About this episode
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) To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code. Connect with Davey Tree on social media: Twitter: @DaveyTree Facebook: @DaveyTree Instagram: @daveytree YouTube: The Davey Tree Expert Company LinkedIn: The Davey Tree Expert Company Connect with Doug Oster at www.dougoster.com . Have topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at podcasts@davey.com . We want to hear from you! Click here to send Talking Trees Fan Mail!