Almstead Around Town

Summer 2019

Arbor Day Celebrations 2018

We continued our tradition of celebrating Arbor Day by participating in many significant events in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut during April and May. They included tree plantings, talks by arborists at local schools, kids tree climbing stations, and booths at several Arbor Day festivals and events. Almstead arborists also handed out thousands of Eastern Redbud, Norway Spruce, Red Pine, and High Bush Cranberry saplings this year.

Our arborists and crews donated and planted trees, talked to students, and gave away saplings at Matthew Paterson Elementary School (Carmel, NY), Transfiguration School (Tarrytown, NY), Jefferson Elementary School (New Rochelle, NY), Mohawk Country Day School (White Plains, NY), Wolfpit Elementary School (Norwalk, CT), Salem Drive School (Whippany, NJ) and William Patterson University (Wayne, NJ). Almstead also set up junior arborist stations, sapling giveaways and information booths at local public events including the Earth Day Fair (Ridgewood, NJ), Arbor Day at Wave Hill Public Garden (Bronx, NY), and Down On The Farm at Darien Nature Center (Darien, CT).

Click here for complete coverage of our 2019 Arbor Day events.

Arborist Ryan Duff at Ridgewood Earth Day Fair

Connecticut Staff (L to R): Maria Amador (Office Manager), Gary Norman (Branch Manager) with Michael Almstead (VP) at Tracey Elementary School, Norwalk.

CEO, Ken Almstead at Wave Hill

Arborist Jeff Thrasher at Matthew Patterson School

Sustainability Seminar

Ken Almstead, CEO, was the moderator of a seminar titled, “Sustainability of Trees in the Urban/Suburban Landscape: Spotting Hazards, Remediation, Planting & Maintenance,” presented by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Westchester County.

Presenters included Tom Zazzarino (Line Clearance/Vegetation Management Manager, Con Edison), Scott Martta (Line Clearance/Vegetation Management Planner, Con Edison), Navé Strauss (Director of Street Tree Plannng, NYC Parks) and Benjamin Osborne (Director of Tree Preservation, NYC Parks).

Tradeshows and Expos

Almstead exhibited at both the New York and New Jersey Co-Op Expos this spring.

Image 1: Arborist Erick Fields from our New Rochelle Branch at the NY Co-Op Expo).

Image 2: Jeff Thrasher, our Hawthorne Branch Manager, was at the 2019 Home, Lifestyle & Family Show in Yorktown Heights, NY.

Image 1: New York Co-Op Expo

Image 2: Home/Lifestyles Show

Image 1: Paul Smith College Career Fair

Image 2: Joshua Mikolay

Paul Smith Career Fair

HR Manager, Ben Groff and Operations Manager, Marc Viggiano, were at the Spring Paul Smith College Career Day (Image 1). Joshua Mikolay, an Arboriculture major, was the winner of the Almstead Raffle Basket (Image 2).

For information on internships and job opportunities at Almstead, please write to jobs@almstead.com or visit the career section of our website at www.almstead.com.

LOCATIONS:

Lower Westchester County, NY and New York City

58 Beechwood Ave, New Rochelle, NY 10801

914-576-0193

Upper Westchester (North of I-287)

15 Broadway, Hawthorne, NY 10532

914-741-1510

Fairfield County, Connecticut

547 Hope Street, Stamford CT 06907

203-348-4111

Bergen & Passaic Counties, NJ

504 High Mountain Road, North Haledon, NJ 07508

973-636-6711