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THE DAVEY BULLETIN
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July/August 2025
Izzy Christmann, sales arborist, R/C services, said Davey
crews helped with larger trees and used an air-powered soil
excavation tool to expose roots and loosen compacted soil
around a few mature camellias. This approach helps relieve
stress on trees struggling with compacted soil and in need
of aeration, Christmann said.
"The garden itself is located right smack in downtown
Portland, so it's pretty cool that it's kind of like a little oasis
tucked away in the middle of a super chaotic city," Christmann
said. "It's nice that they were willing to let us be kind of
invasive in order to
serve the health of the
trees, because as you
can imagine, a huge air
compressor blowing
dirt everywhere isn't
exactly peaceful."
DAVEY CREW SUPPORTS ICONIC PORTLAND GARDEN
Davey's Portland R/C office recently provided tree pruning
and pneumatic root excavation services for the Lan Su
Chinese Garden, a cultural site developed in partnership
with the city of Suzhou, China. The tranquil downtown
space relies on fine pruning to maintain its carefully
curated landscape.
VISION
Trees at the Lan Su
Chinese Garden in Portland,
Oregon, grow stronger and
healthier thanks to pruning
and root excavation services
provided by crews from the
Davey Portland office. Crew
members who worked at
the property included Brant
Rohrer and Eli Dunn.
MISSION
CAPE COD CREW PRUNES 300-YEAR-OLD LINDENS
A Hartney Greymont, a Davey company, Cape Cod office,
Residential/Commercial services crew transported back to
the 18th century in February when they pruned three, nearly
300-year-old Linden trees in the oldest town on Cape Cod.
The tallest tree the team of Tess Eastman, Cory Rebello and
Nicole Semeraro of the Cape Cod office handled measured
over 90-feet tall on the property, which was constructed
around 1711.
"We don't get to work on a lot of big trees, so that was
awesome, knowing how old the trees are, how teeny-tiny
they once were," said Natascha Batchelor, sales arborist,
Cape Cod office.
A postcard shows the trees at an 18th-century home in
Sandwich, Mass., that Davey crews pruned. It depicts the
tress far shorter than their current height of over 90-feet tall.
