About Lehigh Acres Tree Service

A Local Crew, Not a Call Center

Lehigh Acres Tree Service is a local tree crew serving Lehigh Acres and the surrounding Lee County communities, and that local identity shapes how we work. When you call (239) 686-1550, you reach people who know the difference between a slash pine on an acreage lot near Buckingham and a live oak over a pool cage in Town Lakes, because they work on both every week. We know which streets have narrow side gates that will not fit a stump grinder, which neighborhoods have HOA architectural review, and which lots sit on the sandiest soil where roots spread wide and shallow. That knowledge is not a marketing line; it is the reason estimates are accurate and jobs finish without surprises.

Our crew handles the full range of residential and commercial tree work: removals, trimming and pruning, palm care, stump grinding, land and lot clearing, storm cleanup, cabling and bracing, and power-line clearance coordination. We are licensed and insured, we give free on-site estimates, and we work Monday through Saturday from 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM, with 24-hour response for storm emergencies during hurricane season. Over 14 years and more than 2,400 completed jobs, we have built a 4.9 rating from over 180 reviews by doing the unglamorous parts of the job well: showing up on time, protecting lawns and driveways, hauling debris away, and leaving a yard cleaner than we found it.

How We Work on Your Property

Every job starts with a walk of the property, not a price shouted from the driveway. The estimator looks at each tree's trunk, canopy, lean, and root zone, notes nearby structures, fences, septic components, and power lines, and talks with you about what you want the yard to look like afterward. You receive a written, itemized estimate that separates removal, stump grinding, hauling, and cleanup, so you can compare it fairly with any other quote and decide what matters most. If a tree is healthy and only needs trimming, we say so; if it is hazardous and needs removal, we show you why in person rather than asking you to take our word for it.

On job day, the crew protects what matters before the first cut: lawns, pavers, pool decks, and plantings get mats and careful rigging paths, and pieces are lowered by rope rather than dropped wherever a structure is below. Climbers, ground crew, and equipment operators work as a practiced team, which is what keeps a large removal safe and efficient. After the work, debris is hauled, the area is raked and blown clean, and stump holes are filled where grinding was included. We do not consider a job finished until you have walked the property with the crew leader and are satisfied with the result, because a tree job that leaves a mess behind has not really finished at all.

Storm Experience in Southwest Florida

Hurricane season, June through November, is when a tree company's experience shows most clearly, and it is where much of ours was earned. We have handled emergency removals of trees on roofs, trees blocking roads and driveways, and trees tangled with fences and pool enclosures after tropical storms, and we understand the sequence that protects a home after damage: stabilize, remove weight safely, tarp the roof, document for insurance, and only then move to full repairs. We coordinate with roofers and tarping services when a tree comes off a structure, because a second rainstorm through an open hole can cause more interior damage than the tree itself.

That same experience shapes our spring advice. We would rather prune a dead limb in May than remove a whole tree from a roof in September, and we say so even when the emergency job would pay more. Our hurricane preparation work, structural pruning, deadwood removal, palm trimming, and hazard assessments, is scheduled heavily in April and May for exactly that reason. Homeowners who prepare early get calmer scheduling, fairer pricing, and a crew that already knows their property if a storm does arrive. It is the most practical form of storm protection a yard can have, after shutters and a generator.

Palms, Oaks, and Pines: Species Knowledge That Matters

Southwest Florida trees are not interchangeable, and treating them as if they were leads to bad advice. Palms need regular trimming of dead fronds and seed pods, a watch for lethal yellowing and palmetto weevils, and an understanding that a damaged crown bud cannot regrow. Live oaks need structural pruning that respects their heavy horizontal limbs and their long life, not topping that ruins their shape and invites decay. Slash pines need early assessment for dead tops, beetle damage, and root disturbance in sandy soil, because a tall pine fails differently and more dramatically than either of the others.

Our crew's species knowledge shows up in small decisions that add up: which fronds to remove from a palm and which to leave, how much end weight to take off an oak limb over a roof, when a pine is a candidate for monitoring and when it is a candidate for removal, and which replacement species suits a spot after a diseased palm comes out. It also shows up in planting advice. We regularly tell homeowners that a palm suits a patio better than a large oak will in ten years, or that a pine belongs farther from the house than the nursery tag suggested. Good tree work is as much about the next twenty years as it is about today's cut.

Serving the Whole Lehigh Acres Area

We serve all of Lehigh Acres, including Lee Blvd, Homestead Rd, Sunshine Blvd, Town Lakes, Village 20, Leeland Heights, Parkdale, Harris, Harns Marsh, Gunnery Rd, Joel Blvd, Eisenhower, and Olga, as well as nearby Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Gateway, Buckingham, Alva, and North Fort Myers. ZIP codes covered include 33936, 33973, 33972, 33971, 33976, 33974, and 33970. Because we are based in the area rather than dispatched from another county, response times are shorter, especially for storm work, and follow-up visits are easy to arrange if a question comes up after the job.

Commercial clients, including HOAs, property managers, schools, and businesses, receive the same approach with added documentation: written scopes, certificates of insurance, scheduled maintenance cycles, and before-and-after photos for board records. Residential clients receive the same professionalism on a single palm trim as on a multi-day acreage clearing. Whether the job is one stump or an entire lot, the standard is identical: a fair written price, a licensed and insured crew, careful protection of the property, and a clean finish. That standard, repeated over 2,400 jobs, is why most of our work now comes from repeat customers and their neighbors.