As a kid, Craig climbed and pollinated date palms on this family farm in California's Coachella Valley. His appreciation of trees grew as he later worked with an uncle on a native tree nursery in Oregon's Willamette Valley. In 2009, he moved to Chapel Hill, started a family, and returned to tree work after studies at UCLA and Harvard.
That return was prompted by the pleasure he felt when, taking a break from the books, he climbed a big red oak to saw off the limbs shading out his tomatoes. The forester deals with forests; the treeist deals with trees - specific ones and modest groups thereof.
With multiple ISA Certified Arborists and a Board Certified Master Arborist and Qualified Tree Risk Assessor on staff, we have the skills and knowledge to meet all of your tree care needs.We specialize in aerial work, residential tree felling, and tricky, over-the-house type jobs. Our work is fully insured.
That return was prompted by the pleasure he felt when, taking a break from the books, he climbed a big red oak to saw off the limbs shading out his tomatoes. The forester deals with forests; the treeist deals with trees - specific ones and modest groups thereof.
With multiple ISA Certified Arborists and a Board Certified Master Arborist and Qualified Tree Risk Assessor on staff, we have the skills and knowledge to meet all of your tree care needs.We specialize in aerial work, residential tree felling, and tricky, over-the-house type jobs. Our work is fully insured.
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Ethos & Capabilities
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We value ourselves in giving sound advice about trees, not scaring folks into unnecessary services. Our skills: communication, training, pruning, cabling, bracing, hazard tree mitigation, climbing & crane assisted removals, bucket truck operations, tree health and risk assessments, and advising about all things tree related.
Saturdays at The Treeist
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At a minimum you'll find: Coffee, Snacks & Conversations to be had with owners Craig Nishimoto & David Ricks. Homeowners & tree workers: bring in your old chainsaw and we'll show you how to sharpen it. Show us a picture or describe a tricky tree and we may be able to loan you some tools to make the job safer, easier and/or more fun(!).
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You would like a general assessment, a formal risk assessment (verbal or written), or arborist's advice about your property. You are realtor or you are selling your home and you would like a risk assessment and/or work done in preparation for the sale of a house. You are an individual, business, property manager, realtor, HOA, etc and you have a specific concern or a specific tree (or several trees) that you want looked at.
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EAB in Chapel Hill
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In 2019 we began finding emerald ash borer (EAB) infestations in Chapel Hill, Durham, and Chatham County. EAB will do here what it has done elsewhere since its discovery in Michigan in 2002. Whether the ash trees in your neighborhood are plentiful or few and far between, it doesn't matter. EAB is projected to kill them all.
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