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If prequalifying improves the experience of buying a home or car, imagine applying that process to the care of trees at your home or business by hiring a International Society of Arboriculture Certified Arborist.

While not a PhD or M.D., these “tree doctors” have undergone on going recertification testing and intense study on the cultivation, management, and study of individual trees, shrubs, vines, and other perennial woody plants.

A pickup truck and a chainsaw do not a Certified Arborist make, at least by the definitions set forth by the ISA.

Just to be eligible for the exam, a candidate must have three or more years of full-time, eligible, practical work experience in arboriculture and/or a degree in the field of arboriculture, horticulture, landscape architecture, or forestry from a regionally accredited educational institute.

The comprehensive certification encompasses a myriad of topics which empowers the candidates with flexibility in the arboricultural profession. The 200-question exam covers tree biology, tree identification and selection, tree-soil-water relations, tree nutrition and fertilization, tree planting and establishment, pruning concepts and techniques, cabling, bracing and lightning protection, problem diagnosis and management, tree preservation on construction sites, climbing and safe work practices, and tree risk assessment.

The work doesn’t stop after becoming a Certified Arborist as 30 continuing education units (CEUs) are required to be recertified. CEUs are earned by attending seminars, studying in college courses, or completing study in ISA published magazines and books.

The image of arborists has improved with the Certified Arborist program, from the arborist's and the general public's perspective. The curriculum has set benchmarked minimum standards of achievement and incentives for continuing education.

Education allows Certified Arborists to better assure their customers that their trees will not be damaged or mutilated and set the expectations of a particular treatment.

To make sure that your trees get the best care, call Embark Tree and Landscape Services for a ISA Certified Arborist at 713-462-3261.

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For Embark Tree and Landscape Service, Earth Day is every day.

The first Earth Day in 1970 enlisted 20 million Americans; it was the largest organized citizen action in United States’ history.

With coordinated events taking place across the country, it is generally credited with launching the modern environmental movement. In 1990, Earth Day Network expanded internationally and organized campaigns in 142 nations. Earth Day now boasts the participation of more than one billion people in 190 countries.

While the impact is global, local efforts are the best place to start when thinking about Earth Day.

Sometimes nature requires a tree to be cut down; but as an environmentally conservative company, Embark Tree and Landscape believes a fallen tree is not the end.

Our Certified Arborists are degreed, accredited, and certified through International Society of Arboriculture and only use state of the art equipment to repurpose removed trees.

Every tree removed from the earth is returned to a home or garden right here in Houston. Trees and branches are processed by a wood chipper at the work site. What ends up in the trucks goes to create nutritious, rich mulch which retains moisture and protects the soil surrounding a plant.

Our team is committed to excellence and our environment. We emphasize tree preservation, and conservation of our Earth’s natural resources.

Earth day is every day. Visit EmbarkServices.com and learn about our Green Club or call us at 713-462-3261 or go online to request a visit.