These days we find ourselves in the green movement. Every day more and more people are embracing opportunities to live green. This is not about mainstream environmentalism, or global warming. "Green" is now a lifestyle. Living green means different things to different people. For some, it can be a way of life like driving a hybrid vehicle, or harvesting rain water. Others are re-modeling their homes to make them more energy efficient. For others it may be as simple as recycling, or using re-usable grocery bags.

The green movement is literally all over. Here at Graf Tree Care, our role in living green is the care and preservation of  trees - they are our passion. We are here to to ask the question "What is the greenest green resource we have on this earth? Of course, it's trees!

Visualize a globe with me for a second. This is a universal icon that everyone can picture. What colors to you see? Blue and green, and the green is trees. Trees provide us with clean air. They play a valuable role in energy efficiency as they provide shade to cool our homes all summer and act as a windbreak in the winter time. They aid in storm water management by balancing the water table. They also beautify our landscapes. Trees are a natural resource that we need to respect and do our part to preserve.

As you view our website, you will see all of the services we offer and how we are doing our part to preserve our urban forest and respect the greenest green resource in our infrastructure. While others are talking the talk about living green we are out there every day walking the walk.

ON THE TRAIL: Follow Phil on Twitter this fall on his mission to save Ash trees. 


Many have asked us to show some success story pictures on our Ash tree photo gallery rather than just the beautiful Ash tree picutures of our signature collections.  So here you go... click here to check out these truly AMAZING photos...

Having a Labor Day get together next weekend? Call us for a Mosquito abatement application. We can spray your  lawn and completely eliminate mosquitos for 7-10 days.   Sit outside again and enjoy!

On Saturday August 14th Graf Tree Care/Moonscape celebrated summer with our annual family picnic and pig roast at Hawthorne's Backyard in West Chicago. Click here to see the award winners and watch a short one minute video of Phil addressing the crowd...

Phil Graf, of Graf Tree Care, cuts down to the root of an insect marching its way across Chicagoland. He says he found the emerald ash borer in a West Chicago neighborhood last month, for the first time. Graf put a video online as a warning, click here to see it.