Who is working on your property?
We are a family owned and operated business here in Staunton, Virginia. Danielle and Jason LaRose started Queen City Silviculture in 2017.
When you call, you speak with Danielle or Jason. Jason is the ISA Certified Arborist who meets with you. Emma, Christian, Chris and Jason will come to thoughtfully, efficiently and skillfully take care of the trees on your property.
When you call, you speak with Danielle or Jason. Jason is the ISA Certified Arborist who meets with you. Emma, Christian, Chris and Jason will come to thoughtfully, efficiently and skillfully take care of the trees on your property.
Bios
Jason LaRose, ISA Certified Arborist
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Jason LaRose was born in the Catskill region of upstate NY where he trained as a cook. He moved to the Shenandoah Valley after high school in 2002.
He began his career in Arboriculture after the birth of his first child in 2006. He was lucky to be trained by some of the best climbers and foremen in the business at that time and was an apt student of tree care, however, he was surprised by how much time he spent with a rake in his hands the first year. He became an ISA Certified Arborist in 2013,Tree Climber Specialist in 2015 and has worked for the best tree care companies in the valley. Jason particularly enjoys the variety of work inherent in tree care. He gets to be artistic when pruning a tree (large or small) and gets to be very logical when doing removals-not to mention using big saws and make lots of “man glitter”. In 2017, he started Queen City Silviculture with his wife, Danielle, out of a Subaru hatchback. Currently, QCS has four full time employees and services Augusta, Rockingham, Albemarle counties, and points beyond. Being an expert climber and tree care foreman for many years prepared Jason for the challenges of day-to-day tree work, however he needed to look further to become a successful business owner/operator. He found those resources in many places, including his wife, Danielle, who already was a successful entrepreneur and the Staunton Creative Community Fund. The fund helped Jason and Danielle write a business plan and get funding for equipment. As Queen City Silviculture enters its fourth year, Jason is looking harder at the big picture. He and Danielle are exploring options for taking the company into a new phase of Employee Ownership. They believe that Professional Autonomy goes hand in hand with personal satisfaction, financial stability and safety. Jason enjoys cooking at home, playing with the six kids, basketball, playing music and quality time with friends and family. He is excited about the opportunities for growth being a small business owner presents, and being able to pass his knowledge on to the next generation of Arborists and Silviculturalists. |
Danielle David LaRose
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Danielle grew up in the Shenandoah Valley, biking around the countryside, playing in the streams and hiding from her brothers up in her favorite Maple tree. She graduated from Bridgewater College with a Bachelors in Fine Arts then moved to the Northern Neck of Virginia. During her time on the coast, she worked for a modern architecture firm then started her own business designing area rugs which were hand knotted in Nepal.
When she moved back to the Valley, Staunton proved to be the perfect spot to find a creative supportive community nestled in an inspiring outdoor adventureland. The allure of the land led her to further cultivate her knowledge of plants and soil by getting a Permaculture Design Certificate. She has worked on a market farm, for a native landscaper and a fine gardener and now acquires plants in she and Jason’s ever expanding chip mulch beds.
Danielle and Jason have six children; the youngest was born in 2019. Danielle enjoys hiking, playing with her children, cooking, composting experiments, swimming, yoga, painting and planning trips with her family.
When she moved back to the Valley, Staunton proved to be the perfect spot to find a creative supportive community nestled in an inspiring outdoor adventureland. The allure of the land led her to further cultivate her knowledge of plants and soil by getting a Permaculture Design Certificate. She has worked on a market farm, for a native landscaper and a fine gardener and now acquires plants in she and Jason’s ever expanding chip mulch beds.
Danielle and Jason have six children; the youngest was born in 2019. Danielle enjoys hiking, playing with her children, cooking, composting experiments, swimming, yoga, painting and planning trips with her family.
Emma McCartney
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Emma McCartney grew up in the Mid-West with an overwhelming love for the outdoors and nature. She graduated from college with an Outdoor Education degree and spent the next several years hopping around the country working as an outdoors guide. She stumbled into organic farming along the way but it would become a 6 year long labor of love and is what inevitably brought her here to Central Virginia.
Before joining Queen City Silviculture she worked for 3 years in horticulture doing fine gardening and landscaping in the Charlottesville area.The transition into arboriculture has been a great natural progression and challenge from gardening and landscaping. Emma loves being able to climb around in beautiful trees all day and learning about more holistic tree maintenance and care, while being able to work hard in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley! |
Christian Twigg |
Christian came to tree work after years in agriculture, gardening, and conservation. After switching fields and moving around the Southeast and Midwest, he returned to Virginia, realizing the best parts of every other state he’d lived in were those that reminded him of the Shenandoah Valley. He enjoys the physical and mental challenges of arboriculture and the opportunity to continue learning and working outdoors with plants, and particularly appreciates QCS’s focus on natural tree care - forgoing the use of pesticides in favor of long-term maintenance through proper pruning, mulching, and carefully considered new plantings.
What do we do and what makes us unique?
Urban silviculture
The care and management of single trees and tree populations in urban settings for the purpose of improving the urban environment.
Urban forestry advocates the role of trees as a critical part of the urban infrastructure.
Urban foresters plant and maintain trees, support appropriate tree and forest preservation, conduct research and promote the many benefits trees provide.
The care and management of single trees and tree populations in urban settings for the purpose of improving the urban environment.
Urban forestry advocates the role of trees as a critical part of the urban infrastructure.
Urban foresters plant and maintain trees, support appropriate tree and forest preservation, conduct research and promote the many benefits trees provide.
We begin by assessing your trees and listening to your needs.
We will provide options for your budget.
We are able to help you create a long term plan for the investment of your land.
We are able to help you create a long term plan for the investment of your land.
Staunton VA
540-487-1203
jason@queencitysilviculture.com
540-487-1203
jason@queencitysilviculture.com