Since its founding in 1991, Drost has maintained its own greenhouses, nursery, and garden center. Doing so makes all the difference for both our company and your landscape installation.
QUALITY
The decision to integrate a nursery gave us unparalleled quality control of our products. We can manage the health, hardiness, and appearance of our plants that we use, providing our clients with nothing but the best.
Our reputation for quality has created a local following of plant lovers who visit out greenhouses every year to purchase their flats of flowers, herbs and other plants that we know will thrive in Northern Michigan.
DIVERSITY & AVAILABILITY
Having an extensive selection of plants hardy to Northern Michigan in our operation on site provides our clients a greater selection of residential landscaping materials, including new and exciting varieties of plants that make your Michigan landscape remarkable. While we are not considered a native plant nursery, we carry many species of plants that are native to Northern Michigan. With more choices in our plant nursery, we’re able to maintain several varieties of ornamental trees, for example, that are often hard to find otherwise.
HOW ONE OF THE LARGEST GREAT LAKES PLAYS A ROLE IN YOUR LANDSCAPE.
When someone says they “live near the coast,” most individuals don’t think about northern Michigan. Northwest Michigan benefits from its proximity to Lake Michigan, keeping us warmer than we should be at this latitude as well as making it a very snowy place to live. Some days it seems as if it will never end, however, all of that precipitation creates opportunities not only for outdoor recreation but helps your landscape as well.
A premier provider of tree services in Michigan, Drost offers a full array of tree services which enhance the health, wealth, and beauty of your property – as well as your enjoyment of it. According to the USDA Forest Service “Healthy, mature trees add an average of 10 percent to a property’s value.” Let’s explore some of the unexpected ways that our northern tree service can enhance your property.
Brandon Southwell
Assistant Manager, Tree Service
Brandon began working at Drost Landscape in the spring of 2014. There he found his passion and natural talents with the tree service department. Brandon has always enjoyed outdoor activities such as fishing, and hunting, so finding a career in arboriculture was a natural fit. Brandon likes working in the field and training the crews in new techniques and skills. After being a foreman for a number of years, he transitioned into the Assistant Manager of the tree division. Brandon enjoys meeting and helping clients as they determine their needs.
Brandon is married to his loving wife Erica. Together they are enjoying raising their daughter Finley. They spend their weekends in the summer hiking , camping, and spending time with their family.
Division Manager, Tree Service
Jason is passionate about managing the execution of arboriculture to ensure the highest level of company productivity, safety, and client satisfaction.
Jason prides himself on being extremely hardworking, dedicated and passionate about all things trees. Starting at a very young age, through observation and hands on experience within a family operated logging business in the Upper Peninsula, Jason built a strong connection in the tree industry. While timber harvesting, Jason also attended Northern Michigan University. Shortly after graduation he moved to Charlevoix and was hired at Drost Landscape as a foreman. While working in the field, Jason gained valuable knowledge and insight of the inner workings of the company, which allowed for a smooth transition into the management position with the Tree Service Division.
In his free time, Jason enjoys playing hockey and taking advantage of Northern Michigan’s outdoor playground.
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