According to Wikipedia, "Arboriculture" is the selection, planting, care, and removal of individual trees, shrubs, vines and other perennial woody plants and the study of how they grow and respond to cultural practices and the environment.

The purpose is generally to manage trees, usually in a garden or urban setting, for plant health and longevity, pest and pathogen resistance, risk management and ornamental or aesthetic reasons. In this, it needs to be distinguished from forestry, which is the commercial prouction and use of timber and other forest products from plantations and forest. Arboriculture can be considered to have a similar relationship to forestry as gardening has to agriculture.

Stacy Borden is an ISA Certified Arborist as well as a member of the American Society of Consulting Arborists, and the Kentucky Arborist Association to name a few. He is committed to educating the public in the proper care and planting of trees in our urban landscape.

To learn more about Stacy's work as a certified arborist, please click here.