Most tree problems don't announce themselves. They build quietly. By the time you notice, the work is bigger than it needed to be.
I imagine Upper Arlington as our orchard.
A hundred-tree apple orchard in Pennsylvania was enough to teach me that you can't manage what you don't know. A hundred acres of old-growth forest on the Olympic Peninsula was enough to teach me that the work is never done — only tended. One zip code of mature canopy in Tree City USA is the same covenant, simply more focused.
The trees in 43221 have been here for a hundred years. The families in 43220 are inheriting that legacy, and it needs the same stewardship principles that built the original neighborhoods. That DNA — the sugar maples, the oaks, the sycamores — is what makes UA worth protecting.
The Tree Steward program is a standing relationship. I make my orchard round on a regular schedule — checking in on bugs, watching for what's changed season to season. After a storm I reach out before you have to call.
You get someone who knows your trees. I get a route worth driving.
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Quarterly visits — four times a year, timed to the seasons
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Post-storm inspection — I reach out to you first
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Annual written health summary for each tree
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Priority scheduling — Stewards book first
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A standing relationship — someone who knows your yard