SPRING 2022
65 years… and looking ahead
ISA Certified Arborist PD-53
As we enter 2022, I reflect on our company which my father, John B. Ward, started in 1957. Times change and things evolve, but the basic principles on which he founded the business remain steadfast. Treat clients honestly. Always do the best work possible. Treat co-workers with respect and understanding. Sixty-five years later, those simple rules still hold true.
Plant Health Care 2022
ISA Certified Arborist PD-704
White Prunicola Scale, Spotted Lanternfly, Emerald Ash Borer
The Benefits of Mulch
ISA Certified Arborist PD-1673
Mulch instantly gives a finished, beautiful appearance to your landscape. However, quality mulch provides trees and plants many benefits beyond aesthetics.
Yellowwood in Bryn Mawr
ISA Certified Arborist PD-1673
About five years ago we were asked to work on a yellowwood tree growing close to a patio in Bryn Mawr.
Hypoxylon Canker
Board Certified Master Arborist
Hypoxylon canker is a disease that appears as a dead lesion on limbs, branches, and trunks of affected trees.
Callery Pear
ISA Certified Arborist PD-78
I remember the Bradford Callery pear trees along South Street in Philadelphia. Planted in the 1960s, they created an allée of dark-trunked, white-flowered magic in May. They have all been removed. Today, many nurseries no longer distribute the tree and some states have banned the planting of this aggressive, invasive, non-native species.