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May/June 2023
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THE DAVEY BULLETIN
EMPLOYEES GAIN KNOWLEDGE AT D.I.G.M.
In March, 21 employees from
Commercial Landscape Services
(CLS), Davey Resource Group and
Residential/Commercial (R/C) services
attended the Davey Institute of
Grounds Management (D.I.G.M.). The
training is intended to ensure field
personnel are armed with the latest
information about landscape and
grounds management. The sessions
were held at the Davey Institute.
Over the course of five days, students
learned about seasonal color, insects
and diseases, soils and fertilizers,
proper mulching and tree and shrub
pruning. Additionally, students
participated in team building and
leadership development exercises
while also learning about the benefits
of employee ownership.
Attendees came from the following
territories: Chicago, Cincinnati,
D.I.G.M. 2023 attendees included
Matt Bird, Damon Brewer, Jacob Brown,
Steve Buk, Cinnamon Edwards,
Alexandria Foltz, Dustin Frueh,
Ethan Garber, Dave Hollingsworth,
Max Hostetler, William Kirby, Julie Kline,
Natasha Komendo, Jesse Labelle,
Jeff Losaw, Aaron McNabb, Vincent Molko,
Chad Poole, James Robbins, Luis Sanchez
and Caleb Tworek.
DEMONSTRATING TREE RISK ASSESSMENT
John Wickes, business developer, Davey Business
Development Team; Tom Anderson, district manager,
Buffalo office; and George Plarr, assistant district manager,
Buffalo office, visited students in an arboriculture class at
the State University of New York College of Environmental
Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF) in Syracuse, New York,
to present a tree risk assessment demonstration.
Wickes discussed the history and development, and current
standards, of tree risk assessment with the class. The
R/C services group assisted the students with a mock
assessment exercise for the probability of failure of branches
on a campus tree, asking questions like, "If a branch fails,
what's the likelihood of it failing and striking a person, object,
or structure?"
Anderson and Plarr, SUNY ESF alumni, spoke about their
career paths and encouraged the students to explore Davey
as a career option.
John Wickes speaks with SUNY ESF students about tree risk
assessment. "The students were fantastic, were engaged and
listening, and asked great questions," Wickes said.
Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit,
Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Richmond
and Suffolk.
