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THE DAVEY BULLETIN
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May/June 2025
Davey training sessions spanned across the country,
connecting employees to each other and their desire to
learn new skills over the past few months. Workshops,
modules, and conferences specialized in a range of different
topics, and each event taught attendees the value of
prioritizing hard work, safety, and continuous education.
The Davey Institute of Tree Conservation conference traveled
west to hold its third conference in Seattle, Washington.
Attendees spent three days viewing technical demonstrations
and presentations by Davey experts, as well as visiting
historic and current Davey-client sites around the city.
"The conference was right up my alley and related directly
to the work I do every day," Sabrina Huey, associate
consultant, Environmental Consulting services, Davey
Resource Group (DRG), said. "I got to ask other experts in
the field a lot of questions, as well as observe and listen to
their presentations that contained a lot of great information
I took back to my team at home."
EMPLOYEES BECOME LIFELONG LEARNERS
The annual Davey Institute of Grounds Management
(D.I.G.M.) training also took place, enabling attendees to
network and learn from one another at the Davey Institute
in Kent, Ohio. The training featured a mix of classroom and
hands-on activities to learn landscape care strategies and
team building tactics.
"I appreciate that Davey invests time into their employees
and that the company sees something in everyone,"
Justin Jeff Zamora, production manager, Hawaii territory,
Commercial Landscape Services (CLS), said. "There were
managers from various regions that visited us, which made
it feel like they really appreciated us."
Another D.I.G.M. training, D.I.G.M. en español, also occurred
at the Institute with similar exercises and lessons being
taught entirely in Spanish.
"D.I.G.M. was an excellent learning experience that really
challenged my mindset," Juan Pablo Esquivias Gutierrez,
EXPERTISE
David Vega, arborist skills trainer, health and safety department,
instructs the Sacramento office on the "do's and don'ts" of
aerial rescue at St. Josephs Cemetery in Sacramento, California.
Will Herbst, tree care
coordinator, Southeast
Denver office, kneels next
to Brandon Ponciano,
foreman, Dallas office,
while the two practice the
"feeling forces" exercise
at the Tree Care
Conservation workshop.
DRG employees
hold mallets, used
to check a tree's
structural integrity,
at a Factors &
Forces training in
Ingleside, Illinois.
