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About Tree Trimming Placerville

Tree Trimming Placerville is a phone line plus this little website, set up for folks in and around Placerville whose trees need some looking after. Dial (530) 240-2208 and we'll send a tree pro from around here your way.

Placerville, CA 95667 · up and down the foothills

Our part

• Picking up when you ring, and reading every note sent through the form.
• Asking a handful of questions. Kind of tree, spot in the yard, trouble you've noticed, how urgent.
• Tracking down an independent pro who already works your end of the county.
• Getting the visit on their calendar at a time you can be there.
• Hunting up another pro too, if comparing two quotes would help you decide.

Not our part

Nobody on this end climbs, runs a chainsaw, or owns a chipper. The pruning and the cleanup belong to the independent pro you pick. They name their own price, and you settle up with them.

We won't push you to cut anything, either. Whether a limb or a tree goes is a talk for you and the pro, standing in your yard. The disclosure page explains how this site pays its way.

Why just trimming?

Plenty of tree websites are mostly about taking trees down. Ours leans the other way, toward keeping them. Here in the foothills that means oaks pruned in their proper season, pines left alone while beetles fly, neglected fruit trees, mistletoe clumps, and branches inching toward a roof or a wire.

Most good pruning is patience and a light hand. We figured this corner of El Dorado County deserved one spot that says so in everyday words.

Our sources

The tree advice here isn't invented. Each rule, date and dollar figure traces back to a named source, mainly these.

• UC Master Gardeners plus the UC statewide pest program, on oaks, fruit, mistletoe, beetles and rot.
• The International Society of Arboriculture, on cut placement and how much to take.
• PG&E, on branches near power wires.
• The El Dorado County Fire Safe Council, on free chipping.
• The National Weather Service, for the morning conditions box.
• Published national cost guides for prices. No official Placerville price list exists.

Guidance shifts now and then. If something here looks stale to you, phone us and we'll correct it.

Our patch

Placerville itself, ZIP 95667, plus the river towns of Coloma and Lotus, the ridges up through Camino to Pollock Pines, and plenty in between. Every one is on the towns page.