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THE DAVEY BULLETIN
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May/June 2022
Sixteen employees from Commercial Landscape Services
(CLS) attended the Davey Institute of Grounds Management
(DIGM) held at the Davey Institute for one week in mid-March.
"We went in depth into identifying different types of weeds.
I've found a lot of the employees have trouble with that.
Coming here gives us the unique ability to provide training
on a comprehensive range of topics," said Lee Woody,
landscape crew leader, Suffolk CLS territory.
The students learned about CLS equipment and job site
set-up safety, landscape weed control, soils and fertilizers,
tree and shrub pruning, proper mulching techniques, water
management, pesticides, nuisance pest management, and
how to give estimates. They learned about the science
DIGM COVERS IN-DEPTH
TOPICS FOR COMMERCIAL
LANDSCAPE SERVICES
DIGM 2022 attendees came from the Cincinnati, Cleveland East,
Cleveland West, Minneapolis, Nashville, Richmond, Suffolk, and
Yorktown territories. Employees included Nicholas Berning,
Allan Cress, Anthony Elliot, David Ellis, Andrea Farinholt,
Rob Fenneken, Mackenzie Fjetland, Peyton Flasco,
Lucas Heckman, Jack Reynolds, Ashlynn Royce, Tyler Whaley,
Matt Wilkerson and Lee Woody.
ALL-WOMEN CLIMBING CREW
ON DAVEY'S PODCAST
For International Women's Day in March, Davey's podcast Talking Trees
with Davey Tree interviewed Carolyn Sulzen, Morgan Nash and Laura
Anderson, all trimmers for the East Denver office, about their all-women
climbing crew. They discussed their favorite and hardest parts
of the job and shared advice for other women considering
arboriculture as a career. Tune in to Davey's podcast at
TalkingTreesWithDaveyTree.Buzzsprout.com or search
Talking Trees with Davey Tree on any popular podcast app.
LEADERSHIP
involved in their work, including cool season turfgrass
identification, turf insect and disease, seasonal color
identification, preparation, and planning, tree and shrub
insect and disease, perennials/ornamental grasses
identification and maintenance, and ornamental tree and
shrub identification.
" Being able to come here and network with colleagues at
all levels is invaluable. You may be the ranking leader on
site, but someone else in the crew is going to have a good
idea, and a good leader is going to listen to that. A great
characteristic in a leader is the ability to transfer leadership
and allow someone else to take over as needed to give our
clients the best experience possible.
"
Lee Woody
landscape crew leader, Suffolk CLS territory
Pictured, from left, are the all-women climbing crew from the East Denver
office of Morgan Nash, Carolyn Sulzen and Laura Anderson.