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DONOVAN ARBORISTS
Our goal is to provide a valuable resource for people who are interested in learning more about trees. We want to help people understand the importance of trees and how they can play a role in protecting our environment.
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Our ISA Certified Arborists ensure that you get the highest quality tree care.
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Plant Health Care Services
We believe in being proactive in preventing insect infestations and disease outbreaks.
Put Your Fall Leaves to Good Use
Time was the smell of leaves burning was a sure sign of fall. While it was bad for the environment—and the occasional house or garage—the smoky aroma ranked right up with pumpkin pie and warm cider as a favorite seasonal scent until the practice was largely banned.
Today that aroma has been replaced by the ear-splitting sound of leaf blowers gathering leaves in a pile to be bagged and left out with the trash. And while that may be marginally better for the environment, there are far more productive ways to put your fall leaves to a use than slowly decomposing in a landfill.
Winter Watering Keeps Trees Healthy and Happy
Trees are living organisms that need nutrition all year round. Even in the dead of winter your trees and shrubs are busy underground, growing and storing food and energy for springtime emergence.
A 2018 Guide for Cutting Your Own Christmas Tree in Colorado
Did you know that by cutting your own Christmas tree (or Hanukah bush or Festivus pole) you‘re actually helping with forest management? Thinning forests lets sunlight reach deeper into the canopy, encouraging new, more diverse growth and reducing competition for nutrients.
Is This the Year for a Living Christmas Tree?
There’s nothing quite like the scent of a fresh-cut Christmas tree to put you in the holiday spirit. And there’s nothing like cleaning up fallen, dried-up needles and dragging it to the curb to get you out of it.
A Tree Grows in Littleton
Almost 55 years ago, there was a house on South Broadway with a tree growing through it. Well, it was growing through the center of the attached carport roof which seemed an odd place to have a tree. It was a curious sight from the perspective of the back seat of the family car. Not much in suburban Littleton was curious, but instead homogenous.
Trees of Colorado The Ponderosa Pine
Hoss and Little Joe may have roamed the Ponderosa in Nevada, but the Ponderosa pine is right at home along Colorado’s Front Range. In fact, it’s the most widely distributed pine in North America, covering vast areas of the western US including 2 million acres in Colorado. The Nature Conservancy considers it one of the five most iconic trees of the state. It plays a vital role in Colorado’s drinking water supply, especially in the heavily populated areas of the Front Range. Its thick foliage and carpet of needles hold snow and moisture, tempering runoff and making the Ponderosa pine a high priority for conservation and forest management.
Trees Keep Memories Alive
Planting a commemorative tree ensures that memories will endure for generations. And what better time to do it than around Memorial Day?
Whether the tree represents the memory of a loved one passed or a special time or place, it’s a living, growing reminder of its purpose.
Don’t Overdo Your Landscaping
Colorado is known for its natural beauty, and it’s only normal for people along the Front Range urban corridor to want to surround themselves with it.
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.
Plant a Tree for Father’s Day
Planting a tree to commemorate a special person is a great gift for both the person and the planet we live on.