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March/April 2020
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THE DAVEY BULLETIN
For residents of cities throughout
Georgia, the end of the Christmas
season meant delivering their dried-out
pines to a local Home Depot for Davey
Tree to chip into mulch. As part of
the statewide Keep Georgia Beautiful
campaign for the past 29 years, Davey
has helped Georgians recycle their
old trees into mulch, which is then
donated to local playgrounds,
government beautification projects,
community parks, individual yards,
and even fish habitats in lakes.
Chris Heim, district manager, North
Atlanta office, said crews from the
Atlanta office and the Atlanta office
of Arborguard Tree Specialists, a Davey
Company, chipped more than 60,000
trees at 42 Home Depot stores in
the Atlanta metro area. In its nearly
30-year history, the program has
diverted more than 6 million Christmas
trees from municipal landfills.
Shawn Kingzette, sales arborist,
Dundee office, spoke with the Ancient
Oaks Foundation, a local nonprofit
committed to restoring the oak
woodland in the Chicago Metropolitan
Area, about addressing invasive pests
and species in the city's urban canopy.
As knowledgeable, community-based
At a public meeting, Shawn Kingzette
discussed the impacts of invasive species and
pests on tree canopy cover in the communities
of Lake Zurich, Hawthorn Woods, Kildeer
and Long Grove of Northwestern Chicago.
TALKING INVASIVES WITH ANCIENT OAKS
60,000+ CHRISTMAS
TREES CHIPPED
IN GEORGIA
More than 400 "bring one for the chipper"
sites were available throughout the state
in early January. Residents had to remove
all ornaments and make sure there was no
artificial snow on the limbs.
OTHER SPONSORS:
• The Home Depot
• Georgia Forestry Commission
• One Tree Planted
• WXIA-TV
arborists, Davey crews are already
helping address canopy issues, he
said. And the company benefits from
relationship building with organizations
with shared values and interests like
Ancient Oaks.
"By working together, tree advocates
in the public and private sector can help
protect, preserve and improve our tree
communities as a resource and benefit
for the towns and neighborhoods we
serve in," said Kingzette.
STEWARDSHIP
