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 →Coastal tree care for Santa Monica's salt-air oaks and canyon slopes, from structural pruning to 24/7 winter storm response, backed by written estimates and the insurance that matters.
Serving Santa Monica, California through our Los Angeles service area, with the same expert arborists, the same standards, and the same around the clock availability.
Santa Monica sits right where sandy coastal soil meets the Santa Monica Mountains, which means the same street can hold a salt tolerant coast live oak and a canyon slope eucalyptus with entirely different risk profiles.
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…
Santa Monica runs from sandy coastal flats near the beach up toward the canyon rim below the Santa Monica Mountains, so the soil under a tree can shift from loose sand to heavier clay within a few blocks. That range changes how roots anchor and how much water a tree actually needs, and it is the first thing an arborist reads before recommending any pruning or removal plan.
Mediterranean weather here means long dry summers followed by wet winters, and that swing stresses trees that were fine all August. Coast live oaks along the older residential streets carry real risk from oak root fungus, which can work for years before the canopy shows obvious decline. Gold-spotted oak borer, found in parts of northern Los Angeles County, is worth watching on those same oaks. We produce written tree risk assessments using TRAQ methodology, the kind of documentation HOAs, insurance carriers, and legal counsel often ask for, and we carry the insurance that matters.
The canyon adjacent neighborhoods carry the most exposure to winter storm uprooting, since saturated soil on a slope gives shallow rooted species like eucalyptus far less to hold onto than they’d have on flat ground. We check root plate movement and lean on a canyon area visit, especially heading into the wet months.
Closer to the beach, jacaranda and other ornamentals fill much of the canopy, and polyphagous shot hole borer has become the pest we watch hardest, since it moves through a wide range of ornamental species and often shows no outward symptom until infestation is well advanced. Timing pruning around the dry season, rather than right before winter rain, matters as much in Santa Monica as the cut itself. An expert arborist reads the cause behind a struggling tree, not just the symptom on the surface, before any saw fires up.
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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...