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Don Cox Certified Arborist
Horticulture Consultant
Plant Health Care
Urban Forestry and
Tree Maintenance Specialist
+66 8 3860 9901 Thailand mobile
+852 9095 0696Hong Kong mobile
Don has over 40 years of experience and education in tree and landscape maintenance.
Son of a horticulturist-landscape architect, Don grew up around plant nurseries, parks, arboretums, landscaping and tree work. He's been a nurseryman, licensed landscape contractor, tree worker/foreman, tree service owner, tropical reforestation worker, orchard manager, consulting arborist, estimator and trainer. He’s lived and worked in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Hong Kong, India, and Thailand.
Don's early education and experience came from apprenticing with his father and other master horticulturists, arborists and organic farmers. His formal education includes college coursework in biological sciences, pest management, plant pathology, and business management.
Don's orientation to horticulture is comprehensive plant health care, integrated pest and disease management, environmentally safe methods and materials, and working to enhance the natural form, beauty and productivity of plants. Don loves trees, he knows a lot about them and he likes to save them if he can.
Specialties:
Tree and landscape maintenance advisor
Plant Health Care and Integrated Pest Management
Diagnosis of plant problems
Pest and disease control – “least toxic” approach
Custom soil analysis and prescription fertilization / amendments
Tree risk assessment and hazard abatement
Construction site tree preservation
Arborist reports and specifications
Tree and shrub pruning & removal recommendations
Tree work and landscaping priorities and estimates
Contractor selection and project management
International Society of Arboriculture- certified arborist
International Society of Tropical Foresters – urban forestry specialist
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