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Bryan Vejar

Senior Manager Arboricultural Training and Education

“Good” Plants vs. “Bad” Plants: unpacking the invasive species discourse

July 15, 2024

Native, non-native, and invasive. If you’re passionate about plants, you’ve probably heard these terms thrown around a lot. They’re used to describe the origins of different species, and often the connotation is that native plants are “good,” while other plants are “bad” or unwanted, and should be removed.  But is this always true? Can plants…

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  • Tags Landscapes

Stop the Top

August 24, 2023

You’ve undoubtedly seen it, and may aggravate you as you drive by it. The sight of a mature tree that has been cut well below the height it should be reaching. This tree, sadly, has been Topped. It is as unnatural as it seems, a huge trunk with a tiny sphere of leaves. This is,…

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  • Tags environment, pruning, Topping, Tree care, tree maintenance, TreePeople, Trees, Yards

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