GROW Tree Care Team | ISA Arborists serving the Comox Valley

Our Team Better Together

Sharing our experience and knowledge to help you understand and properly care for your trees so that you can enjoy them for years to come.

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Our Team Better Together

Sharing our experience and knowledge to help you understand and properly care for your trees so that you can enjoy them for years to come.

Our Team Better Together

Sharing our experience and knowledge to help you understand and properly care for your trees so that you can enjoy them for years to come.

Together, the team at Grow Tree Care has over 65 years of arboriculture experience. We have worked across Canada and Internationally. We encourage our staff to pursue certification by the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) and as a company, we follow ISA standards of pruning and practice spurless climbing. We pride ourselves on providing excellent quality work and on acting as environmental stewards with respect to tree care.

Managers

Read Guthrie

Tree Care Manager, Climbing Arborist

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ISA Certified Arborist® PN-8572A
ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualified
Mobile Elevated Work Platform #21578
Occupational First Aid Level I

Hi there, I’m Read Guthrie, and I’ve been working in the arb industry for just over three years now. What draws me to arboriculture is the way in which it incorporates both a physical and mental discipline with a scientific study of tree health. Having grown up on the island I have a great appreciation for our native forests and the diversity found in our microclimates. The Comox Valley has a little bit of all the island has to offer and that, to me, makes it the perfect environment to live and work as an arborist. Most weekends I can be found outside trail running, snowboarding, skateboarding or climbing. Working at Grow means being part of a team and part of a family, and with our shared experience I expand my knowledge each day.

Aaron Wurts

Tree Care Manager, Founder

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ISA Certified Arborist® PN-2792AT
ISA Certified Tree Worker Climber Specialist®
ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualified
Wildlife Dangerous Tree Assessor Certification #P2657
Mobile Elevated Work Platform #21584
Certified Landscape Horticulturalist
Occupational First Aid Level I

As owner of Grow Tree Care, Aaron Wurts brings his passion for trees and problem solving to the task of business ownership. Starting in Vancouver’s arboriculture industry in 2001, Aaron had the opportunity to work with several municipalities, large development sites, commercial properties and many strata councils. After moving his family to the Comox Valley in 2008, Aaron developed Grow Tree Care over the past 13 years and feels very fortunate to have such a cohesive team with such diverse skills and shared values. Aaron enjoys working with people as much as with trees and is always more than willing to educate and give his perspective when it comes to trees.

Alison Wurts

Finance, Marketing, Administration

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The crew was great!

Efficient, hard working and conscientious, and they tidied up so it looked better than before they started.

The magnolia looks amazing. It makes me smile every time I look at it. What care Jonathan took - a tree artist. The vines are gone! And the dead and dangerous branches! The roof will now be better with the low branches gone.

What a great choice we made to have you do the work.

— Lawrence

Your crew is totally awesome.

I've always found them very friendly, co-operative, informative. I could go on and on. I've always been extremely well treated. I feel comfortable around them.

— Danielle

I really appreciated with all of my heart

the tremendous work that your Wonderful Team did for me on my property. Everyone was Excellent, Awesome, Hard Working, Polite, Caring, Understanding, Extremely Professional and Knowledgeable! Totally a 10/10 Arborist Team!

I will always use and recommend Grow Tree Care to all my family, friends, and neighbours.

— Gail

Crew Members

Mike Planes

Climbing Arborist, Crew Lead

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Geoff Pugsley

Climbing Arborist, Crew Lead, Training Coordinator

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Diploma in Forestry & Arboriculture, Sparsholt College, UK
Occupational First Aid Level I

Hi, I'm Geoff. I've always had a passion for the outdoors, climbing and being up high.
I earned my national diploma in forestry and arboriculture at Sparsholt college, UK in 2004 and since then I've been lucky enough to work in some amazing places with some equally amazing people and trees. I love the mental and physical challenges that day to day treework brings. When I'm not working I enjoy riding bikes, climbing and exploring new places with my family.