Most people call in an arborist when they think it’s time for a tree to be removed—a costly process both financially and environmentally, since trees are critical drivers of diversity.

Today’s guest runs a tree-care company and also a tree-focused non-profit that emphasize other services instead of removals, advocating for the planting of young trees, for caring for our trees with smart structural pruning and regular inspections to get to know them better and stay ahead of any problems, and for thoughtful support of dead and dying trees as important forever members of our ecosystems. 

Basil Camu is co-founder of Leaf & Limb tree-care company in Raleigh, N.C.,  and author of the new book “From Wasteland to Wonder: Easy Ways we can Help Heal Earth in the Sub/Urban Landscape.” Leaf & Limb is a very different kind of tree service that doesn’t do takedowns and instead focuses on tree care through all phases of its life, our subject today. 

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