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The Davey Bulletin May-June 2022

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20 THE DAVEY BULLETIN | 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.

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