Plant Health Care is a proactive approach for managing plant health.  It focuses on avoiding, removing or alleviating plant stresses.  Many of the pests and pathogens that affect plants in the landscape are opportunistic.  They attack weak and stressed plants and are a secondary infestation.  They are an indication of an underlying problem.

Plants in the modern landscape face a number of challenges.  They are removed from the ecosystem they evolved in and placed in planters and lawns.  A tree is the sum of many parts from the largest animals that inhabit and gain nourishment from the tree to the microscopic bacteria, fungi, and nematodes that live in the tree and the environment created by it.  Like all living things these symbiotic relationships are crucial for good health.

There are several reasons someone may want to hire a consulting arborist

1. To diagnose tree health problems.
2. To Identify tree disease and insect problems.
3. To inspect the structural integrity of a tree.
4. To help build a tree management plan.
5. To assist in tree protection and construction planning.
6. To help with legal issues regarding trees.
7. To provide plant appraisals.