architects, native plants are visually and environmentally superior to the alternative. The ASLA adds that they offer increased hardiness and
TCIA Recognition and a Culture of Safety
The Tree Care Industry Association serves about 2,400 tree care companies. TCIA, established in 1938, is a third-party trade association that develops and maintains safety programs, standards of operation and continuing-education certifications at the national level. Cumberland Valley Tree Service and Landscaping became the first TCIA Accredited Tree Care company in the area and has
Common Landscaping Mistakes to Avoid
The weather is starting to warm up and do-it-yourselfers are getting ready to mulch, prune, and plant trees. As the “Authority in Landscaping and Tree Health”, we wanted to provide useful information on not only creating but maintaining a happy, healthy and beautiful landscape. Avoid Volcano Mulching Your trees require oxygen, water, sunlight, and nutrients
Landscape Strategy: Will Your Property Be Ready When You Are?
For a recent project, CVTS-L’s Landscaping division took painstaking steps to perfectly accentuate and accommodate a house on a property. Our landscape strategy accounted for how the house will look from the road, and we accounted for how the road will look when it is viewed from inside the house. We planted trees along the
Working Within the Canopy: TCIA’s Initiatives for Women in Tree Care
According to the Tree Care Industry Association’s (TCIA) website: “While the tree care industry is predominantly male, the gender dynamic is changing.” They credit the shift to advances in equipment and techniques that have made arboriculture an accessible career path for everyone. As a company that believes in working smarter, not harder, Cumberland Valley Tree
Eight Things You Probably Didn’t Know About CVTS-L’s Plant Health Care Division (Everything from the History to How You Can Enjoy Them)
Cumberland Valley Tree Service – Landscaping’s Plant Health Care Division tends to be one of the “quieter” areas within the company – at least in terms of our online presence. Tree care and landscaping both lend themselves to easily shareable, social media-ready pictures. Plant Health Care stories often require more context, and when we do
CVTS-L’s Aaron Feather Talks About the Importance of a Good Anchor in “TCI Magazine”
Aaron Feather, Safety and Training Director here at Cumberland Valley Tree Service – Landscaping, has published an article in the August edition of “TCI Magazine” that informs (and reminds) arborists about the importance of proper base anchoring in stationary rope systems (SRS). “TCI Magazine” is the official publication of the Tree Care Industry Association (TCIA),
The Culp’s Hill Rehabilitation Project and Witness Trees: Preserving Gettysburg’s Living History
When Cumberland Valley Tree Service – Landscaping opened its Gettysburg branch, manager Dave Poe didn’t know much more about the Civil War than the average person who was born and raised in the Chambersburg area. Granted, that’s probably more than the average person raised elsewhere, but after more than two decades, he has embraced the
Spotted Lanternfly Quarantine Expanded for 2021: What Does That Mean? What’s Next?
Franklin County is being added to the spotted lanternfly quarantine zone in 2021 as the invasive insect continues to spread across Pennsylvania. We asked Jamey Schwartz, CVTS-L’s plant health care manager, what this means for businesses and residents who are finding themselves in the quarantine zone for the first time. He also gave us an
Using a Growth Regulator for Attractive, Healthy and Manageable Trees
When you planted the tree – as a sapling – all those years ago, the yard was still mostly a blank canvas. In fact, when the tree was initially placed in the ground, it needed to be staked, and it somehow it made the yard look even more barren. Over the years, though, it grew
How CVTS-L’s Collaborative Approach Puts the Best People on Your Property
In 2018, when Cumberland Valley Tree Service – Landscaping was in the process of opening its fourth branch, George Pogue Jr. realized that his role in the company was changing. It was a tough realization to come to terms with because the jovial salesman who spent decades building relationships with clients would have to spend
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