Roswell has one of the strictest tree ordinances in Metro Atlanta — a permit is required for anything over three inches in diameter — so the paperwork matters here as much as the climbing.
Tree services we provide in Roswell
- Tree removal — hazardous, dead, storm-damaged or in-the-way trees, including crane-assisted and tight-access removals.
- Tree trimming and pruning — crown thinning, deadwooding and clearance from roofs, drives and lines, cut to ISA standards rather than topped.
- Stump grinding — ground below grade with surface roots taken out, cleaned up and the grade restored.
- Storm damage response — trees on structures, blocked driveways, hangers and split leaders.
- Tree health diagnostics — an ISA Certified Arborist diagnoses decline, pests and disease and writes a treatment plan instead of guessing.
- Cabling and bracing — structural support for split trunks, weak unions and heavy horizontal limbs worth saving.
- Lot and land clearing — selective or full clearing for building, drainage or reclaiming overgrown ground.
What makes tree work in Roswell different
The Chattahoochee forms Roswell’s entire southern boundary and the city holds over 900 acres of parkland, including the Vickery Creek unit of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. A lot of residential property here backs onto steep creek bluff or river corridor, where the terrain and the jurisdiction both complicate a removal. In the established mid-century neighborhoods off Holcomb Bridge and Riverside, the dominant tree is water oak — fast-growing, short-lived and prone to internal decay and whole-limb failure at exactly the sixty-to-eighty-year age most of them have now reached.
Tree removal permits in Roswell
Yes, and the threshold is low. The City of Roswell requires a tree removal permit for the removal of any tree larger than three inches in diameter (Unified Development Code, Article 12.1.3). If your property sits within 2,000 feet of the Chattahoochee you also have to contact Planning and Zoning before removing anything, under the Metropolitan River Protection Act. Trees that have become or threaten to become a danger to life or property can be removed without a permit as determined by the City Arborist. Approved removals can trigger recompense into the Roswell Tree Bank, assessed at a higher rate for specimen trees. We handle the permit.
Where we work in Roswell
We are on jobs across Roswell regularly, including Historic Roswell and Canton Street, Roswell Mill and Vickery Creek, Martins Landing, Horseshoe Bend, and the Crabapple Road, Riverside Road and Willeo Road corridors. Roswell is in Fulton County.
Why Roswell homeowners call us
- Every job is scoped by an ISA Certified Arborist, not a salesperson — so you get a straight answer on whether a tree has to come down.
- Family-owned and working in Metro Atlanta since 1985, from our yard on Nekoma Street in Marietta.
- Fully licensed and insured, and TrustDale certified.
- Written estimates before any work starts, and no charge for the estimate.
- Open seven days a week, 7am to 11pm, including storm days.
- We clean up. Chips, brush and rounds go with us unless you want the wood.
Roswell tree service questions
Do I need a permit to remove a tree in Roswell, GA?
Almost certainly yes. Roswell requires a permit for any tree larger than three inches in diameter, which catches yard work most homeowners assume is unregulated. Within 2,000 feet of the Chattahoochee, Planning and Zoning has to be contacted first under the Metropolitan River Protection Act. Genuine hazard trees can come down without a permit when the City Arborist determines the danger. We pull the permit as part of the job and keep the documentation.
How much does tree removal cost in Roswell?
Price comes down to height, trunk diameter, what is underneath the tree and how much room we have to work. A straightforward pine in an open back yard is a completely different job from a seventy-foot water oak leaning over a roof with no room for a crane. We price on site, in writing, and the estimate is free.
Can you get your equipment into my yard?
Often the constraint in Roswell is the slope rather than the gate. Bluff lots above Vickery Creek and the river drop away behind the house, so the drop zone is downhill and the debris has to come back up. We plan those as rigging jobs with a lowering line, and where a crane can reach from the street we use one because it is faster and safer over a roof.
Free tree service estimate in Roswell
Tell us what you are looking at and we will come out, put eyes on the tree and give you a written price. Call (770) 974-3964 or request an estimate online. Financing is available, and new customers get 20% off.
