Homes and businesses across Stratford and the surrounding area rely on Stratford Tree Service for tree trimming and pruning, insured on every job and sized to handle any tree. A tree kept on a regular tree trimming and pruning schedule costs less to maintain over its life and is far less likely to lose a limb when a storm rolls through.
Call (226) 602-0607.
People use the words trimming and pruning to mean the same thing in everyday conversation, and that is fine. Pruning usually means removing specific branches for the health or structure of the tree. Trimming usually means shaping a tree or controlling how large it gets.
Most jobs blend both approaches rather than sticking strictly to one. Our written quote spells out exactly which branches come off and why, so you know what you are paying for before we start.
A single visit usually removes something in the ten-to-twenty-percent range of a living crown. A tree in good health regrows that without strain, and the improvement holds up for years before another visit is needed.
Push past that range and the tree burns reserves it needed for staying healthy just to regrow what was cut. What comes back tends to be weakly attached and fragile, the opposite of the intended result. Whatever percentage we settle on, it goes in writing before a single cut is made.
Oak wilt is a fatal fungal disease, and a fresh pruning wound is exactly how it gets into a tree. The beetles responsible for carrying it around are only active while the tree is growing, and a raw cut practically calls them in.
Cold weather takes the beetles out of the picture entirely, so once an oak has dropped its leaves for winter, a cut poses no risk. That single fact is why our oak work waits for the dormant season, no exceptions. Call about an oak mid-summer and we will explain why the job gets booked for later rather than started that week.
A ring of specialized tissue at the base of every branch, called the collar, is how a tree actually seals a wound shut. Cut just past that ring, and the tree closes the wound cleanly on its own; that is where the damage ends.
Cut flush against the trunk, and the collar comes off along with the branch, leaving a wound that never closes right. Rot has years to work its way inward after that. It is easily the most common mistake we find on trees somebody else already worked on.
Absolutely, and nothing you pay for delivers more long-term value than early tree trimming and pruning on a young tree. Three brief visits over its first fifteen years shapes a structure that carries it for decades afterward.
In practice that means picking one stem to be the leader, cutting away anything competing with it, clearing out branches that rub against each other, and slowly lifting the lowest part of the crown over time. Wait until the tree is mature and those same fixes usually turn into cabling, or removal, instead.
Ready to have your trees looked at before the next storm or the next growing season? Stratford Tree Service handles tree trimming and pruning across Stratford, Shakespeare, Sebringville and the wider area, and every visit ends with a free written quote.
Call (226) 602-0607, or visit the Stratford Tree Service home page to see everything else on offer.
A property usually needs more than one kind of tree work sooner or later. Below is the rest of what we offer.
Dead, broken and hanging branches come down safely with Stratford Tree Service, working across Stratford and the surrounding townships. Insurance covers every job, whether it is one branch or a tree that has lost most of its crown to dieback.
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When a storm brings a tree down, Stratford Tree Service handles emergency storm damage cleanup across Stratford and the surrounding area, day or night when the situation calls for it. Every job is insured. A tree touching a hydro line is the power company's problem first, so call them before you call us.
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Stratford Tree Service provides tree removal for trees of any size across Stratford and the surrounding area. Every tree removal job we take on is fully insured, and we handle difficult access on the older, tighter lots near downtown as readily as an open backyard. You get that quote in writing before a single cut is made.
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Mature trees across Stratford and the surrounding area get crown thinning and canopy reduction from Stratford Tree Service, insured on every job. We plan each visit around what keeps the tree healthy for years, not just what solves today's complaint, and you get that plan in writing before we cut anything.
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A tree can be otherwise sound with just one weak point worth reinforcing, and that is exactly the gap Stratford Tree Service fills with tree cabling and bracing across Stratford and the surrounding area. Every job carries insurance, and we tell you plainly whether hardware will actually help before a dollar figure ever comes up.
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Left-behind stumps come out with Stratford Tree Service's stump grinding and removal, offered across Stratford and the surrounding area. All of our work carries insurance, and grinding is quoted apart from any tree removal, so grinding the stump stays entirely your call.
View Stump Grinding and RemovalGive us a sense of what is going on with the tree and roughly your location, and we will get a visit scheduled. What you get back is a written price laying out our approach to the work, where the cut material ends up, and anything left out of the number.
Knowing the species and a rough height lets us quote tree trimming or tree removal more accurately, and your street matters just as much, because how easily equipment can reach the tree changes the cost more than its size does. Note what the tree is positioned over, and flag the urgent box if storm damage is why you are writing in. Realistically, a working phone number or email is the only field we genuinely cannot skip. Prefer to talk it through instead? Call (226) 602-0607 directly.
