Ponderosa Tree Service

Large trees can often add a lot to the ambiance and atmosphere of ones yard. However, left unattended the foliage will become dense blocking out light. This will have a negative effect on the undergrowth as plants and grass will become stressed from the lack of sunlight. The dual impact of less light and wilting plants can often make a backyard feel dreary.

With careful shaping and thinning we can restore the life to your yard. This process entails reducing the overall size of the tree while maintaining it's shape. Your tree is pruned throughout as foliage and some branches are removed allowing more filtered light into your backyard. This helps improve the atmosphere in your yard and improve the beauty to your trees.

Shaping is a careful process which requires an experienced tree care company. Following is a shot-by-shot process showing Ponderosa Tree Service as we help shape and thin one of our clients trees.

Here's some shots of the underside of the tree before we went to work. The foliage is dense blocking out sunlight. Click on the pictures to enlarge them.

The following shots give you an idea of the size of the tree before we went to work.

Our crew begins work.

It may be hard to see through the foliage but the following picture shows 2 of our climbers in this tree. We always run a large crew and finish most jobs in a single day.

He may be hard to see in the following picture but one of our climbers is right in the middle.

Meanwhile our ground crew collects brush and debris as it's removed by the climbers. The debris is stacked streetside and run through a chipping machine after the tree has been completed.

Key branches from the trees skirt have been removed. You can already see an improvement.

Our ground crew assists one of our climbers. Using a pole saw debris caught up in branches is removed.

You'll notice in the following picture that the left half of the tree has a noticeable reduced size with thinner foliage. Our climber balances on a branch as he prunes away outer branches.

With the majority of the work complete our crew uses a pole saw to do some final touch-ups.

With the Coast Live Oak done one of our crew members does some minor pruning on a neighboring tree in the same backyard.

Clean-up.

The debris from the shaping is lined up along the curb streetside. With all the pruning done we begin running the debris though our chipper where it's turned into mulch. If you're interested in getting some mulch click here for more information.

With the debris chipped up our crew sweeps up.

Every job we do includes full clean-up of all brush, wood and debris. When we leave it's like we were never there. Here's some shots of the street and our clients yard. Everything is swept up and all debris has been removed.

Completed Work

Here's some completed shots of the tree. The foliage has been reduced significantly allowing more filtered light to shine through. Whereas before even the branches couldn't be seen they are now clearly visible.

Here's a final shot of the clients yard.

Before/After

Below is a before and after shot of the tree in question. It's often hard to capture the difference in photos but you can see that the size of the tree has been reduced. You'll notice that the branches can be seen through the foliage now. Click on the picture to enlarge them and you'll see a distinict difference between the before and after.

It's most noticeable being that you can see so much more of the Pine tree in the background. Also, notice that you can now see branches through the foliage and the skirt has been raised.