Tree service in Alhambra, California

Empire Tree Care picks up tree jobs in Alhambra, and you book by phone. The city's About page says its streets were once lined with pepper trees and that the part of town west of Marengo Avenue became known as Dolgeville. Both are history by now. What matters for a job is the tree you have today and whose it is, a parkway tree or one in your yard. Call or text (626) 493-7629 and say which one it is, and which side of the sidewalk the trunk stands on.

Alhambra's tree preservation page says a Tree Removal Permit is required to remove, top, trim, prune, damage or otherwise materially alter a tree, unless an exception applies. The same page says trimming or pruning does not need an application as long as the work does not kill or damage the tree. Read the two together, and ask the city when a cut falls near the line. For trees in your own yard, tree trimming & pruning and tree removal are what you would call Empire Tree Care for.

A parkway tree is a different case. For a city-owned tree in front of a property, the city says to leave the work to its Public Works tree care professionals, and a city arborist will inspect dead or diseased parkway trees on request. A dead tree inside your own fence is dead tree removal. Alhambra is a regular run from the Arcadia base, well inside the 45 miles the owner will drive. Settle who owns the tree first, since a parkway tree gets a call to the city and a yard tree gets a call here.

Cuttings from a trim or removal meet city rules of their own. Alhambra's green organics container takes yard trimmings, leaves and grass, plus branches shorter than 4 feet and smaller than 4 inches across. Palm fronds are not allowed in it, so a palm leaves a different pile, and palm tree trimming is worth asking about when you call. The city's Bulky Item Pick-Up is its own program, so check it before you stack branches at the curb. San Gabriel is next door and has its own page.

What Empire Tree Care does in Alhambra

• Tree trimming & pruning: The city says pruning needs no application when it doesn't kill or damage the tree
• Tree removal: Removal is where Alhambra's Tree Removal Permit comes in, so ask before you book
• Dead tree removal: A dead tree in your own yard, where the city's arborist inspects dead parkway trees on request
• Palm tree trimming: Palm fronds are not allowed in the green container, so palms leave a different pile
• Tree limb removal: One limb off a tree that stays, with the city's Bulky Item Pick-Up as the next thing to check
• Tree debris removal: Cuttings pile up fast, and branches over the green container's size limit don't fit
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Before you call, read how Empire Tree Care prices a tree service job.

Also near Alhambra

San Gabriel, South Pasadena, Rosemead, Arcadia, Pasadena, and the rest of the San Gabriel Valley.