Hedgehog Tree Care

Unresponsive to calls. High prices. Mediocre to poor quality work requiring a re-​do. Not recommended.

We were recommended to Hedgehog by a friend and weren’t disappointed. We had three giant trees and several smaller trees on our property that needed to be cleared and had received quotes from other places. Hedgehog wasn’t the lowest, but Jim was far more detailed and knowledgeable. They did an absolutely phenomenal job, including clean up… definitely got our money’s worth

While others may have had good experiences, it’s not worth using the company since you end up having to deal with Joy, the wife. She badgered us for payment in a rude and unprofessional manner. Then, after pretending not to have received our check by mail, she also refused to accept payment by wire transfer saying that it was a «security issue». This is so wrong, normal businesses accept wire transfers all the time; it’s easier and safer than almost every other method. It seems her real motive was to be petty and get us to small claims court, adding an outrageous amount of interest and penalty to her claim. I paid it, just to stop dealing with her lack of integrity.

We used them a year ago to take down an enormous diseased (and dying) Big Leaf maple, as well as three leaning alder trees underneath it. They ground out the stumps for us too. They were professional all around and completely lived up to my generally ridiculous expectations. My understanding is that their client base is largely word-​of-​mouth referral. Which is how I heard of them, a friend recommended. I would definitely, definitely use them again.

I am a TOTAL, I mean TOTAL tree hugger. so this was hard for me to call these folks.. but I had not had the trees trimmed since I moved here. Neighbors were polite but I saw all the leaves in their yards and my trees were taking advantage of their backyard as well with their branches just reaching over.
At any rate, I have a couple of 5 trees growing in my humble space. I asked for Hedgehog tree care to take a look, and clear out any scary branches, make sure no disease is happening and just give me an idea as to the general space my trees are in. He did and his quote was very reasonable as well as very assuring that he would not harm a leaf.
I, however, was not there for the massacre as I would have been inappropriate I’m sure. I can barely trim my trees for fear they feel it in their limbs. ridiculous? Well that’s your opinion.
I came home when it was over and it was as if it never happened. As it turns out, he kept his word and was very gentle with my trees. he too appeared to also be a tree hugger type, literally of course as well. He had to do some climbing and cutting etc. He also cleaned it all up so I did not see how much trimming/​cutting/​amputeeing he did. I looked up in to my trees and really had to examine any (damage) as it were. Conservative yet effective. And very knowledgeable and certified.