This year’s poster theme was “Celebrate Trees in Our Community”. Colorado fifth graders from around the state participated, with schools submitting winning posters for the statewide judging event. The Colorado Tree Coalition selected Jissel Silva’s poster as the winner of the 2014 Colorado Arbor Day Poster Contest! Jissel is from Parkview Elementary in Lamar. Read More …
Answer: If there a is a bark beetle of some sort in the tree, then a spray will only cost you money. The timing of bark beetle spraying needs to be done before the tree is infested. Generally the timing of a tree treatment is just as important as knowing what type of remedy the Read More …
As of 2018 there were no reported EAB evidence in Highlands Ranch, Centennial or suburan South Denver. You may have read this story in the Denver Post on Monday September 9th about the City of Denver shifting it’s forestry management from planting trees to managing and maintaining the 2.2 million trees in Denver’s urban forest. Read More …
The question was asked about the aspen tree pictured, standing around 10 yards from where the the owner and I were standing. What’s wrong with that aspen tree? Here is what I saw from that vantage point in the customer’s yard. We were discussing another tree at that point so I made a note to Read More …
As Highlands Ranch’s trees become mature, we’ve seen a small but real change in the type and amount of issues that H’ Ranch residents encounter. So we wanted to take a few hundred words to highlight some of the issues your neighbors have asked us about so you can have a deeper understanding of tree Read More …
For years Highlands Ranch has been considered a new county although its technically unincorproated. New buildings, new people and new trees. These young trees haven’t had the opportunity to provide many of the benefits trees provide for an area. But as the years have gone by Highlands Ranch trees have began maturing along with it. Comment Read More …
The Highlands Ranch Garden club has a list of gardens nearby. We love Hudson Gardens and it is still a great value ($2.00 or something for admission).
Highlands Ranch was named as a Tree City USA for the 21st consecutive year in 2011. The National Arbor Day Foundation awards the designation to communities that spend 2$ a year per capita on tree preservation and trimming and have a dedicated forestry office among other considerations. This year, the Metro District of H’ Ranch Read More …
06/12/10 Review by Raul V. in Littleton, CO Project: Remove a Tree Stump The tree stump removal was fine. The one concern I did have was when moving my patio furniture to bring the machine in the backyard they did cause damage. My patio table was broken and a wooden step was pushed out of Read More …
Carbaryl, used in brand name products Sevin, is the standard mountain pine beetle treatment and has been used in agriculture since the 1950’s. However, permethrin, a new chemical found in Astro and other products has gained steam because over the last decade because of it’s lower toxicity, easier clean-up and the near parity in effectiveness. Read More …