Last March, we told you about America’s National Tree, the Oak, which was chosen by public vote through the National Arbor Day Foundation’s website. The National Arbor Day Foundation, along with the National Cherry Blossom Festival, is asking for the public’s help again to determine America’s Favorite Cherry Tree.
Now that the Christmas holiday has passed, many people will soon start taking down their Christmas trees and storing their decorations away until next year. If you’ve used a live Christmas tree, you may find yourself trying to determine what to do with it.
Happy Holidays from the team at Cartwright Tree Care! We hope all of our blog readers and clients have a safe and happy holiday, and we wish you all the best in the New Year.
A while back, we discussed Bosco Verticale, the world’s first vertical forest that is currently under construction in Milan, Italy. After we discovered that news, we came across the news that one of France’s major landmarks could become a giant tree.
If you aren’t very familiar with trees, or just like learning new things, and have an iPhone, you’ll be interested to know about an app we just read about on the Missouri Community Forestry Council’s blog called LEAFSNAP.
There are plenty of things to take into consideration when you need to hire a company to care for the trees on your property. Perhaps one of the most important things to look for when looking for a tree care company (or any company that you might hire to work on your home or property for that matter) is whether or not the company is fully insured – including workers compensation and liability insurance.
While we mainly discuss tree healthcare and maintenance topics here on our blog, we do like to step outside of the box every once and while and share about other issues or news involving trees, too. Recently, we read about something rather interesting that’s currently under construction in Milan, Italy – the world’s first vertical forest.
Last week we reached a huge milestone in the life of the Cartwright Tree Care blog as we published our 100th blog post! We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our readers for visiting our blog so faithfully over the past year – we appreciate your readership and support.
We recently read an interesting article on TerraDaily, which reports that new research from the Carnegie Global Ecology Department has revealed that evaporated water can help cool the entire earth, not just the area in which the water evaporation originated from. According to the article, this demonstrates that “evaporation of water from trees and lakes could have a cooling effect on the entire atmosphere.”
A few weeks ago, we told you what causes leaves to change colors in the fall. According to the Missouri Department of Conservation, the peak of fall color here in Missouri is around mid-October, so we thought today would be a perfect time to talk about some of the MDC’s suggestions for places to catch the best fall color in our region.