Tree Pruning for Safety and Health

Tree pruning is the best way to keep it healthy and safe. In this tree pruning video, a 100 year old Oak tree in Jenkintown PA towers over two houses and detached garages. 

High up in the tree's massive crown, Mike Teti, CTSP and ISA Certified Arborist and Jose Orellana,Giroud Climber work together to remove hazardous deadwood and raise limbs off roofs and wires for better clearance and air flow. The tree climbers use a natural tree pruning technique to maintain the tree's beautiful shape and promote healthy growth. 

Do your trees need pruning? Summer storms are coming.  Experience shows that recently pruned trees sustain the least damage in storms. Call your Giroud Arborist to evaluate your trees for pruning today!

Cedar Apple Rust

It's one of nature's unique relationships. Spores from Cedars and Junipers cause problems on Apples and Crabapples.   Learn how Cedar Apple Rust can stress trees and the treatment options by watching this video of Erik Rodgers, ISA Certified Arborist at Giroud, at a home in New Hope, PA.

Treatment options can include fungicide application in Spring, pruning diseased limbs and tree removal of Juniper or Cedars growing near Apple or Crabapple trees.  If you suspect your trees have Cedar Apple Rust, please contact us!

Stop the Beetle! Emerald Ash Borer Awareness Week

Emerald Ash Borer Awareness Week is May 20-26 to focus national attention on the dangers and ways to control this deadly pest.  Stop the Beetle asks consumers to pledge to do their part to slow the spread of Emerald Ash Borer.  

Tree Removal over House and Deck

Tree Removal of White Oak Tree growing through deck and over a house in Wyncote PA.  The tree removal is shown from start to finish including Mike Teti, CTSP and ISA Certified Arborist, setting up each cut so the limbs can be safely removed over the house with the crane.

Giroud Donates $2,880 to Pennypack Trust for Hazardous Tree Removal

Hazardous tree removal from the Pennypack Creek was the focus of Giroud Tree and Lawn's donation of $2,880 in volunteer time and equipment to the Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust in celebration of Earth Day.  Two large beech trees had fallen across the creek and were causing a damming hazard.  Giroud volunteers and ISA Certified Arborists, Drew Slousky, Mike Teti and Rob Nagy stood in the creek to cut down the trees and remove them with Giroud's crane.

Emerald Ash Borer Endangers Local Ash Trees

Emerald Ash Borer, a deadly pest, has been confirmed in Warrington PA by the PA Department of Agriculture. Watch the video as Drew Slousky, Giroud Vice President and ISA Certified Arborist, explains that Emerald Ash Borer is a threat to all Ash Trees within 15 miles around Warrington PA which covers most of Bucks and Montgomery County PA and parts of Philadelphia and the Main Line. Homeowners need to have your Giroud ISA Certified Arborist survey your property for Ash Trees. If you have Ash Trees that are valuable to your landscape and good candidates for Emerald Ash Borer treatment, Giroud will recommend an Emerald Ash Borer treatment protocol to give your tree its best chance of survival. Contact Giroud Tree and Lawn to schedule a free evaluation at 215-682-7704 or visit: Giroud's Emerald Ash Borer Page.
 

Hazardous Tree Removal in Elkins Park

Tree removals can be a challenge. "Every tree removal job is unique." says Rob Nagy, Giroud Arborist. "The tree's proximity to the house, garden beds, lawn, and electrical wires are just a few of the challenges that must be considered to safely remove a tree." 

Watch our video, you'll see how our Giroud Tree crew removes a hazardous Tulip Tree in Elkins Park and transports the wood from a remote part of a customer's property to our chipper truck while protecting the customer's lawn and surrounding structures.