Tree Service in Sugarcreek Township, OH

Tree Service in Sugarcreek Township covers a place in transition. The township, established in 1803 and named for Sugar Creek, a tributary of the Little Miami River, covers about 26 square miles of Greene County, with Bellbrook in its western part and small pieces of Centerville and Kettering inside it. With Bellbrook nearly built out, most new housing in the area goes up in the township. The result is a mix of new subdivisions, older rural homes and wooded acreage.

New construction and old trees

When a subdivision is built in woods or around old fence rows, some trees are saved. That's good, but construction often damages the roots of saved trees: grading, trenching for utilities and compaction from equipment. The damage shows up years later as thinning crowns and dead branches at the top. If your newer home has a big old tree that was left during construction, keep an eye on it and have it checked if it starts to thin.

Sugarcreek MetroPark and the creeks

Sugarcreek MetroPark, part of Five Rivers MetroParks, is in the township, and creek valleys run through much of the area. Properties along them often have mature woods, steep slopes and wet bottoms. Work there takes planning: safe footing for the crew, a plan for where cut pieces go, and care to leave roots that hold creek banks.

Young trees in new subdivisions

In the newest neighborhoods, trees are small, and this is the best time to shape them. Structural pruning, choosing one main trunk, spacing branches and removing rubbing limbs, takes little time on a young tree and prevents expensive problems later.

What we do in Sugarcreek Township

• Assessing and removing construction-damaged trees
• Structural pruning for young trees
• Hazard tree removal on wooded lots
• Clearing for additions, pools or outbuildings
• Stump grinding

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Choosing what to keep

On wooded lots, it's tempting to keep every tree. A better plan is to keep the healthiest, best-placed trees and remove ones that are dead, crowded, or too close to the house. Removing a few weaker trees gives the others more light, water and room to develop sturdy crowns. We can walk the lot with you and mark which trees we'd recommend keeping and why.

Protecting trees during building

If you're planning an addition, pool or outbuilding near trees you want to keep, think about the roots before construction starts. Keeping equipment and material piles outside the area under the tree's crown, avoiding grade changes there and routing utility trenches away from big roots all help the tree survive. We can advise on which trees are likely to tolerate the work and which may need to come out.