Tree Removal
Whether a tree is damaged, dead, or a safety hazard, our crews handle removal safely and efficiently, with minimal disruption to your property.
Learn more →Tree care for Solvang's oak covered hills and village streets, from oak preservation and structural pruning to 24/7 storm response, backed by written estimates and the insurance that matters.
Serving Solvang and the Santa Ynez Valley through our Santa Maria service area, with the same expert arborists, the same standards, and the same around the clock availability.
Solvang sits inland in the Santa Ynez Valley along the Santa Ynez River, where summers run hotter and drier than on the coast and valley oak and coast live oak woodland covers the surrounding hills.
Whether a tree is damaged, dead, or a safety hazard, our crews handle removal safely and efficiently, with minimal disruption to your property.
Learn more →Keep your trees safe, structured, and looking right. We remove dead or overgrown branches, improve clearance, and reduce storm risk.
Learn more →When storms cause tree damage, our emergency team responds quickly to remove hazards, clear debris, and restore safety.
Learn more →Strategic pruning, cabling, and bracing to reduce storm damage risks before severe weather hits.
Learn more →Identifying potential hazards before they become problems. Tree stability, structural integrity, and surrounding risks evaluated on-site.
Learn more →Get expert arborist guidance without a site visit. Share photos or video of your trees and receive a written assessment and estimate within 24 hours.
Learn more →Simplify tree care across multiple properties with a single, trusted provider. Consistent maintenance and emergency response.
Learn more →One point of contact for the whole community: scheduled rounds, reports a board can read, and uniform standards across every lot.
Learn more →ROW maintenance, public works contracts, and storm response for city forestry teams. We handle permits and traffic plans.
Learn more →Corporate campuses, hospital systems, and headquarters landscapes. Quarterly walks, annual risk reports, and paperwork your facilities team can keep on file.
Learn more →Fast dispatch to any property in our service area, with the insurance that matters and safety plans your operations team can review.
Learn more →A geotagged inventory of every tree on the property: species, age, condition, and recommended work, refreshed annually.
Learn more →Real reviews from real customers, straight from our Google Business Profile. Here's what people say once the crew has packed up and the yard is clean.
March 11th, a brief but strong storm came through Goodlettsville and blew over two giant trees in my front yard; one which was being supported by a 3rd tree that was facing and threatening my house. It was an…
From the time I inquired w this company about removing a tree that was strongly impacted from the major strong 80 mph winds on March 3, 2023, they provided us w exceptional service in every way . They were…
My family had a tree removal emergency! A large tree in our back yard was on fire and splitting down the middle. The fire department came out the night before to extinguish the fire, but when I woke up the…
Solvang lies in the Santa Ynez Valley near the Santa Ynez River, inland from the fog that cools the coast. Summer afternoons here are often much warmer than in Lompoc or Santa Barbara, and the dry season is long. The hills around town hold valley oak savanna and coast live oak woodland, and many homes, ranch properties, and vineyards are built among mature native oaks that were growing long before the buildings arrived. Those oaks are the trees most worth protecting and the ones most easily harmed.
Native oaks need different handling than yard trees. Heavy pruning, grade changes, trenching, and summer irrigation near the trunk can all hurt an old oak, and the damage may not show for years. An arborist checks the root zone, the trunk, and the crown before recommending work, and favors the lightest cuts that deal with the risk. We provide written, signed tree risk assessments using TRAQ methodology, the kind of documentation HOAs, insurance carriers, and legal counsel ask for, and we carry the insurance that matters.
Drought is the main stress on Solvang’s oaks. Long, hot dry seasons leave valley oaks and coast live oaks short on water, and stressed oaks can drop limbs on calm summer afternoons, a pattern arborists call summer branch drop. Mistletoe builds up in valley oak crowns and adds weight and water demand. Oak root fungus works in the root crown, especially where irrigation keeps soil wet against the trunk, and sycamores along the river and creeks often show anthracnose after a cool spring.
Winter brings the opposite problem. Pacific storms reach the valley after months of dry weather, and a run of heavy rain can saturate the soil around trees whose roots are already weakened. Wildfire is part of the landscape too, since grass and chaparral on the surrounding hills carry fire in late summer and fall, so deadwood and clearance around structures matter on rural lots. Invasive shot hole borers, confirmed on the county’s South Coast, remain a threat to watch in the valley. An expert arborist plans work around that full year, not just the latest storm.
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March 11th, a brief but strong storm came through Goodlettsville and blew over two giant trees in my front yard; one which was bei...

From the time I inquired w this company about removing a tree that was strongly impacted from the major strong 80 mph winds on Mar...



My family had a tree removal emergency! A large tree in our back yard was on fire and splitting down the middle. The fire departme...



Great service, communication and fair pricing. Would recommend for any job big or small this company is the real deal! Thanks CATS...



The day before Easter we discovered our largest tree had rotted and split more than halfway through. It had become very dangerous...


I highly recommend this company. Sales guy was awesome. He stepped me through the entire process. Gave me a great quote that I cou...


We found the company to be very efficient, listened carefully to our requests and suggestions. It was a pleasure to work with th...



CATS and the Treemasters crew were awesome. They were so careful taking down a large hackberry and trimming another hanging right...

Highly recommend. We unfortunately had a large tree branch break and hanging over our house about to fall and cause some serious d...
Michael, Antonio and his crew did a fantastic job trimming the trees in the butterfly sanctuary that is our yard in Hendersonville...
Found Joe through a neighbor of ours, so happy we did. He lives and works in East Nashville- super personable and professional. Wo...