Cabling and bracing can be valuable tools for safeguarding your trees and ensuring their health, safety and beauty. Contact us for a FREE ESTIMATE!
A Guide to Tree Cabling and Bracing
read more
TREEOLOGY – BE INFORMED
Cabling and Bracing
Donovan Arborists
Tree Care Services
Our ISA Certified Arborists ensure that you get the highest quality tree care.
Free Estimates
We offer free estimates for tree planting, trimming, removal, cabling and bracing.
Plant Health Care Services
We believe in being proactive in preventing insect infestations and disease outbreaks.
BLOG POSTS
Cabling and Bracing
Protecting Your Trees for Winter
Now is the time to start protecting your trees for Winter. Winter can be a tough time for trees, with cold temperatures, snow, and ice all taking their toll. However, there are a number of things that arborists recommend to help protect your trees during the winter...
Call the Tree Avengers
Professionals like Donovan Arborists can survey the trees on your property and determine if they are infected or if any kind of treatment is necessary.
DONOVAN ARBORISTS – FIRST RESPONDERS IN DENVER
Using a bucket truck, Donovan’s crews carefully vetted the fragile limbs of the soaring tree. Once they strategized the cutting plan, they started at the crown of the tree, trimming section by section.
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR TREE LIMBS?
The City of Denver counted 160 calls to 3-1-1 for downed trees and tree limbs after the mid-April 2021 snowfall that brought between 5” in Lowry to 8” in Westminster. Older, large trees toppled into yards and streets; some landed on vehicles.
First Responder For Your Trees
When Paul Donovan got the urgent notification, he happened to be just blocks away from Congress Park. A certified arborist, his is an outside job. Within minutes he was on the scene in Congress Park. Because that’s what first responders do.
Donovan is a Certified Arborist. The customer calling for his help had used his services for the last 5 years. Denver Water had begun its replacement of the water main along Milwaukee Street from 6th to 13th avenues. A backhoe operator at work digging up the old sewer main had pivoted his backhoe around and slammed the bucket of the truck hard into the tree resulting in a 4 foot crack in the bark at the trunk. The bark had loosened.
Managing Storm Damaged Trees
This year’s winter has been a mild one with late March temperatures approaching the eighties. But Colorado residents know that Mother Nature isn’t ready to call quits to winter until mid-May, and she may be holding some snow and ice storms in reserve.
Cleaning Up Yard Debris After Winter Storms Hit
Colorado’s winter storms can do a number on your landscape. Strong winds, heavy snow, and encrusted ice can snap branches, topple trees and blow plant debris and mulches across your yard and hardscape.
Cabling and Bracing Your Tree: What You Need to Know
Colorado’s spring storms are notorious for wreaking havoc on trees in urbanized areas. Cyclonic winds and lightning strikes are common and trees weakened by soil shifts, nearby construction or poor health and maintenance are most likely to be affected.
Defending Your Trees From Extreme Weather
TREEOLOGYIt goes beyond pruning, general maintenance and occasional fertilization and instead focuses on preventing issues from arising in the first place.It’s hard to believe. Five days ago, 3 to 6 inches of snow accumulated in Denver, CO. The Farmer’s Almanac...