Beautiful design
deserves lasting
stewardship.

Your sustainability-forward landscapes need a partner who protects design intent from install through legacy — not just a crew with chainsaws.

Arborist Now  ×  Shades of Green
Confidential — Prepared for Ive Haugeland & Akiko Ono, Shades of Green Landscape Architecture
Heritage Monterey Cypress

Your landscapes are
designed to evolve.

They peak years after turnover — not at the punch-list.

Sustainable design needs biological follow-through

Turnover is not the finish line. It's the handoff into the most fragile phase of a landscape's life — where the vision either compounds or collapses.

Design restraint demands maintenance restraint

Generic pruning destroys the architectural clarity your clients chose you for. From Mid-Century Garden to Logan Apartments, your work needs a partner who understands form.

Mature night garden

The gap isn't design.
It's duration.

Most failures start at install and year one.
DESIGN
INSTALL
YEAR 1
ESTABLISH
LEGACY
←  RISK ZONE  →

Where your time, margin, and reputation go:

Unscoped tree conflicts. Last-minute removals. Root damage during grading. Dead-on-arrival plants. Irrigation misses. Change orders that erode your fee — and the blame lands on your brand.

Steep hillside construction

The Soil–Root–Canopy Nexus.

We manage the biology so you can focus on the geometry.
Soil

Microbiome health, drainage, organic amendment — the invisible foundation beneath every planting plan.

PHC crew at work
Root

Structural root development, compaction mitigation, mycorrhizal inoculation for decades of stability.

Plant health inspection
Canopy

Crown architecture, light management, structural pruning that reveals design geometry — never obscures it.

Formal courtyard planting
Lush residential landscape

One partner.
Zero surprises.

Complete site stewardship — pre-con through legacy

Soils & Amendments

Custom prescriptions and organic programs tuned to Bay Area microclimates and your planting palettes.

Plant Health Care

IPM, disease diagnostics, fertilization — coordinated with your specs, not a generic spray schedule.

Trees & Structural Pruning

ISA-certified climbers pruning for silhouette, sightlines, and long-term structural integrity.

Irrigation Coordination

System audits and scheduling aligned to your establishment targets — not left to the maintenance crew.

Protecting your assets
when construction begins.

Monitoring  •  Documentation  •  Micro LBE (SF)

Tree Protection During Construction

Pre-con surveys, TPZ installation, root pruning oversight, and real-time monitoring when heavy equipment works near existing canopy.

Clean Documentation & Risk Control

Arborist reports, photo logs, and compliance docs that protect both you and your client if disputes arise after handoff.

ISA Certified • ANSI A300 Aligned • CA License #961415SF Micro LBE
Hillside construction wide

Where we fit in your workflow.

Pre-Con  →  Install  →  Establishment  →  Legacy
PRE-CON
Tree surveys, soil analysis, TPZ planning, constructability risk ID
INSTALL
Planting oversight, root-ball QA, grade checks, irrigation sign-off
ESTABLISH
3-year monitoring cycle — pruning, PHC, irrigation, photo reporting
LEGACY
Ongoing stewardship, canopy management, seasonal adjustments
Newly staked plantings Active garden maintenance
Arborist climbing in oak canopy

Every cut serves
the design intent.

Structural pruning for silhouette and sightlines.
CONVENTIONAL MAINTENANCE
  • Clearance pruning for access
  • Heading cuts that destroy form
  • No awareness of design drawings
  • Reactive — calls after damage
  • DESIGN-INFORMED STEWARDSHIP
  • Pruning for silhouette
  • Reduction cuts preserving form
  • Specs reference your drawings
  • Proactive — prevents the call
  • On-site milling close-up Cross-section milling

    When trees must go,
    we keep the story.

    Reclaim  •  Mill  •  Fabricate  •  Install
    01
    Reclaim
    Safe removal with
    wood preservation
    02
    Mill
    On-site slab cutting
    or local mill
    03
    Fabricate
    Benches, tables,
    sculptural elements
    04
    Install
    Returns to the site
    as a design feature

    Design intent,
    protected long
    after turnover.

    Pilot: Stewardship Scope + Risk Map

    We select two pilot sites, walk them with your team, and deliver: establishment risk map (soil / root / canopy), 12-month stewardship outline with monitoring cadence, and a response SLA with escalation path. Then a 30-minute monthly alignment call to keep execution clean. No cost. No obligation.

    Arborists trained to prune for architecture + structural integrity
    Construction-phase tree protection documentation designed to hold up in disputes.
    ISA Certified • ANSI A300 Aligned • CA License #961415 SF Micro LBE
    Mature garden with gazebo