Inventory Your Own Backyard

Riverdave is available to bring Tree Camp to your own backyard! Using the Tree Check List on this website, Riverdave will come to you and help you identify and inventory all the species of trees on your property.  For example, on his own half acre in North Durham, Riverdave has found forty species of native Piedmont Carolina trees.

My rate for a backyard inventory is:

1 hour - $30

1 1/2 hours - $40

2 hours - $50

To set up an appointment for a tree inventory, please see my contact info page. 

"For years I’ve wanted to be on a 'first name' basis with each of the trees in my front and back yard, to know how unique each one is.  You introduced me to a dozen or more, carefully pointing out several characteristics that will help me remember their names. I knew I had more than just the ubiquitous local Pine and Sweet Gum trees.  With your visit and instruction, I now know to call the Winged Elm, White Ash, Shagbark Hickory, Persimmon, Willow Oak, Possum Haw, Black Gum, Virginia Pine, Red Oak, and Post Oak by each one’s 'first name' while appreciating its qualities and also wondering about its age and the story of how it began to grow right here. Thanks for introducing me to the 'neighbors in my yard', my variety of trees!"   Don,  Durham homeowner 7/29/10  

Photo by Riverdave: native giant leaf Umbrella Magnolia tree in the foreground along Black Meadow Branch in North Durham