7Greenscape Design SERVING THE PALM BEACHES SINCE 1985 February 5, 2015 Mr. Epstein, PALM TREES/HARDWOOD TREES I have been reviewing and training one of your employees, Dubsten. (spelling?) He is a great employee and a true asset to your island estate. I worked and trained with him for three days and he has picked up on the proper way to trim palm trees and how to prune the hardwood trees that are currently on your island. Unfortunately, with such a large property and with so many trees and palms, I don't think Dubsten alone can keep up with the proper pruning and trimming techniques. In my opinion, I think the best and quickest solution will be to bring down five of my employees, including a supervisor to start with corrective tree and palm pruning. Over the years, the palms and trees have been trimmed improperly due to lack of knowledge. I feel that my employees would be able to complete the work faster and in a more professional manner, which would free up your employees to start working on correcting other smaller landscape issues. (Grass, irrigation etc.) Once we have corrected the issues, I can put together a pruning schedule, which would be twice a year. At that time we can make the decision to have my employees do it or have Dubsten start maintaining the trees and palms. I think if Dubsten can work with my employees he would have a better understanding and the proper techniques for the future. He would also be able to train your other employees and hopefully they will eventually be able to handle the tree and palm trimming on their own. I would be able to send my employees down once a month for a week's time. I think after four to five trips we would be able to complete the corrective trimming of all palms and hardwoods. After completion of the trimming, the landscape overall will look and perform much better. SOD (around main pool area) The sod around the main pool area is not being maintained properly at this time. Currently, it