El Niño 2015-2016 – Community Resource Magazine by CAI

El Niño has been getting a lot of attention lately.  Have you wondered how this weather phenomenon can affect your property and the ones you manage? To learn more about how El Niño may change how you manage your property’s landscape needs this winter check out this article written for CAI Magazine by our East Valley Branch Manager, Jim Potts.

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Caretaker Landscape and Tree Management named as one of AZRE’s Top 40 Companies to Watch

We are so excited to be named as one of AZRE’s Top 40 Companies to Watch in 2014. Check out page 31 of 42 or go directly to link below. http://azremagazine.com/news/40-companies-watch-2014

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Escobedo at Verde Vista Grand Opening

The Valley Partnership Board of Directors voted unanimously to select Save the Family Foundation’s Escobedo at Verde Vista Affordable Housing Development as their community service charity recipient for 2013.  Together, the two organizations will build a stronger Valley by giving children in homeless and vulnerable families a safe place to build stronger bodies and minds.  Over the past 25 years,…

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Winter Pruning Tips

Fall/Winter Tree Pruning Tips In October • You can safely prune most trees; however: • Ensure temperatures don’t drop below freezing. • Be careful not to prune frost -sensitive trees too heavily. • Desert Trees have large growth in spring/summer: trim trees in October so that they will “hold their prune” longer through the winter months. In November • Frost…

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Sowing Seeds of Success – Caretaker Landscape Celebrates 25 Years

Many small businesses start the same way — usually with a forward-thinking entrepreneurial person or group passionate about the opportunity to make a living doing something they love. Caretaker Landscape is no different. Twenty-five years ago, Susan Stephenson Harris, a retired banker from Oklahoma, moved to Arizona to relax and play golf. Six months later, in 1988, she started Caretaker…

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Pre-Monsoon Pruning

Pre-Monsoon Pruning Did you know Caretaker Landscape has 4 ISA Certified Arborists? Proper tree pruning practices are important when attempting to limit storm and wind damage.  During monsoon rains, the wet ground makes trees more susceptible to failure due to what we call the “sail effect”.  The sail effect happens when trees have been primarily lifted – meaning the tree…

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Caretaker at The Forefront of Landscape Construction and Development at Sienna Hills- AZRE Magazine

Check out this article published by AZRE Magazine.   With more than 1,000 new homes coming to Buckeye, Caretaker Landscape is poised to transform one of those new communities, Sienna Hills. Sienna Hills is nestled along the base of the White Tank Mountains. Located in Buckeye at McDowell Road and Verrado, this landscape of rocky ridgelines, russet earth, majestic saguaros and…

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Chilean Mesquite & Their Pods

Have you noticed all the Chilean Mesquite pods dropping? History – Native Mesquite trees dot southwest Arizona’s desert landscape, but the Chilean Mesquite is an interloper that has edged its way into drought-resistant gardens.  The Chilean Mesquite, Prosopis chilensis, is originally from Chile, hence its name, and it’s a relative of the pea family.  The thornless tree produces an edible…

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Caretaker Landscape to Sponsor “Jam For Kids” Event as Part of Brokers For Kids

Check out the article written in AZRE Magazine about Caretaker Landscape and Tree Mangement sponsoring the first annual Jam for Kids Event February 7, 2013.   We are so excited to be part of this amazing event, Tickets to “Jam for Kids” may be purchased at scottsdale2030.org/caretakers.html or you can contact one of our Caretaker Team Members.

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