From a thoughtful, big-picture perspective, Roger understands the relationship between a tree’s infancy, growth, and long term health. He approaches each tree with an open mind and skilled eyes to ensure that diagnosis, care, and investment are all handled wisely and with the future in mind.
Roger believes in listening to the “body language” of trees – using a vast understanding and skillset to address and prevent issues with your trees.
He offers tree risk assessment (valuable to insurance companies, municipalities, high-risk situations) along with tree appraisal and educational services.
We all know Kansas terrain and environmental factors can be tricky! Roger partners with homeowners, developers, and more to ensure that the right tree is planted in the right place in the right way.
Happy Tree is proud to offer services for the whole tree. With his pulse on trends and threats to the local canopy, Roger keeps up to date in order to spot potential issues, as well as maintaining the best practices for structural pruning and plant healthcare.
You’ve probably seen rows of trees pruned back in a hasty manner. These are the kinds of things that make Roger want to stop and educate everyone with a tree in their yard! With a mindset toward longevity and health, Roger uses the right techniques to prune effectively to strengthen branch attachment and avoid wounding the tree.
While Roger comes to the table equipped with the knowledge and certifications for use of pesticides, he also brings a holistic approach to plant health and an understanding that most pests are a secondary cause. If your tree is under stress, it is vulnerable. Roger’s goal is to find the underlying cause for the illness/distress and treat the root cause and leave you with a healthy tree.
Every child who has climbed a tree knows this truth – that everything changes from up there. Roger sees this in a full way, saying that “Everything changes when you get in that canopy. It’s a whole different ecosystem. You can read the body language of the tree differently when you can get inside the ecosystem.”
With access to all parts of a tree through rope access, Roger has the ability to inspect differently and also use proper pruning techniques. Tree malpractice most often happens because it’s difficult to prune the tips, but most pruning should happen on the periphery. It’s too hard to reach these parts from buckets and with pull saws. Trusting a certified climber with rope access is important in avoiding wounding a tree through incorrect techniques.
By also offering proper assessment, if the decision does need to be made to remove a large portion or all of a tree, Roger brings experience and value to this process. He finds the mechanics, math, and physics of the process astounding and exciting. He is committed to doing the process well and is satisfied by the feeling of taking a thousand pound piece of wood out of someone’s backyard without damage to the property and home.
