Woodstock is the strictest jurisdiction we work in: a permit is required for any tree over three inches in caliper, and cutting without one runs $150 per inch — $175 for specimen trees.
Tree services we provide in Woodstock
- 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 Woodstock different
Woodstock sits at about 955 feet where the Piedmont starts breaking toward the Blue Ridge foothills, and the city takes in the Little River, Noonday Creek and Corps of Engineers property along the Lake Allatoona system — so lakeside and Corps-adjacent lots add a federal property boundary on top of the city permit. Growth is the other driver: Woodstock was the tenth fastest-growing suburb in the country in 2007, and the large 1990s and 2000s subdivisions like Towne Lake and Eagle Watch now have thousands of retained and planted trees reaching removal age at the same time, on sloped wooded lots.
Tree removal permits in Woodstock
Yes, and the threshold is three inches. For any tree over three inches in caliper within the city, a permit is required for removal. Removal of five or fewer non-specimen trees is allowed with a permit on a residential lot in a calendar year, and there is no fee for that permit. Specimen trees, defined at 10 to 30 inches caliper depending on species, are held to stricter standards, and a dead or dying tree still requires approved authorisation before removal. Penalties for cutting without a permit run $150 per inch cut and $175 per inch for specimen trees. Note that unincorporated Cherokee County exempts existing single-family homeowners except for heritage trees, so a Woodstock mailing address does not automatically put you under city rules.
Where we work in Woodstock
We are on jobs across Woodstock regularly, including Towne Lake and Towne Lake Hills, Eagle Watch, Bradshaw Farm, Deer Run, Wyngate, downtown Woodstock and the 1912 depot, and Olde Rope Mill Park. Woodstock is in Cherokee County.
Why Woodstock 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.
Woodstock tree service questions
Do I need a permit to remove a tree in Woodstock, GA?
Inside Woodstock city limits, yes — for anything over three inches in caliper, including dead and dying trees. The permit is free for five or fewer non-specimen trees a year, but you still have to have it before you cut, and the penalty for skipping it is $150 per inch. If your address is Woodstock but you are actually in unincorporated Cherokee County, existing single-family homeowners are exempt unless the tree is a heritage tree. We establish which applies to your address first.
How much does tree removal cost in Woodstock?
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 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?
Usually yes on the subdivision lots, with slope and lake frontage as the variables. Corps of Engineers property behind a lakeside lot limits where equipment and debris can go, and the wooded hillsides in Towne Lake and Eagle Watch often mean rigging downhill and carrying up. We sort that out on the estimate visit.
Free tree service estimate in Woodstock
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.
