GTB’s 2024 Summer Hiatus runs from June 28 to August 9. We used to call this our summer break or summer vacation, but as the kids really are more than alright, and wicked smart in their terminology, we’ve started calling this what it truly is: a pause in our process. […]
Arboriculture
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzi-xE_qgTY Music by Reid Pressley, Old Town Records I’m an Alternative and Indie Rock musician making music for myself. I play all of the instruments in all of my songs, from drums to guitar. For forever, I’ve been so entranced in music as a whole. I grew up surrounded by […]
Our love for the humans who share this land with the trees and the bees has never been stronger than during this unprecedented time. This is indeed a brave new world. We are committed to doing our part to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and to protect the health and […]
We are delighted to report that Grateful Trees and Bees is partnering with For Garden’s Sake to offer a free pruning workshop! Participation is limited to ten students. Follow the below links to register. Tree Pruning for Beginners Saturday, February 1, 10am-11am In the N.C. Piedmont, winter is the ideal time […]
Through the Grateful Trees and Bees Meet Your North Carolina Native Trees blog series, we’ll introduce you to the native trees we consider our friends.* Cercis canadensis Common Name: Eastern Redbud, Redbud Native Range: Eastern North America from Southern Ontario, Canada to Northern Florida Zone: 4 to 9 Height @ 10 years: 16-feet […]
In early February 2015, Jacob Pressley, Grateful Trees and Bees Durham, NC owner, arborist and forester, headed out to the West Coast for three days of tree work in Sonoma, California. Jake’s mission, with the assistance of the Pressley-West crew was to conduct a maintenance prune on a Heritage Valley […]
Okay, this is way cool. North Carolina landowners may soon have access to carbon markets. This means that private landowners would be able to conserve forest lands by allowing their trees to do what they do so well — absorb and sequester carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Canopy Scientific, a […]
Through the Grateful Trees and Bees Meet Your North Carolina Native Trees blog series, we’ll introduce you to the native trees we consider our friends.* Quercus alba Common Name: White Oak Family: Fagaceae Native Range: Eastern North America Zone: 3b to 9 Height @ 15 years: 15-20 feet Height @ […]
Through the Grateful Trees and Bees’ Meet Your North Carolina Native Trees blog series, we’ll introduce you to the native trees we consider our friends.* Betula nigra Common Name: River Birch Family: Betulaceae Native Range: Eastern United States Zone: 4 to 9 Height @ 15 years: 25 feet Height @ […]
It’s harvest time in the Piedmont of North Carolina. At Grateful Trees and Bees that means we’re bringing in from our kitchen garden carrots, sweet potatoes, chard, peppers, green beans and the errant, late blooming tomato or cucumber. It also means we’re eagerly awaiting the peak harvest season of our […]
Continuing Grateful Trees and Bees series of posts on Firewood Season, we turn this week to the debate over whether heating with wood can be considered a carbon-neutral, green energy. Stick with us, this gets a little smokey (no pun intended). At it’s most basic, wood burning is argued to […]