The Lusk Tree Care Mission

At Lusk Tree Service Inc., we are committed to the care, management and preservation of trees and woodlands in the Piedmont Triad Area. We have a reputation of providing quality service. Each tree and each job site is considered unique and deserving of the most modern arboricultural practices available in order to insure the safety, beauty and health of your TREES.

Lusk Tree Service, 1979-2012, is proudly celebrating its 33rd anniversary. We are a fully insured tree care company providing complete coverage for both your property and our workers.

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Memberships

American Society of Consulting Arborists – David Lusk -consulting arborist

 

Tree Care Industry Association -member since 1985

 

 

International Society of Arboriculture- Derek Renegar – certified arborist

 

 

 

Background

President and founder, David Lusk, is a Winston-Salem native with a bachelor’s degree from High Point University and a master’s degree from Fielding Graduate Universiy. A member of the American Society of Consulting Arborists, he has studied arboriculture under Dr. Alex Shigo, internationally recognized tree expert and author of the books: Modern Arboriculture, A New Tree Biology, and Tree Pruning: A Worldwide Photo Guide. The full color cover of the latter, shown here, features a tree pruned years ago by Lusk Tree Service and is located at Graylyn Conference Center. (The photo below taken by Dr. Shigo, demonstrates the proper placement and closure of pruning cuts we had made on an old white oak several years prior to his visit with us in Winston-Salem).



We have made it our mission to communicate what we have learned from our dear friend, teacher and  mentor, the late Dr. Alex Shigo. His gift: a more informed, a more inspired, a more scientific and a more ethical way to treat the trees, green ways, parks and woodlands of our communities. We were the first local tree care company to introduce Dr. Alex Shigo’s Modern Tree Biology to the greater Winston-Salem area.

 

 

 

David Lusk is active in the community, previously serving as Chairman of the Tree Committee ofthe Community Appearance Commission and serving as Chairman of the Community Tree Task Force which was assigned the duty of writing a Tree Ordinance for the City of Winston-Salem. In 2008 the Better Business Bureau of Northwest North Carolina elected David Lusk to it’s Board of Directors. He currently serves on the Advisory Board of Forsyth Technical Community College’s horticulture department.

His message: “A community that honors its trees is a community that honors its past, present and future. The City Hall magnolia trees pictured above are symbolic of our community’s commitment to trees. “

This page is dedicated to the memory of  our friend and teacher Dr. Alex Shigo.

Dr. Alex Shigo (1930-2006)

Shigo at work.

These trees and many more led to the development of his “New Tree Biology.” The concepts and practical hands on theories he developed in the woods and in the laboratory, dramatically revolutionized the fields of arboriculture and forestry. Arborists worldwide are forever grateful for what he has done to further our knowledge of trees. He was a master of bringing science to the practitioners. His enthusiasm and inspiring ways of teaching are greatly missed.

Thank you for taking the time to read this page.