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If You Can Only Do One Thing for Your Property This Season, Make It Outdoor Landscape Lighting
Nothing transforms a landscape design as quickly and effectively as outdoor landscape lighting. It’s a powerful tool in the landscape designer’s toolkit because it plays up your property’s strengths while downplaying any weaknesses (i.e., the areas you would rather people not see). When deployed effectively, proper outdoor landscape lighting: Whether you are starting a new
Cranes in Tree Care
Written by Evan Brumfield – Maryland Tree Care Manager Cumberland Valley Tree Service – Landscaping has stepped up their game and created an even more cost effective, industry leading, and customer focused tree removal option with a brand new 2022 Peterbilt/Altec 38-ton capacity crane. The cranes provides the clearest benefit in the tree removal work
Why Trees?
Written by Jake Schrom – Senior Landscape Designer Trees surround our world. There are approximately 3 trillion trees on the planet. Trees can be messy from leaf and fruit drop. They grow and sometimes can get quite large. As a result, it takes a great deal of resources to care for and maintain them within
Beech Leaf Disease
Written by Jamey Schwartz – Plant Health Care Manager There is a new disease to the North East that is causing mortality to beech trees. Beech Leaf Disease (BLD) originated in Ohio near Lake Erie in 2012 and has now spread to most counties in Pennsylvania. The disease is spread by root graft, rain splash,
Spotted Lanternfly
Written by Jamey Schwartz- Plant Health Care Manager With Spotted Lanternfly (SLF) being present in our service area for several years now, we are gaining a better understanding on what client’s expectations should be. SLF adults feed on a wide variety of trees, but are particularly attracted to ailanthus “Tree-of-Heaven” and mapletrees. SLF’s lifecycle consists
What is a “Low Maintenance Landscape”
Written by Brent Lucas – Landscape Manager The “low maintenance landscape” is a request that we receive frequently. There are many considerations when designing a low maintenance landscape for a client. Our approach to the design process has always been very systematic and begins with a comprehensive discussion with our client as to what they
Aaron Feather discusses the importance of aerial rescue training in TCI Magazine
In December, CVTS-L’s Safety and Training Director Aaron Feather published an article in TCI Magazine discussing the costs and benefits of including aerial rescue in a tree care company’s training regimen. The magazine is an industry trade journal, and the content of the article was written with industry professionals in mind. We felt, however, that
The First Thanksgiving Tree
The result of the Pogue’s efforts and the church’s decorating was a shrine to gratitude that stood just over 20 turkeys tall: the church’s first Thanksgiving Tree
CVTS-L Ranks Among Top Tree Care Companies
Cumberland Valley Tree Service – Landscaping, Chambersburg’s Authority in Tree Care, Plant Health Care and Landscaping services, was ranked among the Top 20 accredited tree care companies by the Tree Care Industry Association.
Now Scheduling: Winter Pruning!!! PLUS: A Reminder of the Dangers of “Topping”
By this point in December, most homeowners are more concerned with the trees in their living rooms than the trees in their front yards. However, these early winter months are actually an ideal time to give serious thought to preparing your trees for winter.
‘Say Trees!’ – Introducing the Next Generation of Arborists to the Exciting World of Trees
The experience was another example of Cumberland Valley Tree Service – Landscaping’s commitment to educating our community about trees. While it’s more common to find us teaching customers about the trees on their property or training our arborists how to perform their work safely and effectively, we will never turn down an opportunity to talk about trees with an eager audience.
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
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