Napping beneath trees
From the Methuselah Grove in the Owens Valley of California’s White Mountains – where the oldest trees (and thus the oldest living things) live. The LIVING (!)trees in this grove are over 4,600 years old.
I think that I should never see
A poem as lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.
-Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918)
Loudoun County’s
ARBOR ARTIST, INC.
specializing in the art of tree care
While truly “only God can make a tree,” there does exist an elite group of individuals who are trained in, experienced at, and impassioned about protecting and caring for our world’s awesome and invaluable perennial, woody plants.
Northern Virginia’s Arbor Artist, Inc. employs and shares the skills of such artistic individuals; this family-owned and operated business has gracefully transformed the arduous, challenging, and often precarious task of caring for trees into an art form.
Like a sculptor carefully shaping, spinning, and forming a piece of fine workmanship out of a once-unnoticed clump of clay, so too do the arborists at Arbor Artist, Inc. prune, cable, brace, shape, protect, and care for individual trees out of an oft-overlooked forest of foliage that line our properties, roads, and countryside.
Trees and shrubs provide many things for many creatures, great and small: shade from an afternoon’s sultry sun, protecton frm a predator, fruit for an evening snack, an arm to hold a swing, a trunk to brace a ack, and a canopy under which to nap.
As with all living things, however, often sunlight, water, and appreciation are not enough to ensure optimum health and longevity throughout life’s storms. That’s why a unique service like Arbor Artist, Inc. thrives in the industry of tree care; rooted in Leesburg abd staffing only professionally-trained International Society of Arborculture Certified Arborists, Arbor Artist, Inc., offers a variety of Tree & Shrub Programs for both commerical and residential clients throughout Loudoun County and Northern Virginia.
Whether a tree has declined to an unsafe condition and needs to be removed or that ol’ English boxwood in the backyard needs to be pruned to supply additional energy for the development of flowers, fruits, and limbs that remain on the plant, Arbor Artist, Inc. stands tall as Northern Virginia’s most sought after and popular tree service of choice.
Well-trained and qualified not only to protect and provide personal care for a client’s trees, but also to educate others about the proper and timely treatment of trees, the certified arborists at Arbor Artist, Inc. have established an irrefutable reputation throughout the years for exceeding customer’s expectations while enhacing the environment with each tree they treat.
From tree and shrub evaluation, pruning, cabling, bracing, and removal of trees, to installing lightening protection, assessing storm damage for insurance and safety reasons, and grinding and removing tree stumps, it is easy to see this integrity-based, local professional tree service truly loves, respects, and values trees.
If you are considering planting some trees on your new property, or would like to have your current trees assessed for care, treatment, or possible removal, you can contact the ISA-Certified arborists at (540) 822-5611, or email them through their website.
Now go – and nap beneath a tree.
Purchase this beautiful poster for your home – and on those days when you feel like life’s storms are almost unbearable, you can think of the strong and deeply-rooted Methuselah tree – and all the storms and seasons of the year it continues to survive.
Learn more about the Methuselah Tree!
