What We Do for Your Trees and the Urban Forest

At Los Verdes Arborists we specialize in providing solutions to tree trimming, pruning or removal problems in the urban forest. None of the tree waste that we generate goes to the landfill. It is either turned into chips that are used as mulch on landscapes, milled into usable lumber or used as firewood.

While trees provide beauty and value to the urban landscape, like any living thing, trees have a lifecycle. Over-mature trees commonly become a hazard and need to be removed to make way for young trees to be replanted or development to take place.

Often, young trees are planted without good long-term planning. Several decades later they may have become inappropriate to the site. Sometimes their structures can be suitably modified to fit the site but at other times they need to be removed. Using specialized skills and equipment, our expert staff can efficiently and safely modify the structure where feasible or remove any tree that needs to come out.

In the interest of reducing long-term maintenance costs and future hazards to properties with newly planted trees, it is beneficial to guide the structures of trees through the first ten years. Doing this can save tens of thousands of dollars by circumventing major structural modifications to mature trees. We can guide young trees through the first ten years, producing mature tree structures that are safer and require less maintenance over their lifetimes.

In cases where trees are damaged by weather or are producing high volumes of woody debris, we can clean and/or reduce the crowns to solve the problem. We have the capacity to process a high volume of woody material and get it off the site quickly, as well as the expertise to get it out of the trees without damaging property or posing a threat to residents.

Being an Earth-Friendly Tree Service

There are 4 components to being earth friendly at Los Verdes Arborists:

1. The promotion of tree health and longevity by applying current industry standard pruning practices.
2. Promoting community networking and collaboration. We have a network of unaffiliated businesses and organizations that we refer work to or supply with wood by-products. This supports local business and keeps our waste out of the landfill. We sponsor the Truckee Meadows Community Forestry Coalition. Check it out at: www.communityforestry.org.
3. Reuse. All the material that we produce is redistributed as either mulch, firewood or lumber. During the summer months some of our equipment runs on biofuel.
4. Support Environmental Non-Profits. One percent of our revenues are donated to groups that are working to promote environmentally sound practices. To learn more check out www.onepercentfortheplanet.org.