by Invest from the Ground Up | Dec 18, 2013 | Business, IFGU Communities, Residential, Trees, Urban Forestry Professionals
Guest Blog: Christine Kish is a passionate lover of food and author of MyMothersSecrets.com, a website with recipes and tips for cooking and living a delicious life. I just absolutely love this time of year. As a child I loved knowing that there would be a...
by Invest from the Ground Up | Dec 11, 2013 | Business, IFGU Communities, Residential, Tree Benefits, Trees, Urban Forestry Professionals
Guest Bio by Michael Heilpern of The Tree Action Group (TAG) of Sustainable Claremont, a grassroots organization dedicated to education about the care and value of trees, and improving the policies and practices concerning the trees of Claremont’s urban forest. For...
by Invest from the Ground Up | Dec 4, 2013 | Business, IFGU Communities, Residential, Trees, Urban Forestry Professionals
Guest blog by Nancy Hughes, Executive Director of the California Urban Forests Council Can you imagine a great neighborhood without trees? We can’t. It’s a simple truth that great neighborhoods have character, rooted in the trees, parks and green spaces...
by Invest from the Ground Up | Nov 21, 2013 | Business, IFGU Communities, Residential, Trees, Urban Forestry Professionals
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a video is worth a million! Since the Fall of 2012 we’ve been sharing with you the many benefits of trees and why we, as Californians, must provide our trees with the care they need to survive and thrive. Now, through our...
by Invest from the Ground Up | Nov 6, 2013 | Business, IFGU Communities, Invest from the Ground Up in Albany, Invest from the Ground Up in Bakersfield, Invest from the Ground Up in Santee, Residential, Tree Benefits, Tree Care, Trees
Last week, we talked about how you can select lower maintenance trees and how to make the bounty from your current trees more manageable. However, when you take a more positive approach and look at the glass half full, you can see that there are many wonderful uses...
by Invest from the Ground Up | Oct 30, 2013 | Business, IFGU Communities, Invest from the Ground Up in Albany, Invest from the Ground Up in Bakersfield, Residential, Tree Care, Trees
It’s a fact that life is messy but that’s actually what makes it interesting. It’s how you look at life that creates your reality and the same goes for trees.With a little effort, we can appreciate the benefits of trees and not be bothered by the natural tree cycle....