Greg Ranallo: From the classroom to the trees
Greg Ranallo has had a love of trees since he was a boy, but after getting a master’s degree in education, he began teaching high school social studies in his native Minnesota. During summers and school breaks, he ran a tree business which he named Teacher’s Tree Service after his chosen profession. Unhappy with the…
Greg Ranallo has had a love of trees since he was a boy, but after getting a master’s degree in education, he began teaching high school social studies in his native Minnesota.
During summers and school breaks, he ran a tree business which he named Teacher’s Tree Service after his chosen profession.
Unhappy with the traffic in the Minneapolis area and looking for a more rural environment with access to skiing to raise his two sons, Ranallo relocated to Vermont in 2003, living in Bristol, Starksboro and now Charlotte.
Certified in social studies and special education, Ranallo considered resuming his teaching career but instead opted to go into the tree business full-time, opening Teacher’s Tree Service in Shelburne.
“I was always more a tree guy who was teaching than a teacher who did tree work,” he said. “I’ve been working with trees since I was 19. It’s just something I was always drawn to.”
Read more about Greg and his journey to start Teachers Tree here.
The Citizen – By Phyl Newbeck
Updated
Greg Ranallo
From the classroom to the trees
Greg Ranallo has been working with trees since he was 19 years old — a passion that began long before it became a profession. After earning a master's degree in education and teaching high school social studies in his native Minnesota, Greg ultimately followed the calling he'd had since boyhood and built Teacher's Tree Service into one of the Champlain Valley's most trusted arboriculture companies. As he puts it, "I was always more a tree guy who was teaching than a teacher who did tree work."
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