Journal

In my opinion, few things in life are better than this: sitting on your front deck looking out onto the water, feeling the warmth of the sun and hearing a gentle breeze rustling through the trees. Now that’s a great day at the cottage. Great cottage views are not always ‘born’—sometimes they must be created…

We take safety seriously! The crew at Logan Tree Experts took time this week to perform in-house aerial rescue training. Aerial rescue is required if a climber gets injured in the tree and needs to be rescued. All of our crew members need to be familiar with these proper procedures and techniques to ensure a…

More than a week after the wind storm on April 28th and the crew at Logan Tree Experts are just finishing the clean up! There were many trees lost across our region which raises awareness of how important proper tree care and maintenance are for the health and sustainability of our trees.

When you think of a tree do you picture its roots? Healthy roots are key to a healthy tree and to accomplish this we must provide the tree with healthy soil! Matt recently attended an urban soils course at the Toronto Botanical Gardens where 5 keynote speakers from across North America shared their knowledge on…

Matt spent the day at the Fleming College tree climbing competition judging the throwline event. After watching the competition at Fleming, Matt is excited for his own chance to compete at the Ontario tree climbing competition in September.

Matt is back after a two week trip to Saskatchewan where he was training a great group from Sask Power in the disciplines of Pruning and Hazard/Danger Tree Removal for Power Restoration. Matt is an instructor for Arboriculture Canada Training and Education.

While in Savannah, Georgia for the North American Tree Climbing Championship Matt and his colleague, Phillip Kelley, presented at the trade show for North American Training Solutions on the topic of aerial rescue techniques.

2011 is the International Year of Forests – help raise awareness of our precious urban and rural forests!

Come visit Logan Tree Experts at the Green Expo in Peterborough on April 30th from 10am to 6pm. Don’t miss the keynote speaker – Bob McDonald from CBC’s Quirks and Quarks.

Matt is a trainer for Arboriculture Canada Training and Education (ACTE). For more information on Arboriculture training courses near you check out the ACTE website.