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January/February 2017 | The Davey Bulletin 19 DAVEY DELIVERS INSTANT FOREST FOR RESIDENTIAL CLIENT IN OHIO Davey Resource Group and the Davey Nursery partnered to create an instant forest in the front yard of a residential client in Northeast Ohio. Davey turned what had been a 1-acre plot of manicured grass into an early successional forest by planting more than 300 native trees, woody shrubs and wildflowers of all sizes in a span of a few months. Dave Goerig, senior project manager for Davey Resource Group, said the project became more than just a typical tree planting. "We created an instant natural environment for the client," Goerig said. The Davey Nursery in Wooster, Ohio, provided a variety of 100 2-inch caliper trees and six 6-inch caliper trees. Davey planted an additional 100 seedling trees and close to 80 more shrubs. "We tried to get all sizes of trees within that 1 acre," Goerig said. "To top it off, we blanketed the whole area with herbaceous woodland flowering plants. Then we seeded it with native pollinator plants." In addition, Davey installed a deer fence 10 feet tall to protect the client's investment from the dense and hungry local deer population that roams Gates Mills, Ohio. Goerig even represented the client at a local government meeting to help obtain a variance to install the fence, which Davey will remove in 2017 once the plantings are firmly established. The work includes a maintenance contract, so Davey will prune the trees as they grow and keep the 1-acre wood free of invasive plants. The project involved a great deal of education for the client, a birder who simply requested lots of trees to provide forage and habitat, Goerig said. "We took the time to educate her on our process, the types of plants we chose and why we chose them," he said. "The client education aspect was very important." MY DAVEY The project included a 10-foot-tall deer fence to keep the dense, local deer population from eating the client's investment. A variety of native Ohio plantings provide food and habitat for birds and other pollinators. Just some of the plantings included: Trees Pin oak (Quercus palustris) Swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor) Red maple (Acer rubrum) Yellow buckeye (Aesculus flava) Allegheny serviceberry (Amelanchier laevis) Common witchhazel (Hamamelis virginiana) Black cherry (Prunus serotina) Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) Shrubs Spicebush (Lindera benzoin) Blackhaw viburnum (Viburnum prunifolium) Red-osier dogwood (Cornus Sericea) Highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) Herbaceous plants Beebalm (Monarda fistulosa) Wild blue phlox (Phlox divaricate) Red trillium (Trillium erectum) Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) Royal catchfly (Silene regia) A NATIVE OHIO WOODLAND The Davey Nursery provided the large-caliper trees that were included in the planting. Pictured from left, Davey's Dave Goerig, Jim Houston, Karen Wise and Ana Burns review the landscape plan for the client during a final walk through. Davey Resource Group created an instant forest for a client in Gates Mills, Ohio.