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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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Safety First – Tree Worker Certification

Caretaker Landscape Is All About Safety First When Working in Trees Aerial Rescue Caretaker Landscape’s Tree Management team promotes Tree Worker Certification as an important element to promoting safe tree practices.  The goal is and always has been to be a leading expert in Tree Management.  As part of that mission, we are certifying our tree climbers and crew to be WCISA…

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Potato Vine – Plant of the Week

Common Name: Potato Vine Botanical Name: Solanum jasminoides Native Distribution: Brazil Hardiness:  25 Degrees Sun: Full Sun Water:  Moderate Growth (rate, size and form): 30 x 10.  Prune to control growth each year.  Moderate grower, rate can be increased with water Foliage (e/d, color, texture): Purple-green leaves medium texture Flowers (color & season):  White.  Can be year-round if protected from…

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The Importance of SLM and Our CAI Trade Show Contest Winner

Did you know Caretaker Landscape has 18 Certified Sustainable Landscape Managers? Some of you may have attended AACM’s CAAM graduation lunch where Judy Gausman, CEO of ALCA, spoke about the importance of Sustainable Landscape Management.  To request for a Landscape Maintenance or Tree Pruning Proposal, please contact Michelle Izquierdo, Business Development Manager for our HOA Division at michellei@caretakerinc.com.   Michelle is SLM Certified…

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Congrats to Craig and Chris our new ACLPs!!!

Congrats to Account Manager Craig St. Clair and our Water Management Specialist Chris Howell for passing their ACLP through Arizona Landscape Contractors Association.  

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Twin-Flowered Agave – Succulent of the Week

Twin Flowered Agave With winter wrapping up we thought this was good a choice for the week. Common Name: Twin-Flowered Agave Botanical Name: Agave geminiflora Native Distribution:  West central Mexico Hardiness: 25° Sun: Full and reflected sun Water: Very Low Growth (rate, size and form): Fast, 3 x 3, open rosette Foliage (e/d, color, texture): Evergreen, dark green, coarse texture…

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Kudos to Account Manager Ryan Orosco and our team at Rovey Farms!!!

It’s always nice when a customer goes out of their way to compliment the great work our team is doing…  Check out this letter we recieved about our team at Rovey Farms.  Rovey Farms is managed by Vision Community Mangement.  The partnership with Vision, Matt Johnson from Vision, The Board, Ryan Orosco and The Landscape Management Team has made this all possible!!! To…

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Congrats to our new ALCA Certified SLM Team Members!

We are proud to annouce that we have 4 new ALCA Certified  Sustainable Landscape Management Professionals!!! Mischelle Arreca, Director of Business Development Mike Gonfel, Director of Tree Management Michelle Izquierdo, Business Development Manager Chris Howell, Field Superintendant Great job team!!!  This brings our number of SLMs to 16. For our clients…  One of the values of the SLM certification is public…

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EXTRA EXTRA- This Just In- 36th Annual Arizona Excellence in Landscaping Awards!!!

We are so excited to share the big news!!!  Four of our communities have been selected for awards for the ALCA 36th Annual Arizona Excellence in Landscaping Awards.  The award program, designated by ALCA, is the largest and most prestigious event in the Arizona Landscape Industry.  The final awards will be presented on November 17, 2012. DRUM ROLL PLEASE… The…

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