Arborists’ Work on Historical Properties

Mike Bova, principal consultant and project developer for Davey Resource Group (DRG), Lou Meyer, business developer for Davey’s mid-Atlantic region, Makayla Minnes, utility vegetation management technician for DRG and Josh Piquette, branch manager of the Washington D.C./Maryland Commercial Landscape Services (CLS), talk about their favorite historical properties to work on and their Davey careers. 

In this episode we cover:  

• Notable properties in the Washington D.C./Maryland area (1:05)  
• The Armed Forces Retirement Home (2:30) 
• Special care taken for historical trees (4:10)  
• How it feels to work on historical properties (5:00)  
• Makayla’s job as a UVM technician (7:45)  
• The historic Austin properties that Makayla works on (9:00)  
• Makayla’s favorite trees (10:44) 
• Dealing with trees in wires (11:40) 
• What Makayla likes about her job (12:36)  
• How Makayla started with Davey (13:07)  
• Fall weather in Austin (13:45) 
• Hearst Castle – Significance of the property and the work Davey does there (15:00) 
• What Mike looks for during a tree risk assessment (20:00)  
• What being at Hearst Castle was like for Mike (22:58)  

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