As far as we know, every other company provides free estimates/consultation. We may be the only one that has a fee. How can they provide a free service and why don’t you? Two great questions!
They hope to cut down your tree (s) or commit you to a revolving door treatment plan. “We keep on treating until you tell us to stop.” One large tree can cost thousands of dollars to remove! A treatment program can continue for years and may not even be needed! The salesperson who returns with too few signed contracts gets the boot. Is there a better way?
We offer an ‘independent’ evaluation of the health and safety of your trees. Our Board-Certified Master Arborist (1 of only 7 in the state), has personally evaluated over 1 million trees. With a perfect record! And we do this at ‘our’ cost. No other arborist comes close.
Should your trees require further attention, we can impartially recommend proven companies that won’t take advantage of you (we don’t accept or provide referral fees). We may be the closest to a watchdog you’ll find in the Upstate.
Our rate is based upon our travel time and the number and size of trees to be evaluated. With your address and description, we can provide you with a free estimate over the phone.
The majority of our evaluations don’t require further action on our part or another company we refer. Often, all that is needed our things within your control (such as cultural changes). This will likely save you a lot of money. How much money? Hundreds, and more likely, thousands of dollars! But more importantly, you’ll have the peace of knowing what’s up with your trees from a proven expert.
Are all arborists the same? It’s unlikely you’ll find an arborist more enthusiastic, knowledgeable, ethical, competent, and personable than our founder and principal consultant, Randy Cyr. Randy is a decorated Marine vet with an unmatched service record, and the first Board Certified Master Arborist in the Upstate.
Upon starting successful tree care companies in 2 other states, Randy brought his company to Greenville, SC 3 decades ago, focusing upon consultation, preservation, treatment, and conflict resolution, while establishing the States’s best track record. Unlike any other arborist, Randy has been fearless in exposing what really is killing our trees, which is evident on our peer-reviewed website.
We will not cut your trees down, force a revolving door treatment program upon you, or tell you what you must do. Instead, we will provide you with no-nonsense guidance and proven therapy for a nominal fee. We will put you back in control of your landscape, while saving you thousands of dollars. Our company has helped save 1 million trees in the Upstate!
Looks are free. But if you want our expert opinion, we have a nominal fee for that. Reliable health diagnosis and risk assessment require that we physically examine your tree (anything less would be irresponsible). This may involve locating and identifying structural defects, digging up the root collar, testing the soil, sounding for trunk decay and retrieving crown samples (for lab analysis).
Let us help you find the real problem, while saving you hundreds, and more likely, thousands of dollars. We have done just this to over 1 million trees. With a perfect record! We likely can help you.
If possible, we to try to help owners and managers over the phone. But more often than not, the problem is more complex than what appears on the surface, and warrants closer investigation.
Reliable diagnosis and risk assessment (hazard evaluation) requires that we physically examine your tree—anything less would be irresponsible. Evaluation may involve digging up the root collar, testing the soil, sounding for trunk decay and retrieving crown samples (for lab analysis). For this service, we charge a nominal fee, which can be applied towards treatment (if treatment is needed).
Randy Cyr, who has started successful tree care companies in 3 southern states, has personally evaluated over 1 million trees with a perfect record (Upstate), is 1 of 7 Board Certified Master Arborists (SC), one of a handful Tree Risk Qualified Arborists (SC), 1 of only 2 Tree/Plant Appraisal Qualified Arborists (SC), has been peer-reviewed by 6 Tree Industry Leaders (USA), and has an unmatched litigation record (Tri-State).
While a horticulturist is a gardener, a forester a forest manager, and an urban forester an urban forest policy enforcer, an arborist cares for individual trees (a ‘tree doctor’). Arborists are knowledgeable about the needs of trees and are trained and equipped to provide proper care. Though these roles often overlap, their training and focus are quite different.
Certified Arborists have achieved a level of knowledge in the art and science of tree care through experience and by passing a comprehensive exam by the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA). Since certification requires ongoing education, certified arborists are more likely to be up to date on the latest techniques in arboriculture. While certification can attest to basic tree knowledge, it cannot ensure ethics or performance.
The Board Certified Master Arborist (BCMA) credential recognizes the top few ISA Certified Arborists who have reached the pinnacle of their profession. BCMA certification involves significant experience, advanced education, and passing an extensive, scenario-based exam that covers a broad scope of arboricultural management, science and work practices, as well as following the BCMA Code of Ethics, and continuing education (20 hours a year). While there are over 30,000 ISA Certified Arborists in the world, only 565 are BCMA’s (less than 2%). South Carolina has only 7!
We do more than stand. Except for ongoing consultation and ligation (for which we may require a retainer), we only accept payment after we are done, and you are satisfied. If treatment does not work, we will promptly return to treat your tree again. Having even one dissatisfied client is one too many. To us, this is more than a lofty goal, but rather, a sacred oath we have lived by for 3 decades!
We are centrally located in Greenville, SC, so we can more easily respond to the needs of the great people of the Upstate. Because we offer specialized services that may not be found in other areas, we also service the Tri-state area (North Carolina, South Carolina & Georgia). We have done work as far away as Florida to Maine to Oklahoma.
They do in a pristine forest. But when you introduce man into the mix, man must step in to help. Building in remnant forests, and introducing new trees and plants into a ‘construction-ravaged’ landscape, requires competent attention.
We can help you with this. Our services are especially geared towards offsetting urban development and its effects on trees.
The greatest threat to our trees’ well-being is not disease, bugs, lightning, ice or even wind! Our trees’ most harmful pests do not crawl along the ground, but rather, walk upright on two legs. While bugs invariably catch the blame, sick trees are most often predisposed by the very ‘professionals’ we hire to work around, and even on, our trees.
We are devoted solely to the preservation of your trees. We provide the no-nonsense guidance and proven therapy necessary to keep your trees safe and healthy. We believe having the job done right the first time is the least expensive avenue you can take.
Mission statements are fine, but we believe one’s reputation speaks louder than the best of intentions.
For 3 decades of dedicated service to the good people of the Carolinas, we’ve never had a man get hurt on the job, filed an insurance claim, appeared in court with a client (unless to represent him or her), had a compliant lodged against us, overcharged for a service or found need of a collection agency.
When you shake our hand, you can bet we will do exactly what we said we would do. We consider ourselves your servants, and our service a calling that we hold with a sacred trust.
In addition to our consultation and treatment services, we also provide help with conflict resolution, accident investigations, impact assessment, personal injury, trespass, vandalism, eminent domain, easements, insurance claims, appraisals (valuation) and litigation support. You want Greentree on your side!
Trees in a pristine setting, like a forest, grow well without the aid of man. But when we build near a remnant of the forest, and introduce new plants into an urban setting, many of our trees perish without adequate preservation, rehabilitation and installation.
Even with the best of intentions, developers, builders, grading contractors, paving contractors, utility contractors, irrigation contractors, and even many landscape contractors and tree removal services, overestimate their ability to preserve trees. Their actions can, and often do, cause irreparable damage to our precious trees and landscape.
It’s been estimated that 80 to 90% of the tree problems we see above ground, are related to issues that occur below ground, in the area we call the Root Zone. That is where we focus our attention.
Root Zone Therapy remedies many of these problems. This can involve soil testing, Root Collar Inspection, Root Collar Extraction, Root De-girdling, Soil Fracturing, Soil Conditioning, Soil De-compaction, amending the soil, and cultural recommendations from a Board Certified Master Arborist.
Of the thousands of trees we treat each year, 90% will see a measurable improvement in 30 days (during the growing season)! 99% of our clients that also follow our cultural recommendations, will see a measurable improvement within one year. We are not aware of another Upstate company that comes close!
Of the several thousands of trees we have treated in the Tri-state, we have never seen our Root Zone Therapy cause any property damage. Compressed air passes harmfully below ground until it encounters compacted soil, which it then fractures. These small fractures then become new growth pathways for roots. The result is corresponding growth in the leafy crown.
Tree Evaluations & Reports
Before you call a tree removal service, let our impartial consulting arborists identify potential hazards and diseases, and recommend proven solutions. Our approach spares our clients needless worry and, often, thousands of dollars in removal and treatment costs.
