Fortunately, we can reduce the likelihood of damage from trees if we inform ourselves on why trees structurally fail.

A large tree blocks a Palo Alto street after a wind storm. Courtesy Carol Hubenthal. Welcome to our tree column, “Ask your local arborist.” Each month, arborists from the Davey Tree Expert Company in ...

Trimming and pruning trees is a must to maintain their health and beauty. Try this PVC hack to extend your pruning shears and ...

Squirrels, insects and lightning strikes may be the reason for dead tree branches. Pruning the dead branch will solve the problem in most cases. This has been a long, hot, wet summer and soon fall ...

Fruit trees must be heavily pruned every year or more to produce fruit, says Jean-Claude Rochat, owner of Arborist Now, Inc. "Suckers must be removed, as they are different from the grafting stock and ...

Once leaves drop in the fall, spotting nests in deciduous trees is easy. But birds likely didn’t build every structure you ...