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Matt White receives 2016 Landmark Leaders Unsung Hero Award for an Individual

History was made Thursday, December 1, when our very own CEO and Owner of Caretaker Landscape, Matt White, was honored with the 2016 Landmark Leaders Award for Unsung Hero by an individual.  This is the first time an individual for a landscape company has ever won a Landmark Leaders Award. Here’s a two minute video of Matt accepting the Unsung…

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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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Frost Protection – Vistancia Living

Check out these great tips regarding frost protection from Arizona Landscape Contractors Association.

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We believe in education – CPR and Safety Training

Safety for our crews and residents of the communities we service is one of our top priorities!  Today our Vistancia crew received CPR and first aid training.

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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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NEWSFLASH! AZRE Magazine Publishes- Caretaker Landscape Promotes Mischelle Arreca White

Click here to view the article at AZRE Magazine…. Caretaker Landscape and Tree Management is pleased to announce that Mischelle Arreca White   has been promoted to Vice President of Business Development.  Mischelle was initially hired at Caretaker to manage our business development team and  increase our brand and our market share in the commercial property marketplace.  We are now one…

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Plant of the Week- Chaste or Pepper Tree – Vitex Angnus

Long, narrow spikes of purple flowers cover this plant in the summer months. Although the flower color can range from white to dark purple, most trees have been selected for the darker flower color. To be sure, try to select this plant when it is blooming. These fragrant flowers attract bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. After blooming, narrow spikes of round,…

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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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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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