Hays County
Tree service in Dripping Springs, Texas
ISA Certified Arborists working Belterra, Headwaters, Driftwood and every neighbourhood in between. Everything scoped in writing, full cleanup, no travel surcharge.
- From our yard
- 45 minutes from our yard
- Emergency response
- 3 to 4 hours for emergencies
- Zip codes
- 78620, 78737
Dripping Springs is where our work shifts from residential tree care to land management. Lots are measured in acres rather than feet, and the question is usually not what to do with one tree but what the whole parcel should look like in ten years.
The heritage live oaks out here are exceptional. Some are several centuries old, with limb spreads wider than the houses near them, and they are worth serious protective effort. That effort is mostly about what you do not do: no compaction inside the root zone, no grade changes, no irrigation systems running against the trunk, and absolutely no pruning between February and June.
Everything else is cedar. Ashe juniper has expanded enormously across Hays County in the absence of the fires that historically kept it in check, and thinning it back is what lets grass, wildflowers and young hardwoods return.
What is different about Dripping Springs trees
- Heritage oak preservation
- Some Dripping Springs live oaks are centuries old. Protecting them is mostly about avoiding compaction, grade changes and construction inside the critical root zone.
- Acreage cedar management
- Ashe juniper has expanded hugely without periodic fire. Selective mulching restores grass and wildflower cover and lets young hardwoods establish.
- Agricultural valuation
- Wildlife management valuation on Hays County acreage often includes brush management requirements. Our clearing work is commonly done to support that.
- Water is the limit
- Dripping Springs relies heavily on wells and rainwater. Reducing cedar density measurably improves how much rainfall actually reaches the ground and recharges.
Trees we work on in Dripping Springs
- Live oak
- Ashe juniper
- Texas red oak
- Cedar elm
- Mesquite
- Pecan
Neighbourhoods we cover
If you are near Hamilton Pool, we are already working your street most weeks. This list is not exhaustive, so call even if you do not see your subdivision.
- Belterra
- Headwaters
- Driftwood
- Caliterra
- Rim Rock
- Sunset Canyon
- Howard Ranch
- Arrowhead Ranch
Locally requested
Most requested in Dripping Springs
Land & Lot Clearing
Selective clearing that takes out the cedar and leaves the oaks worth keeping.
Learn moreArborist Consulting & Risk Assessment
Written, defensible assessments for permits, construction, disputes and insurance.
Learn moreTree Health & Oak Wilt Management
Diagnosis and treatment for oak wilt, decline and pests, from the people who see it every week.
Learn moreTree Trimming & Pruning
Structural pruning that improves the health of the tree instead of just making it smaller.
Learn moreQuestions
Dripping Springs tree service questions
Fence the critical root zone before any equipment arrives, generally at one foot of radius for every inch of trunk diameter, and keep everything out of it. No parking, no material storage, no spoil piles, no trenching. Where a utility must cross, bore beneath rather than trench through. Most heritage oak deaths on build sites trace to compaction, and the tree usually does not show it for two or three years.
On dense stands, yes, measurably. A mature Ashe juniper intercepts a significant share of light rainfall in its canopy, where it evaporates without ever reaching the ground. Thinning dense cedar increases the proportion of rainfall that infiltrates the soil and reaches recharge, which matters a great deal on well-dependent Hays County acreage.
Yes. Selective brush management is a common qualifying practice for wildlife management valuation in Hays County, and we regularly carry out clearing designed to meet a specific management plan. Bring us your plan and we will scope the work to match it, including documentation of what was done and where.
Reviews
Recent work near Dripping Springs
4.9 from 412 reviews
They took a dead pecan out from six feet off our bedroom wall without touching the roof or the fence. The climber talked me through the rigging before he went up.
Tree Removal
Two other companies quoted me to top the tree. Summit explained why that would ruin it and pruned it properly instead. Yard was cleaner than when they arrived.
Tree Trimming & Pruning
We had three live oaks going. They confirmed oak wilt, trenched the run and injected the two healthy ones. A year on, the spread has stopped exactly where they said it would.
Oak Wilt Management
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Tree work in Dripping Springs?
A free on-site visit from an ISA Certified Arborist, the whole scope agreed in writing before we start, and no travel surcharge anywhere in our service area.
- Free on-site visit, usually within 2 to 3 days
- Everything agreed in writing before we start
- No obligation and no pressure to book