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TreesSC 2023 Golden Acorn Award - Rob Johnston and Aiken Streetscapes Aiken Streetscapes is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to protect Aiken’s tree canopy. It began with an offer by Rob Johnston in 2017 to personally fund an inventory of Aiken’s entire...

TreesSC 2023 Heritage Tree Award - The Greenville Roots tree (aka Medusa Beech tree) The beautiful Reedy River Falls may be the centerpiece - and namesake - of Greenville's Falls Park in the heart of downtown Greenville, but a common American beech tree has been...

The York County Courthouse Deodar Cedar  On August 25, 2023 TreesSC presented the 2022 Heritage Tree award. The winner for 2022 was a Deodar Cedar on the front lawn of the York County Courthouse The Courthouse, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, had...

TreesSC and SCFC Hold SC Arborist Workshop Trees SC hosted its Fall SC Arborists Workshop (SCAW) Sept. 22 in partnership with the SC Forestry Commission — the first fall, in-person workshop at Harbison Environmental Center since 2019. Seventy attendees from the...

These Bee-Safe Communities Are Welcoming Back Pollinators By Aaron Anderson We’ve learned how to keep bees, butterflies, and other beneficial insects safe from pesticides at home. Yet what about all the other space out there? In this feature, we’ll meet eight...

          Liz Gilland, ISA Certified Arborist Ok, I know I’m stating the obvious but now that we are in the ‘dog days of summer’ it’s important to remind ourselves and others about the danger of heat and humidity. Let’s be real, none of likes to admit when we just...

Safety practices; more than just wearing PPE Sarah Morris, Trees SC Executive Director Every morning we are with a group in a crew room, or on the tail gate of our trucks, or at our job site reviewing our safety plan for the day.  We are trained and trained about...

Title Author   Ok I know I’m stating the obvious but now that we are in the ‘dog days of summer’ it’s important to remind ourselves and others about the danger of heat and humidity. Let’s be real, none of likes to admit when we just can’t take the heat,...