February 22nd, 2012Posted by Maple Hill Tree
Are trees just big living wooden things that we have to worry about? Is there more to them than just trunks, branches, leaves, and roots? Is it so farfetched to suggest that trees communicate to each other? Trees do communicate with each other in ways that we cannot see and only have just recently discovered. [...]
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February 15th, 2012Posted by Maple Hill Tree
I just returned from a cycling / tree planting event in Bastrop, Texas, the Bastrop reTREEt. We cycled and planted trees throughout an area which was hit hard in the last 2 years by severe drought and then on Labour Day 2011 a wild fire blazed through the City of Bastrop, burning 1600 homes to [...]
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February 6th, 2012Posted by Maple Hill Tree
Arboriculture is the art, science and practice of tree care. Arborists are the certified professionals that work within the field of arboriculture to care for and maintain a tree in all its stages of growth and life. The main objective of arboriculture is the health, appearance and safety of individual trees. The arboriculture industry is [...]
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January 30th, 2012Posted by Maple Hill Tree
The emerald ash borer (EAB) is beginning to gain the media attention that it deserves. This tiny insect originally from East Asia has killed millions of ash trees in Southwestern Ontario, Michigan and surrounding states. It was first found in Windsor, Ontario in 2002. It kills 99% of the ash trees it infests. All [...]
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January 23rd, 2012Posted by Maple Hill Tree
At Maple Hill Tree Services we believe that research, education and public awareness are the backbone of our Arboriculture Industry and have helped to maintain the integrity of our urban trees and woodlots, or ‘Urban Forest’. We have come a long way in the past 20 years moving towards the preservation and respect of our [...]
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January 9th, 2012Posted by Maple Hill
Maple Hill Tree Services has a track record spanning 3 decades providing quality tree care to commercial, residential schools and municipal properties in the Greater Toronto Area. Our comprehensive services cover tree planting, pruning, mulching and organic fertilizing as well as stumping and tree removals.
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