Talbot Mackenzie & Associates is an independent consulting firm that specializes in arboriculture and horticultural issues. Our mandate is to provide honest unbiased opinions based on education and experience for all of our clients¿ arboriculture and horticultural needs. At Talbot Mackenzie & Associates our consultants are ISA certified, Certified Tree Risk assessors and regularly attend workshops and training seminars to keep abreast of the latest advances in our profession. We specialize in: tree health, risk and hazard assessments, tree retention and construction damage mitigation plans for developments, disease and insect identification and diagnoses, laboratory analysis of tissue, soil and foliage, legal appraisals, computerized tree inventories, resistograph testing and analysis, hazard tree policy development and arboriculture and horticultural consulting.