Urban Forest Pro

Many people search for a "tree service near me" or "arborist near me" and hire one of the first companies that come up without doing much more research. While having an arborist nearby is important, it's also important to know that you're hiring the right company for your job. Urban Forest Professionals are ISA Certified Arborists providing Portland with high-quality tree service for over 15 years. Our tree services include tree removal, tree pruning (including specialty trees like Japanese Maples and Pines), cabeling, stump grinding and more.

Picture this: You're walking through the forest on a hot, still day. Suddenly, you hear a popping sound, and then a huge branch drops just beyond your reach. After thanking your lucky stars that you weren't crushed, you wonder why a tree limb should fall on such a windless, calm day? Googling your query, you. Tree pruning, when done correctly, should result in safe, healthy and beautiful trees. A certified arborist is trained to understand when a tree needs to be pruned and why, but also skilled in proper tree pruning techniques.

In addition to the full range of tree services at Urban Forest Pro - everything from tree trimming, tree pruning, root pruning, tree removal, and stump grinding - our staff of certified arborists can also provide professional tree assessments and tree consulting work for our local Portland area property owners. Consider for a moment a somewhat typical Portland homeowner. He has a decent sized yard with lots of trees and plants. He takes care of his property, working hard to mow his lawn on sunny summer Sunday afternoons.

Our workers are protected, but more importantly, we take care of your property as if it were our own. Tree work is dangerous, but we take precautions with your property and our personal safety. It is worth it! Check us out on the Oregon CCB website here #195616. Some of our competitors claim to be licensed, bonded, and insured, but then fail to carry workmen's comp insurance on their workers. This is probably one of the most likely things to go wrong on a job site. It is a loophole in the contractor regulations that allow this, so make sure you don't get caught holding the bag for a worker's injury and request a personally addressed workmen's comp certificate for any tree service you hire.

Merriam-Webster defines horticulture as "the science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants" and arboriculture as "the cultivation of trees and shrubs, especially for ornamental purposes. Although the two specialties share some common ground, ornamentation (or, more specifically, the care, beautification, and preservation of natural surroundings), horticulture and arboriculture are not interchangeable. At Urban Forest Pro, we recognize and understand the important distinctions between these two fields, especially when it comes to landscape installation and design.

Oregon City is serious about its trees. It's for good reason-trees not only provide environmental benefits, but they also calm traffic and improve home value. So for tree removal and tree pruning, they have a lot of regulations to make sure trees are properly cared for. For these services, we recommend using certified arborists-tree professionals who know how to remove and prune trees without causing harm to the property or surrounding trees. In these cases, our team can help determine whether removal is necessary; if so, we can complete the job safely and efficiently, without causing any damage to the surrounding people or property.

If you are trying to do some research to determine what it costs to get a tree removed in the Portland, Oregon area, you might find that the prices vary. There is not always a "one size fits all" for a tree cutting price, because it depends on a variety of factors. We all would. Are you concerned that a certain tree in your yard may be a rotting hazard? This is a valid preoccupation, as infected, unhealthy trees are more likely to fall during inclement weather. Read on to discover the clues that your tree is sick and/or dying.

One of the best parts of being a homeowner with a green thumb is the ability to plan and implement landscape installation and design. There's so much that can be done to beautify our Pacific Northwest lawns and outdoor living spaces. The great Pacific Northwest offers much inspiration. Step outside and hike up to one.

The different tree trimming types, the timing of tree trimming, and frequency depend on the special circumstance of the tree. For your information, we have provided a description of the most common frequencies, timing & types of pruning below. Most deciduous trees in an urban environment will benefit from trimming every 3-5 years. This frequency may need to be increased if the trees are close to or over structures. Trimming a tree more heavily to avoid regular pruning often creates an opposite effect, when the tree sends out significant new growth in response to the heavy trimming.

When you need a tree removed quickly in Portland, for safety reasons it's important that you call a certified arborist. Arborists are able to get the tree down safely, without damaging property. Arborists are available at any time of day and can be dispatched as early as 6 am. If you do not get an immediate answer leave us a voicemail and we will call you back within 15 minutes. Nobody can predict when disaster may strike. The best you can do when it does is go with an established Portland tree service company with hundreds of positive reviews.

Surprise it is sidewalk repair notice season! This season unfortunately comes every year and inevitably these notices for sidewalk cracks and gaps are more often than not caused by tree roots. So what can you do? Well actually quite a bit, which is encouraging as our knowledge of tree roots has progressed a lot even. Any home owner who has gotten a notice from the City of Portland to repair their sidewalks or else knows how contentious of a battle it can be for trees and sidewalks to co-exist in the city.

Urban Forest Pro in Portland is a full-service tree care company providing the Portland area with tree services. If you have an issue, any issue, that involves trees, our tree service and removal experts can help you resolve it. Everyone on our tree service team in Portland, from the salesmen to the arborists in the trees and on the ground, is an ISA-certified arborist, so you can be sure you are getting the best expert advice. Below is just a sampling of our most popular tree services we offer the Portland area.

We have several different stump grinders to enable us to grind stumps of any size, in any situation, from 6 feet in diameter to 1 foot on a steep embankment. We have the latest stump grinding technology, which allows us to get more of the stump out than ever before. We guarantee all of our stump grinding services and provide free regrinding should you ever discover, during any of your landscaping projects, that a part of the stump was missed. Unfortunately, due to high demand we no longer offering stump grinding as a stand-alone service, we are only able to meet the demand of our current and past tree service clients at this time.

The way you prune tree in Portland depends primarily on the special circumstances of the tree in question. While there are some general rules regarding the different types, timing, and frequency of pruning, in an urban environment that is so rich with trees, the work performed needs to be adjusted to the situation and goals of each tree owner, within reason. The following are general guidelines for the most common frequencies, timing and types of pruning for the majority of the trees you will find in the greater Portland metro area.

Clackamas has a long growing season. For homeowners, that means tree pruning, shaping, trimming, and even tree removal are part of life in Clackamas. Given the difficulty of these tasks, we often recommend using certified arborists to do the job. Urban Forest Pro has 15 years experience of tree removal and tree pruning in Clackamas. For trees that look unhealthy or threatening to the home, we can determine the best course of action and provide a free estimate for the work. Sometimes, either due to declining health or hazards to the property, tree removal is the best course of action.

That is a tagline one of our customers came up with for us many years ago. It does ring true in that we often win the jobs with the most dangerous and technical Portland tree removals, jobs that other companies don't want to take on. These jobs are our lifeblood. Because of the high skill level of our arborists, we are able to do the worst jobs in less time than our competitors. All trees removed by Urban Forest Pro are removed by ISA-certified arborists in Portland according to ANSI safety standards.

For a place once known as Stumptown, Portland, OR sure has come a long way. Trees now line its streets and sidewalks, decorate its parks and yards, and give the entire area a sense of warmth and belonging. However, from time to time, these very trees need to be trimmed, pruned, cared for and occasionally removed. And that's when the good people of Portland call on Urban Forest Pros to help them with their emergency tree removal, their tree pruning, or any other tree service situation. Our certified arborists (plural, not just one for marketing purposes) are on call day or night to help you with any tree emergency you might have.