Embark Blog
Are You Watering Your Trees Enough?.......Or Too Much?
Water is essential for your tree's growth and survival, but too much water can be detrimental. How do you know you are watering enough? A sufficient amount of water is 1-3 inches of water per week.
If your leaves are wilting or scorching, even after watering the specified amount, check if there is too much water for your tree by digging down 6-8 inches and feeling the soil. The soil should not be soaking wet, but cool and slightly moist to the touch.
What is TCIA Accreditation?
TCIA Accreditation is a third-party verification process similar in structure to other industry credentialing processes for companies, such as the ISO 9000 series certifications, TCIA Accreditation reviews tree care industry-specific standards and also reviews client satisfaction and regulatory compliance, including safety training and compliance requirements TCIA works with a team of independent auditors specially trained to identify is
Embark Receives TCIA's 2011 Safety Award!
Congratulations to our Embark Team for receiving TCIA's 2011 Safety Award for Outstanding Company Contribution to Safety.
Reducing work-related fatalities, injuries, and illnesses overall demonstrates a true commitment to improving the safety and well-being of tree care workers across the industry.
Lawn Maintenance - Warnings and Considerations
Taking care of your lawn is an important part of exterior home maintenance that not only adds to the beauty of your home, but can ultimately affect its sale value as well. Whether you care for your lawn or go to a professional lawn care company for this service, you have many options in caring for your yard.
Assessing pine and shade tree damage from drought
Assessing trees damaged or killed by drought can be tricky. Group the trees into three different categories: definitely dead, likely to live and questionable.
DEFINITELY DEAD
When to Prune?
This depends to a large extent on why you prune. Light pruning and the removal of dead wood can be done anytime. Otherwise, here are some guidelines, but recognizing that individual species may differ is important to remember.
What Tree Rings Tell Us About the Life of a Tree
Count the dark rings, and you know the tree's age. Study the rings, and you can learn much more. Many things affect the way the tree grows, and thus alter the shape, thickness, color and uniformity of the rings.
One Suite Proposal
Just before the holidays we were contacted by one of our fellow NACE members at the Westin Memorial City to document a suite for a VIP client that was planning on proposing to his longtime girlfriend. It certainly was a sight to see the rose petal paths and covered surfaces from the front door all the way through the entire suite. Embark Floral was contracted and set up over a couple of days to prepare and execute this surprise proposal.
Let's recycle our Christmas Trees!
Every year, Houstonians discard thousands of used Christmas trees that could be recycled into useable items. The COH is encouraging residents to recycle their Christmas trees to give them a new lease on life and make the recycling of Christmas trees a family tradition.
Embark Christmas Shindig 2011
Here are a few pics from our Employee Christmas Luncheon! We had a BLAST! A million thanks to Jeff Schroeder & Steve Navarro for helping make this event a memorable one. More pics to come later this week!
