Tree Service in Woodbury, MN

Tree Service in Woodbury looks different from the older suburbs closer to Saint Paul. The land was mostly forest when settlers arrived in 1844, then cleared for farms, and the first suburban subdivision, Woodbury Heights, did not break ground until 1955. Most of the city was built much later: Woodbury had about 20,000 residents in 1990 and 75,102 at the 2020 census. So the typical Woodbury yard has trees that were planted by a builder or the first owner twenty to thirty-five years ago. They are just now getting big enough to rub shingles, block sight lines on corner lots and need their first serious structural prune.

Two city programs for ash

Woodbury has two ways to help residents with ash removal, and both affect how an estimate should be written.

• The Private Ash Tree Removal Assessment Program covers the upfront cost through a special assessment added to your property tax bill. The application asks for two contractor quotes that identify the tree as ash and include felling, debris haul-away and stump grinding, plus your latest Washington County tax statement.
• The Income-Based Ash Tree Removal Assistance program, funded with federal CDBG money, helps qualifying owner-occupants. Trees removed before approval are not eligible, and approved homeowners are asked to get two quotes within two weeks.

If you are applying for either, tell us when you call. We will confirm the species in writing and break out felling, hauling and grinding as separate lines so the quote matches what the city asks for.

Pruning young trees now saves removals later

A maple or linden that is 25 years old is at the best age for structural pruning. Cutting back a competing leader that is three inches across is quick and heals well. Waiting until that leader is ten inches across turns it into a weak split waiting for a storm. We follow ANSI A300 pruning practice: no topping, no stripping the interior, and cuts made just outside the branch collar.

Upland ground, open exposure

Woodbury sits on upland between the Mississippi and St. Croix valleys, at roughly 978 feet. Many neighborhoods were built on former farm fields with few windbreaks, so trees catch more wind than they would in an older, tightly wooded suburb. We see a lot of spruce and pine leaning after wet spring storms, and young maples with bark split on the south and west sides from winter sun. Both are worth catching early.

Parks and water at the edge of the yard

The city has 63 parks covering about 3,600 acres, with its largest parks around Colby, Wilmes and Powers lakes. Homes along those parks and along the city's trail corridors often have native oaks and box elder at the back lot line. Work there means keeping wood off the trail and out of the wetland buffer, and we plan for that up front.

Getting started

Call (651) 374-8562 or send a request with photos of the tree. We will walk it with you and send a written quote. Get a free estimate