What we do
We work with trees across their whole life cycle, not just felling them. In practice that means four groups of work.
- Assessment. Inspecting the condition of a tree — whether it is dangerous, what is happening to it and what to do next.
- Care. Crown care, deadwood removal, pruning of fruit trees and thuja, root zone work, fertilisation, planting and transplanting.
- Removal. From straightforward felling to lowering a tree in sections in tight spots, using rope access or a MEWP (mobile elevating work platform) and crane.
- Clearing up. Branch and wood chip removal, stump grinding, site clearance.
We work both with owners of private houses and with organisations — businesses, property management firms, apartment block managers and local authority institutions. For regular upkeep of a site there is the option of a tree care contract.
Where we work
Rīga and roughly a 50 km radius around it: Jūrmala, Mārupe, Ķekava, Salaspils, Ādaži, Olaine, Babīte, Piņķi, Baloži, Ikšķile, Ogre, Sigulda, Carnikava, Saulkrasti, Baldone, Stopiņi, Garkalne, Ropaži, Jelgava and everywhere in between. If you aren't sure whether your address falls within that, put it in your enquiry — we'll tell you.
How we work
This section matters more than any of the numbers above. In tree work the difference between a good contractor and a bad one usually isn't the equipment — it is the judgement about what should and shouldn't be done to a tree.
We look at the tree first, and only then advise
We don't propose a solution before we have seen what is actually wrong. We look at the base of the trunk, the root zone, the crown and what surrounds the tree. Often the problem isn't where the client expects it to be.
We say when a tree can be kept
A large share of our inspections end with the tree staying — sometimes after a little care, sometimes with nothing done at all. A healthy tree felled is an irreversible loss to a property. We have no interest in recommending more work than is needed.
We don't top trees
Cutting a crown off halfway — simply taking the whole top out of a tree — is a common practice and a damaging one. Afterwards the tree throws out a mass of weak regrowth, poorly attached, which within a few years is more dangerous than the original branches. Cuts that size never heal over and open the way to decay. If you want a smaller crown, that can be achieved by thinning or a proper reduction.
We explain what we found and why
We tell you in words what is wrong with the tree, what it means and what the options are. Not "the tree is dangerous, it needs to come down", but which sign, where, and what it indicates.
We give the price before the work
Before we start, we tell you what the job will cost. After that the price doesn't change, unless something genuinely unforeseen turns up — and then we stop and talk it through. What sets the price in the first place is explained on the prices page.
We clear up and take it away
We chip the branches or gather them up and take them away. We don't leave wood chip in your garden. If you want to keep the firewood, we cut it to length and stack it wherever you tell us.
We arrange the permits for you
If a tree needs a felling permit from the local authority, we deal with it. You don't have to go round the authorities working out which form is the right one. For when a permit is needed at all, read this.
Why all contact goes through the form
We don't advertise a phone number, and that is a deliberate choice rather than something missing. The reasons are practical.
- Nothing gets lost. During the working day an arborist is up a tree, on ropes or working machinery. There is no answering the phone at that moment, and an unanswered enquiry simply disappears. A written enquiry we see, and every one gets an answer.
- Photos can be attached and looked at properly. A tree is hard to describe in conversation — the height, the lean, the distance to a wall. In a picture all of that is visible at once and more accurately. That is why, given photos, we can give you a quote rather than just promising to come out.
- There is a written record. What was asked for, what we proposed and what was agreed is all in writing — for both sides. That removes the later "I thought we were talking about something else".
In practice this means the answer comes in writing and with real figures, not as "we'll come and have a look". Mark emergencies as urgent — we look at those first and try to come out the same day. We tell you the realistic time when we reply; it depends on the time of day, the weather and how many call-outs there are on a storm day.
Websites in this industry tend to carry claims that nobody ever checks. We write only what we can back up: 15 years in the work, more than 500 completed jobs, and the range of work you can see in the services section. If we aren't sure about something — whether a particular tree can be saved, for instance — we say so directly rather than talking around it.
Where to start
If you know what you need, describe it in your enquiry. If you don't know and you are simply worried about a tree, that is a perfectly good reason to write — often the answer is short and costs you nothing. We have gathered useful articles on permits, neighbours' trees, heritage trees and tree diseases in the advice section.