Services

Tree Risk Assessment: We evaluate tree defects and determine if the tree can be made safer through proper pruning or should be removed. We follow the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) A300 Risk Assessment protocol when evaluating trees.

Transplanting Problems: Nursery-grown trees often come with problems that should be corrected during the transplanting process. Learn what to look for and how to fix it.

Tree-Sidewalk Conflicts: Find out about the various options available when dealing with tree roots that are lifting sidewalks.

• Tree Pruning

  Learn the basics of proper pruning based on the latest research on tree health and wind resistancePruning

• Tree Preservation

  Our goal is to preserve trees whenever possible.  If there is a way to save a special tree, we will tell you what realistic options you have to prolong the life of the tree and reduce the risk. Tree Preservation

• Palm Trees

  We have the experience and training to diagnose and treat nutritional problems and palm diseases.Palms

• Citrus Trees

  We have the experience and training to diagnose and treat nutritional problems and citrus diseases.

• Lightning Protection for Your Trees

  We can install lightning protection systems in your trees and can inspect existing lightning protection systems.Lightning Protection

• Independent Opinion

  We provide an unbiased first or second opinion on tree work proposals or diagnoses. Or we can provide  instructions of tree work needed so all tree service companies will be bidding on the same work. We also supervise tree work to insure it is done properly and according to national ANSI A300 pruning standards.

5 comments on “Main Page”

1. Ed Williams on March 26, 2013 at 8:39 am said:

   Just went through a day of your training. Terrific! Straight forward useful information and demonstrations. I look forward to being in another Chuck and Danny class. Well done.

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2. Nery on April 8, 2013 at 5:45 am said:

   I have a palm tree and I want to build a path way of pavers around it, for curve appeal, now the soil and the roots on the palm are low and the pavers for level purposes have to go higher around the palm, so a (10 inches) retention wall has to be build round the palm in order to put the path pavers on top, so basically the palm is going to end in the middle of a 10 inches retaining wall circle. at the end of the path way. I want my palm to stay healthy, so what is the best way to do this?

   THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP!

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   • Chuck Lippi on April 8, 2013 at 7:03 am said:

     Hello:
     Any time you cover roots with fill soil, whether palm roots or broadleaf tree roots, you increase the potential for damage to the tree. Some trees are more tolerant of fill than others. And it also depends on the distance the fill is from the tree in question or even the percent of the root area that is covered. For example, if your curving sidewalk goes around one side of the palm tree so there is fill soil on only one side, that layout will have less negative impact than if the fill soil wraps completely around the tree. If you can reduce the fill area to 1/3 of the circumference, that would be even better.

     Also to reduce the negative impact of fill soil used to build the retention wall, consider using a stabilizing plastic grid on the natural grade then add clean gravel called #57 stone, 6 inches or so deep, covered with a geotextile which is a permeable cloth sold as weedmat. This cloth will keep soil from sifting into the gravel and plugging the air spaces between the chunks of gravel. Then you can place the sand base and pavers on top of the geotextile cloth. The idea behind using clean gravel is to allow the roots to have access to air. Roots that are covered with fill soil can suffocate because roots require air as much as they require moisture.

     Good luck
     Chuck

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3. Frank Lee on May 10, 2013 at 1:09 pm said:

   Hi Chuck
   This is
   Frank Lee on Oneida
   I would like to chat with you about my fruit trees. Not sure I am doing enough to preserve them. Please call me when you return.
   Thanks
   Frank
   Cell 904 239-0899

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4. Noreen Harris on May 14, 2013 at 12:06 pm said:

   We are Real Estate Agents and have a client that would like to have an Arborist inspect the trees around the home they are buying.
   Could you let us know what the cost for this would be and if you could do this..
   Thanks You,
   Noreen Harris
   407-259-1588

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