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What A Difference A Team Makes

When it comes to trees, Terra Landscape has all the bases covered. For starters, our Terra Design team will help you choose the best trees for your sun/wind exposure, soil type, and Sunset Zone. We’ll make sure you get the right tree for the right spot. Then our Terra Construction Division purchases the highest-quality trees, all grown in local nurseries. We double-check each tree upon delivery for healthy growth and good root structure then carefully plant the tree in the designated spot. Our time-tested methods for staking…
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What A Difference A Team Makes

  • Tree Sculpture Group
When it comes to trees, Terra Landscape has all the bases covered. For starters, our Terra Design team will help you choose the best trees for your sun/wind exposure, soil type, and Sunset Zone. We’ll make sure you get the right tree for the right spot. Then our Terra Construction Division purchases the highest-quality trees, all grown in local nurseries. We double-check each tree upon delivery for healthy growth and good root structure then carefully plant the tree in the designated spot. Our time-tested methods for staking…
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What A Difference A Team Makes

  • Tree Sculpture Group
When it comes to trees, Terra Landscape has all the bases covered. For starters, our Terra Design team will help you choose the best trees for your sun/wind exposure, soil type, and Sunset Zone. We’ll make sure you get the right tree for the right spot. Then our Terra Construction Division purchases the highest-quality trees, all grown in local nurseries. We double-check each tree upon delivery for healthy growth and good root structure then carefully plant the tree in the designated spot. Our time-tested methods for staking…
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Emergency Tree Care

Dang it! Just when you’re sitting down to dinner, you get a message: A tree just fell on the property, and it’s blocking the street! Who you gonna call? Tree Sculpture.Our team responded quickly and started clearing the road.After establishing safety protocols, the team got to work….
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Emergency Tree Care

  • Tree Sculpture Group
Dang it! Just when you’re sitting down to dinner, you get a message: A tree just fell on the property, and it’s blocking the street! Who you gonna call? Tree Sculpture.Our team responded quickly and started clearing the road.After establishing safety protocols, the team got to work….
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Emergency Tree Care

  • Tree Sculpture Group
Dang it! Just when you’re sitting down to dinner, you get a message: A tree just fell on the property, and it’s blocking the street! Who you gonna call? Tree Sculpture.Our team responded quickly and started clearing the road.After establishing safety protocols, the team got to work….
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Soil Health

There’s an old saying that a garden is only as healthy as its soil. The ideal soil is dark, crumbly loam that smells sweet and earthy, teeming with life. Most urban and suburban areas were literally scraped during construction, removing the topsoil and many of the microorganisms that made it alive. The remaining dirt can be practically inert. Weeds won’t even grow in such a barren landscape. Established shrubs are able to hang on, especially if fertilized. To wake up the soil in such an area, we apply Holganix, an organic…
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Soil Health

  • Tree Sculpture Group
There’s an old saying that a garden is only as healthy as its soil. The ideal soil is dark, crumbly loam that smells sweet and earthy, teeming with life. Most urban and suburban areas were literally scraped during construction, removing the topsoil and many of the microorganisms that made it alive. The remaining dirt can be practically inert. Weeds won’t even grow in such a barren landscape. Established shrubs are able to hang on, especially if fertilized. To wake up the soil in such an area, we apply Holganix, an organic…
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Soil Health

  • Tree Sculpture Group
There’s an old saying that a garden is only as healthy as its soil. The ideal soil is dark, crumbly loam that smells sweet and earthy, teeming with life. Most urban and suburban areas were literally scraped during construction, removing the topsoil and many of the microorganisms that made it alive. The remaining dirt can be practically inert. Weeds won’t even grow in such a barren landscape. Established shrubs are able to hang on, especially if fertilized. To wake up the soil in such an area, we apply Holganix, an organic…
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Evergreen Needle Drop

Even though they are evergreen, redwood and pine trees are known for shedding large quantities of brown needles during late summer and early fall, a natural process that often catches people by surprise. This needle drop is part of the trees’ annual cycle and serves to conserve water and support new growth. To cope with drought stress, these trees allow their oldest needles to die off, thus reducing the overall demand for water. Additionally, this annual shed helps rid the trees of less-efficient foliage: Needles typically last for…
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Evergreen Needle Drop

  • Tree Sculpture Group
Even though they are evergreen, redwood and pine trees are known for shedding large quantities of brown needles during late summer and early fall, a natural process that often catches people by surprise. This needle drop is part of the trees’ annual cycle and serves to conserve water and support new growth. To cope with drought stress, these trees allow their oldest needles to die off, thus reducing the overall demand for water. Additionally, this annual shed helps rid the trees of less-efficient foliage: Needles typically last for…
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Evergreen Needle Drop

  • Tree Sculpture Group
Even though they are evergreen, redwood and pine trees are known for shedding large quantities of brown needles during late summer and early fall, a natural process that often catches people by surprise. This needle drop is part of the trees’ annual cycle and serves to conserve water and support new growth. To cope with drought stress, these trees allow their oldest needles to die off, thus reducing the overall demand for water. Additionally, this annual shed helps rid the trees of less-efficient foliage: Needles typically last for…
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Firescaping

After a long rainy season, we’re starting to see the warmer, drier conditions we expect during May in the Bay Area. We love the sunny weather, but when the rains stop, the clock starts ticking on fire season. Now is a good time to clear any deadwood and start developing a plan to make your property as fire-safe as possible. We offer a multi-pronged approach to firescaping: Trim tree canopies up to 8 feet high to prevent fire ladders Mow grasses and weeds when they dry and turn brown (weed abatement) Remove highly flammable juniper…
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Firescaping

  • Tree Sculpture Group
After a long rainy season, we’re starting to see the warmer, drier conditions we expect during May in the Bay Area. We love the sunny weather, but when the rains stop, the clock starts ticking on fire season. Now is a good time to clear any deadwood and start developing a plan to make your property as fire-safe as possible. We offer a multi-pronged approach to firescaping: Trim tree canopies up to 8 feet high to prevent fire ladders Mow grasses and weeds when they dry and turn brown (weed abatement) Remove highly flammable juniper…
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Firescaping

  • Tree Sculpture Group
After a long rainy season, we’re starting to see the warmer, drier conditions we expect during May in the Bay Area. We love the sunny weather, but when the rains stop, the clock starts ticking on fire season. Now is a good time to clear any deadwood and start developing a plan to make your property as fire-safe as possible. We offer a multi-pronged approach to firescaping: Trim tree canopies up to 8 feet high to prevent fire ladders Mow grasses and weeds when they dry and turn brown (weed abatement) Remove highly flammable juniper…
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Fall Color

When you think of autumn leaves turning brilliant colors, you might think of Vermont, Maine, Oregon, or Arkansas – but California holds its own! Look for the flaming colors of Ginkgo, Red Maple, Sweet Gum, and Chinese Pistache in the North and East Bay. Rossmoor, in Walnut Creek, has a particularly showy population of trees, and folks from all over the country travel there to see them in their autumn glory. Our Design/Construction team can find just the right tree to bring fall color to your property, and our Tree division can…
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Fall Color

  • Tree Sculpture Group
When you think of autumn leaves turning brilliant colors, you might think of Vermont, Maine, Oregon, or Arkansas – but California holds its own! Look for the flaming colors of Ginkgo, Red Maple, Sweet Gum, and Chinese Pistache in the North and East Bay. Rossmoor, in Walnut Creek, has a particularly showy population of trees, and folks from all over the country travel there to see them in their autumn glory. Our Design/Construction team can find just the right tree to bring fall color to your property, and our Tree division can…
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Fall Color

  • Tree Sculpture Group
When you think of autumn leaves turning brilliant colors, you might think of Vermont, Maine, Oregon, or Arkansas – but California holds its own! Look for the flaming colors of Ginkgo, Red Maple, Sweet Gum, and Chinese Pistache in the North and East Bay. Rossmoor, in Walnut Creek, has a particularly showy population of trees, and folks from all over the country travel there to see them in their autumn glory. Our Design/Construction team can find just the right tree to bring fall color to your property, and our Tree division can…
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Drought-Adapted Trees

Here at Terra, we like to keep our people up to date on the latest and greatest – and that includes newly available trees that are adapted to our long dry season. We recently sent a team to Devil Mountain Nursery for a workshop focused on unusual drought-tolerant trees for Bay Area Gardens. Several new species are being tried, but our favorite so far is the ISLAND OAK (Quercus tomentella). It’s a small evergreen tree – only about 25 tall and wide – with a symmetrical shape and attractive leaves. Native to the Channel Islands, this…
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Drought-Adapted Trees

  • Tree Sculpture Group
Here at Terra, we like to keep our people up to date on the latest and greatest – and that includes newly available trees that are adapted to our long dry season. We recently sent a team to Devil Mountain Nursery for a workshop focused on unusual drought-tolerant trees for Bay Area Gardens. Several new species are being tried, but our favorite so far is the ISLAND OAK (Quercus tomentella). It’s a small evergreen tree – only about 25 tall and wide – with a symmetrical shape and attractive leaves. Native to the Channel Islands, this…
Read More

Drought-Adapted Trees

  • Tree Sculpture Group
Here at Terra, we like to keep our people up to date on the latest and greatest – and that includes newly available trees that are adapted to our long dry season. We recently sent a team to Devil Mountain Nursery for a workshop focused on unusual drought-tolerant trees for Bay Area Gardens. Several new species are being tried, but our favorite so far is the ISLAND OAK (Quercus tomentella). It’s a small evergreen tree – only about 25 tall and wide – with a symmetrical shape and attractive leaves. Native to the Channel Islands, this…
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The Winds of 2023

So far this year, a series of atmospheric rivers has lashed the Bay Area. The soil is soaked and the reservoirs are full. Thank you very much, Mother Nature and enough already! These storms have inflicted some serious damage on the local treescape. Evergreen trees in particular get repeatedly soaked and top-heavy, so when the winds hit, they act like big, wet sails. Other mature trees split or break in two because of structural problems. When the emergency calls started rolling in, our crews were kept busy for days, working…
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The Winds of 2023

  • Tree Sculpture Group
So far this year, a series of atmospheric rivers has lashed the Bay Area. The soil is soaked and the reservoirs are full. Thank you very much, Mother Nature and enough already! These storms have inflicted some serious damage on the local treescape. Evergreen trees in particular get repeatedly soaked and top-heavy, so when the winds hit, they act like big, wet sails. Other mature trees split or break in two because of structural problems. When the emergency calls started rolling in, our crews were kept busy for days, working…
Read More

The Winds of 2023

  • Tree Sculpture Group
So far this year, a series of atmospheric rivers has lashed the Bay Area. The soil is soaked and the reservoirs are full. Thank you very much, Mother Nature and enough already! These storms have inflicted some serious damage on the local treescape. Evergreen trees in particular get repeatedly soaked and top-heavy, so when the winds hit, they act like big, wet sails. Other mature trees split or break in two because of structural problems. When the emergency calls started rolling in, our crews were kept busy for days, working…
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Fifty Years and Growing

In 1972, the year President Nixon visited China and Don McLean’s American Pie topped the music charts, our company got its start. A young artist named Craig Lundin was studying at California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland. His sculpture teacher, John Britton, had a small tree-care company and asked Craig if he would like to learn how to climb and prune trees. Craig said yes, and over the next year, they worked together part-time while following their own artistic paths. John taught Craig everything he knew about climbing trees …
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Fifty Years and Growing

  • Tree Sculpture Group
In 1972, the year President Nixon visited China and Don McLean’s American Pie topped the music charts, our company got its start. A young artist named Craig Lundin was studying at California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland. His sculpture teacher, John Britton, had a small tree-care company and asked Craig if he would like to learn how to climb and prune trees. Craig said yes, and over the next year, they worked together part-time while following their own artistic paths. John taught Craig everything he knew about climbing trees …
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Fifty Years and Growing

  • Tree Sculpture Group
In 1972, the year President Nixon visited China and Don McLean’s American Pie topped the music charts, our company got its start. A young artist named Craig Lundin was studying at California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland. His sculpture teacher, John Britton, had a small tree-care company and asked Craig if he would like to learn how to climb and prune trees. Craig said yes, and over the next year, they worked together part-time while following their own artistic paths. John taught Craig everything he knew about climbing trees …
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Earth Day and Arbor Day

Each spring, two important dates mark support for environmental protection. We celebrate these days because we take our commitment to the planet seriously.  Earth Day has been celebrated in April annually in the US since 1970 and eventually around the world. Last year, an estimated 1 billion people participated in Earth Day events. This year’s theme is Invest in Our Planet with an emphasis on guaranteeing a healthy future for the coming generations. For more information see earthday.org.  Arbor Day got its start a few years …
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Earth Day and Arbor Day

  • Tree Sculpture Group
Each spring, two important dates mark support for environmental protection. We celebrate these days because we take our commitment to the planet seriously.  Earth Day has been celebrated in April annually in the US since 1970 and eventually around the world. Last year, an estimated 1 billion people participated in Earth Day events. This year’s theme is Invest in Our Planet with an emphasis on guaranteeing a healthy future for the coming generations. For more information see earthday.org.  Arbor Day got its start a few years …
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Earth Day and Arbor Day

  • Tree Sculpture Group
Each spring, two important dates mark support for environmental protection. We celebrate these days because we take our commitment to the planet seriously.  Earth Day has been celebrated in April annually in the US since 1970 and eventually around the world. Last year, an estimated 1 billion people participated in Earth Day events. This year’s theme is Invest in Our Planet with an emphasis on guaranteeing a healthy future for the coming generations. For more information see earthday.org.  Arbor Day got its start a few years …
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