Recommend an arborist or tree expert
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Anonymous
| In MoCo. I just bought a 1940’s house with tall, mature trees. They look healthy, but want to be sure we’re maintaining them so they don’t cause damage. |
Anonymous
| Use Yelp or Google, choose someone with at least 25 recommends and at least a 4 out of 5 stars. |
Anonymous
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Bartlett Trees
Josh is great. He really knows his trees and will give an honest opinion on tree health, trimming, fertilizing and/or removal |
Anonymous
| Bartlett is popular in Kensington, and has a very good reputation but in my experience they're expensive. They'll come out and give you an estimate though. |
Anonymous
| Alfaro's Tree Experts |
Anonymous
| +1 to Bartlett. They'll give you a lot of evaluation for free. Services are not cheap, but they're very good on communication and followup. If you have a property with trees, it makes sense to make friends with your Bartlett specialist. |
Anonymous
| Are there any of them who specialize in removing invasive vines from trees, especially those that are tangling the upper branches of the younger trees? I think I need a vine removal service, but it looks like it's a widespread issue in DC metro and might be covered under the county mitigation? |
Anonymous
| Davis |
Anonymous
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Davey Tree Experts, 140-years old regional company, employee-owned. Locations everywhere.
Their arborist, Derek, gave me good advice. Came out soon after a heavy snowfall last winter to solve a snow-broken a limb of my larchmont pine that was blocking the driveway. Took out a saw, cut branch, problem solved. They are vastly different than Chuck in a Truck who has a good buddy and a chain saw or two. Davey cut down some hundred foot tall pines that overlooked several neighbors' homes. Way beyond Chuck's capacity at any price. Cheapest often is not often the best. One pays for Expertise, Experience and having every last piece of gear relevant to the industry. JTA, Fairfax Station |
Anonymous
| Some dead hundred foot tall pines. Absent compelling reason they would not take down a healthy tree. |