Palm Coast tree care, led by an arborist who can tell its oaks apart
We remove, prune and grind out trees across Palm Coast and the rest of Flagler County, clean up palms the right way, and clear the mess after storms. An ISA Certified Arborist is on staff, our insurance certificate is yours to look at, we take care of the permits, and during hurricane season somebody still picks up the phone at 2 AM.
Book a free site visit
An arborist walks the property, looks at the tree and what it could hit, and writes the price down before leaving. Same-day callback.
The jobs we take on across Flagler County
Tree removal
For trees that are dead, dying, leaning or simply in the wrong place. Close to the house or pool cage we climb and lower them in sections, we bring in a crane when that is the safer choice, and we fell them in one piece when the yard has room.
Removal prices and process
Tree trimming & pruning
We raise canopies, take out deadwood, correct poor structure and clear limbs away from roofs, wires and driveways. Every cut goes where the tree can close it over, and we never top a tree.
About our pruning
Palm trimming
Dead fronds, seed pods and boots cleaned off sabal, queen, Washingtonia and date palms to the University of Florida standard. We do not do hurricane cuts.
Palm trimming details
Stump grinding
We grind stumps 8 to 12 inches below the surface, follow the surface roots out, rake up the chips and fill the hole so it is ready for sod or new planting.
How stump grinding works
Storm cleanup & lot clearing
Trees on roofs or lanais, limbs left hanging and driveways blocked by debris, handled at any hour. We also clear lots selectively for new homes, pools and additions, and file the permit paperwork that goes with it.
Storm and clearing work
Free tree inspection
Worried about an oak in the yard? Our arborist will come out, give you an honest opinion of it, and put that opinion in writing if the tree has to go.
Schedule a free lookFrom first call to a raked yard
Get in touch
Phone us or use the form and describe the job, whether that is a tree that leans, a palm overdue for a cleanup, a stump in the way or a whole lot to clear. Calls are answered at any hour.
We visit for free
We check the tree, how equipment can reach it and what sits underneath it. Then you get a plain recommendation: prune it, remove it, or let it be.
Price and paperwork
You receive an itemized price in writing that holds for 30 days. If the tree needs a City of Palm Coast permit or an arborist letter, we take care of it.
Work day and cleanup
Most jobs take a single day. We chip the wood, haul off the debris, rake the lawn and blow off the driveway, and we book the stump grinding too if you want it.
A city whose trees all came of age together
ITT laid out Palm Coast in the early 1970s, and the F, R, P, B and W sections were cleared, built on and landscaped within a few years of one another. Builders planted whatever grew fastest, which meant laurel oaks, water oaks and slash pines. Half a century on, those trees are reaching the end of their lives together. Laurel oaks go hollow at somewhere between 40 and 60 years, slash pines break in hurricanes, and each October we end up lifting one or the other off somebody's lanai.
Flagler County adds its own problems. The sandy soil gives a tall pine very little grip, the canopy roads are lined with old oaks, the Hammock takes salt wind, and in nine years we have had Matthew, Irma, Ian, Nicole and Milton. That is why we inspect a tree before we try to sell you anything, prune rather than top, trim palms rather than butcher them, and get the city permit instead of hoping code enforcement never notices.
We are here all year, so we are still answering the phone once the storm clears. We are not one of the outfits that roll in with out-of-state plates, work for two weeks and then vanish.
Every part of Palm Coast, plus the towns around it
Inside the city we are working somewhere most days: Seminole Woods, Quail Hollow, Belle Terre, Cypress Knoll, Pine Lakes, Indian Trails, Matanzas Woods, Lehigh Woods, Palm Harbor and the C section, Town Center, Hidden Lakes, Grand Haven, Island Estates, Sea Colony, Ocean Hammock, and the Hammock along with Hammock Dunes.
Outside the city limits we serve Bunnell, Flagler Beach, Beverly Beach, Marineland, Plantation Bay, Hunter's Ridge and Sugar Mill. North Ormond Beach and south St. Augustine are covered on request.
View the whole service area
What Palm Coast homeowners want to know first
How much should I budget to have a tree taken down?
For most Palm Coast removals, plan on somewhere between $450 and $2,500. The bottom of that range is a small palm, or a 30-foot pine standing in an open yard. The top is a 60-foot laurel oak leaning toward the house, a screened pool enclosure or the neighbor's fence, where a crane or a climber has to lower every piece by rope. Grinding the stump is priced as a separate line. The price is written down during the site visit, and nothing gets cut until you have it.
Is a city permit needed before a tree comes down?
In most cases it is. Palm Coast asks for a permit on any tree whose trunk is six inches or wider at 4½ feet off the ground, or four inches if the tree was counted toward landscape credit when the lot was developed. Florida Statute 163.045 is the way around it: when an ISA Certified Arborist puts in writing that a tree is a danger to people or property, it can be removed with no city permit. Our arborist is on staff. We write that letter only when the tree honestly qualifies, and we apply for the permit when it does not.
What is wrong with laurel oaks?
Mostly their age. ITT planted them by the thousands when it laid out Palm Coast in the 1970s, because they grow quickly. Somewhere between 40 and 60 years old they begin to hollow out, and most of them are in that window today. From the street they can look healthy right up until a limb lands on a car or the whole tree falls over in a storm. A live oak, by comparison, can live for two hundred years. If a large oak stands near your house and you cannot tell which kind it is, book the free inspection and we will tell you.
Can a palm be cut back hard so it lasts longer between trims?
We trim palms the correct way, and that is a different thing. A hurricane cut, which leaves a tight tuft of about five fronds on top like a pineapple, weakens the palm, opens it to disease and gives no extra protection in a storm. We take off the dead and dying fronds, the seed pods and the old boots, and leave every green frond that sits above horizontal, which is what the University of Florida recommends. Sabals usually need this about once a year and queen palms about twice.
What happens if I call in the middle of the night?
Someone picks up. The line is covered 24 hours a day, every day of the year, hurricane season included. If a pine has come through the lanai at 2 AM, the first hour counts, so tell us what happened and you will get a call back with a plan and an arrival time. You will not be left talking to voicemail.