Storm Damage

From the recent wind storm and the amount of rain we’ve gotten this winter, we lost a couple of trees and a few branches. However, we are still discovering damage. Today, we have to remove a tulip poplar near Foss Hill unit 7. The mature tree has started to uproot, and cannot be saved. It … Read more

Building Health

74 Wyllys Ave—-The three double stem hemlocks ( two in the rear and one next to the house) will be coming down to dry out the external walls of that house, the Admissions office and 110 Mt. Vernon. The paint is moldy and peeling from no light and no air movement. Removal will be as … Read more

Late Summer Tree Deaths

The maple between DCC and 200 Church has reached a point of no return, and must be removed. The maple in front of 240 Washington St. is rotted from the inside, and must be removed.

More Trees!

Remove the following: 319 Washington Terrace—(1) triple stem hemlock–Totally dead: 70 Wyllys Ave–(1) Magnolia—dying, and starting to look very sad.

Tree Removals Summer 2005

330 High St—1 Japanese red maple; 202 Washington St—2 hemlocks, 1 mulberry; 240 Washington St—1 ash; President’s house—4 hemlocks; chapel—1 elm immediately, 1 elm this summer; Washington Terr— 1 oak; 215 Long Lane—1 mulberry; 131 Mt Vernon—1 sugar maple; 116 Mt Vernon—6 hemlocks, 1 black locust; 343 High St—1 hemlock twin; Foss Hill complex—3 beech, … Read more

World Music Hall

The tree to the west of the entrance to the World Music Hall is hollow, and in bad shape. It will be removed this summer, after classes end but before summer classes start.  

Emergency Sewer Replacement

Remove (1) medium-sized oak to allow the replacement of a large drain line in Butterfield complex. The tree is between the building and the parking lot, and is growing directly on top of the drain line. The tree roots have grown into, and destroyed, the line.

51 Lawn Ave.

Remove and prune trees to provide building clearance. Remove dead trees and overgrown shrubs from yard and foundation. Clear area for renovation of the house and safety of the occupants. Trees will be marked, and the removal will be before March 1, 2005.

Copper Beech at DAC

This huge old copper beech has succumbed to years of insects and disease, and will be removed before more branches fall.

20 Lawn Ave – Preschool

This maple, nestled in the small stand of trees, has quietly died, and been hidden from view by the rest of the trees. It will be removed this summer.