Our yard is on North Central Avenue, so Tampa is not a market we drive to. It is where we live, where our crew lives, and where most of our work has come from by word of mouth for years.
That matters more than it sounds. We already know which blocks in Seminole Heights have laurel oaks reaching over the power drops, which South Tampa streets flood enough to soften the ground under a bucket truck, and which Hyde Park lots are too tight to do anything but rope every piece down.
The trees we deal with most in Tampa
Live oak and laurel oak dominate the older neighborhoods, and the two behave very differently. Live oaks are strong and long-lived and are usually worth saving. Laurel oaks look similar, grow faster, hollow out from the center by their sixties, and are behind a large share of the limb failures we get called to. Beyond the oaks: queen and sabal palms everywhere, camphor and Brazilian pepper as invasives that keep coming back, and a lot of over-mature slash pine north of Busch Boulevard.
Grand trees and City of Tampa rules
Tampa's tree ordinance is stricter than the surrounding county. Protected and grand trees generally need city review before a healthy specimen can be removed, and a grand oak can be a serious piece of paperwork. Genuinely dead or hazardous trees are handled differently. We will tell you at the estimate which category yours falls into, before you pay anybody for anything.
Tight lots and old bungalows
In Seminole Heights, Tampa Heights and Hyde Park you get big old trees on small lots with the house, the neighbor's house and the alley all inside the drop zone. Those jobs are done in sections off the bucket with everything roped down. It takes longer than a crane pick and it is the reason nothing lands on your roof.
Flood-prone ground
Parts of South Tampa and the areas along the Hillsborough River hold water for days after a heavy summer storm. Rolling a bucket truck across saturated ground is how a lawn ends up with ruts a foot deep. When we look at a job in those areas after a wet week we will often suggest waiting two days rather than tearing your yard apart to save them.
Where we work in Tampa
We cover Tampa and the surrounding neighborhoods, including Seminole Heights, South Tampa, Hyde Park, Ybor City, Sulphur Springs, Forest Hills, New Tampa, Davis Islands, Palma Ceia, Tampa Heights, Riverside Heights and Port Tampa.
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