Step 1:
Assess
Consult with an ISA Board Certified Master Arborist
Step 2:
create
Provide the foundations needed for optimal soil health
Step 3:
Maintain
Cyclical pruning for optimal tree dimensions
Step 4:
Control
Management of pests, diseases and landscape through curated treatment
holistic, science-backed program
Start building a healthier landscape today
Say goodbye to one-size-fits-all tree care. Canopy Care™ is a holistic, science-backed program designed to restore soil health, strengthen your trees from the roots up, and protect your landscape for generations.
Book your consultation with a certified ArborWise arborist and take the first step toward long-term tree vitality—spaces are limited this season!
What is Canopy Care™?
Exciting news from ArborWise!
We are thrilled to announce the launch of Canopy Care, a new plant health care (PHC) program coming to our clients this Spring 2025.
Through years of consulting unbiased industry experts, large investments in education, training, and equipment we have been able to pinpoint key issues within traditional plant health care.
This program will be addressing major concerns within traditional PHC, our goal being to improve our current protocols in place for the services we offer to protect the life and health of the trees.
Where traditional plant health care relies on opinion to treat visible symptoms, the ArborWise Canopy Care Program will focus on taking a holistic approach to tree health and reflect current industry research to provide a more comprehensive diagnostic program for our clients.
This holistic approach to tree care not only improves the health of the trees but also strengthens the overall environment.
The framework of ArborWise’s Canopy Care™:
Tree Trimming
Step 1: Assess
Consult with a Certified Master Arborist Near Me
Crisis management begins with our ISA Board Certified Master Arborist, better known as our certified Master Tree Expert, who will assess and identify the critical issues affecting overall tree health.
Utilizing specialized equipment, soil testing, and extensive research the Tree expert will curate a management plan for addressing all critical issues.
If you’re searching for an arborist near me who delivers real answers, ArborWise is your trusted source.
Canopy Care
Step 2: Create
Foundations™ Soil Health
“90% of urban tree issues stem from soil problems.” - James Patterson, soil scientist.
ArborWise Foundations™ is our comprehensive soil health program. Proactively avoiding tree disease treatment by keeping your trees healthy.
Urban soil is like a desert for trees, disrupting their natural nutrient recycling and depleting soil quality. We often remove organic material that could enhance soil, harming both trees and beneficial soil microbes.
To compensate, many use chemical fertilizers, which are popular for quick results like greener foliage. However, extensive research indicates that fertilizing with macronutrients (Nitrogen, Potassium, Phosphorous) can harm both trees and soil by:
- Increasing pest infestations, leading to more pesticide use.
- Disrupting root-to-shoot balance and heightening drought stress.
- Killing soil organisms vital for nutrient absorption, creating a dependency on supplements.
- Causing excessive branch growth, resulting in more mechanical stress and pruning needs.
To promote the health of our trees, it is essential to collaborate with the natural processes of soil development. We are pleased to introduce ArborWise Foundations™, a comprehensive soil health program designed to restore natural nutrient cycling for trees while re-establishing soil food webs. Over time, this program can help mitigate the typical effects of urban soil compaction.
Benefits include:
• Increased nutrient cycling and soil life
• Reduced pest infestations and drought stress
• Stronger, more resilient root systems
Annual services include mulch replenishment and compost layering, contributing to long-term soil building.
Canopy Care
Step 3: Maintain
Tree Trimming and Pruning
Tree trimming and pruning is a cornerstone of tree health and safety and pruning is the next critical tier of integrated tree management.
ArborWise places an emphasis on juvenile pruning – it is much more cost efficient and healthier for trees to be pruned proactively. When a responsive model of pruning is used, large cuts are typically made, exposing tissues that embolize and become vectors for decay. This causes trees to both have shorter lifespans and to become structurally weaker, contributing to failures in storms.
Understanding that you may have trees that are already out of their juvenile growth phase, we have many strategies to maintain trees optimally that may not currently have the best format.
Juvenile trees can be trained without exposing sensitive tissues to have incredibly strong structure that requires little expensive maintenance when the trees are mature.
We also use seasonality to work with the phenological cycles of energy investment that trees make. This seasonality allows us to direct growth to either encourage healthy development, in the case of juvenile trees, or to maintain a healthy size for mature trees.
Species profiles and corresponding growth phases also play an important role in programming proper pruning cycles. Some species may only be pruned during specific seasons to avoid transmission of diseases. Many species significantly slow in elongation as they enter their mature growth phase.
Canopy Care
Step 4: Control
Tree Disease Treatment
ArborWise Control™ is the last step of Canopy Care. Control™ will be used for addressing common and persistent diseases in the landscape.
Trees that lack proper resources typically struggle to produce sufficient immune responses, which is why we tend to see more incidence of pests and disease in urban landscapes.
We believe in addressing the problem, instead of treating the symptom, which is why we recommend our Foundations™ program for every landscape tree. However, there are issues that can be exacerbated by climate or introduced from other ecosystems that demand that we assist our trees in the form of treatment. Control™ is different from other plant healthcare programs.
The key elements that make Control™ different are:
- Intense monitoring, including within different microclimates of our region.
- Tailored adjustment of treatment delivery based on monitoring
- Mindful modulation of treatments to eliminate resistance and for maximal effectiveness
- Protocols that deliver beyond basic and outdated industry standards
There are three approaches to consider when delving into tree care.
Tree Surgery
Strategic Interventions for a trees Health and Longevity
In cases where structural instability or decay threatens the tree, ArborWise performs precision tree surgery. These procedures are guided by careful assessment and always aim to protect long-term tree health and safety.
Ready to Get Started?
Whether you’re looking for an arborist near me, need professional tree trimming and pruning, or a full tree disease treatment plan, ArborWise’s Canopy Care™ program is the holistic solution. Contact us today to schedule your consultation and give your trees the care they deserve.