On a clear January morning in La Verne, Mount Baldy shows a cap of snow above the San Gabriel foothills, bright enough to stop you on the sidewalk in Old Town. ArborWorld brings tree care and lawn care to this foothill city, where citrus groves once covered the land and an orange tree still leans over a backyard fence here and there. Oaks, sycamores and pepper trees give La Verne's streets their shade, and a tree given a steady hand at the right time keeps that shade coming through the hottest August afternoons. When autumn heat lingers against the mountains, a sound canopy overhead and a trim lawn below make the yard feel calmer. It is a gentle stewardship for a college town that wears its old trees like an heirloom.