Posted: December 29, 2025

Activities are in full swing at the Davey SEED (Science, Employee Education and Development) Campus!

Since its grand opening in August, the SEED Campus has steadily hosted a full schedule of company trainings, meetings and events. Arborists are honing their skills, researchers are examining ways to improve Davey’s services to its clients, and employees are generally benefiting from the overall collaborative spirit the campus and all its facilities foster.

A group of Davey employees gathered around the SEED Training Facility welcome sign.

The past eight years of development and construction, and this year in particular, have proven a whirlwind of change for the property that just three years ago was a simple golf course. The establishment of the SEED Campus as a now fully functioning Davey facility for training and research has shown the property’s true potential as an environmental education and preservation hub.

Now that the campus is fully open to employees, this blog will no longer continue to provide regular updates on the facility. Past blog posts will remain here as an informational resource, but no new blog posts will be published.

For updates on pending items related to the SEED Campus, such as our application for LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Certification, check back on the Davey.com/SEED page or follow us on social media.  

For past videos about the campus, visit this YouTube playlist.

A group is photographed in front of the climbing structure inside the SEED Campus building.

SEED 2024
SEED 2024

About The SEED Campus

The Davey Tree SEED (Science, Employee Education, and Development) Campus, the almost 200-acre property that formerly housed the Oak Knolls golf course and Franklin Elementary School on State Route 43 in Kent, Ohio, will be the new home to specialized training and research facilities for The Davey Tree Expert Company. The science and learning campus is being designed to ensure that Davey continues to attract and retain the most qualified, well-trained, and engaged employees possible.

 

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