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WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO
Horticultural Associates is a professional consulting firm dedicated to the sciences of horticulture and arboriculture. Specializing in the technical understanding of plant and tree growth, we act as an independent information resource providing assessments, recommendations, and management options.
Our full range of tree and plant consulting services focuses on problem solving in the commercial landscape and urban forest. We conduct tree inventories, prepare tree management reports, and develop tree preservation plans. We also conduct plant problem analysis, pest and disease assessments, structural evaluations, and soil and irrigation investigations.
Our background blends practical experience in commercial plant propagation and production with technical expertise in the areas of horticulture and arboriculture. This unique combination allows our clients to benefit from an uncommonly rich body of knowledge and insight. Our arborists are certified and our company founder, who holds a degree in Environmental Horticulture, offers a high level of expertise accumulated over three decades of experience. Our firm’s extensive knowledge of tree and plant species, as well as its comprehensive understanding of the various environmental conditions that affect plant growth, are the foundations of our success.
We will provide you with a pragmatic management solution to optimize the growth, appearance, and performance of your trees or plants. Our experience will enable us to generate design recommendations and management options tailored to your needs.
As arboricutural and horticultural experts, Horticultural Associates assists a wide range of clients including law firms, insurance companies, property managers, developers, land planners, public utilities, state and municipal agencies, architects and landscape architects, engineers, universities and schools, and home owners.
We are respected in legal, environmental, and regulatory arenas as they pertain to trees, plants, and vegetation. We provide third party advice, expert testimony in the courtroom, and, for insurance companies, determination of the value of tree damage or loss. We make frequent appearances at public and municipal assemblies such as design review boards, planning commissions, and city council meetings to provide expertise and opinion regarding development related tree issues.
We maintain current knowledge of and adherence to local tree preservation ordinances and vegetation management requirements, as well as local and state environmental regulations, including those associated with the California Environmental Quality Act. We collaborate with designers and contractors of all types, and understand the myriad components associated with land development.
Our office is located in the North Bay region of the greater San Francisco Bay Area. We serve and welcome clients throughout the west coast vicinity and beyond.
About John C. Meserve
Consulting Arborist, Horticulturist, Urban Forest Specialist, and Expert Witness
John C. Meserve began his career in horticulture and arboriculture over 30 years ago, and has been consulting in northern California since 1984. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental (Ornamental) Horticulture in 1977 from California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, graduating with academic honors. Following graduation he worked as a state licensed landscape contractor, state licensed pest control advisor and operator, and retail nursery manager. He also has experience as a commercial plant propagator, production grower, production manager, and sales manager at large wholesale nurseries in southern and northern California. Meserve has been an International Society of Arboriculture certified arborist (WCISA #0478) since 1989, and graduated from the American Society of Consulting Arborists consulting academy in 1999.
Meserve has enjoyed the opportunities to share his knowledge with design students in the School of Landscape Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley. As an adjunct faculty member for 4 years, he taught courses in Landscape Horticulture and Field identification of Landscape Plants. He has also taught for the University of California Extension program at Berkeley.
An active member of his local community, he volunteers as a licensed soccer coach and referee, a 4H Club advisor, a school board member, and a mentor. Most comfortable anywhere in natural settings, he enjoys camping, hiking, gardening, traveling, and hanging out with his two golden retrievers.
Certified Arborist, WCISA #0478
Certified by the western Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture
International Society of Arboriculture
Long-term member of tree industry organization
American Society of Consulting Arborists
Accepted for membership based on education and experience
State Licensed Landscape Contractor, #401782
Licensed in the State of California in category C-27, landscape Contracting
State Licensed Pest Control Advisor, #1038 (categories A,B,C), 1977-2001
Licensed in the State of California to provide written pest control recommendations, with over 250 hours of continuing education
California State Polytechnic University, BS Environmental (Ornamental) Horticulture, with honors, 1977
A solid foundation in education, followed by over 30 years of practical field experience
University of California, Berkeley, Adjunct Faculty Member
Instructor in the Landscape Architecture Department teaching classes in landscape Horticulture and Field Identification of Landscape Plants to future designers Horticultural Associates
Consultants in Arboriculture & Horticulture
P.O. Box 1261
Glen Ellen, CA 95442
707-935-3911 office
707-484-2683 field
707-935-3911 fax
John C. Meserve
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