Tree Service in Santa Rosa and Sonoma County

Why does a tree assessment come before a tree price?

A price written from a photograph guesses at the two things that decide the job: what is holding the tree up, and what sits underneath it. An All Tree Service arborist inspects the root flare, stem and crown on site in Santa Rosa, then writes a fixed figure against a named method.

Two trees of the same height on the same street can differ in price by a factor of four. The difference is rarely the tree. It is the access, the target beneath the crown, and whether the stem can be climbed or has to be picked apart from a crane.

Tree service contractors in California work under the D-49 Tree Service classification, which covers pruning, removal and stump work. Source: California Contractors State License Board.

What does the arborist actually look at?

Three zones, in order. The root plate first, because a compromised root plate is the failure nobody sees coming. Then the stem, sounded for decay columns and cavities. Then the crown, for deadwood, codominant stems and included bark. All Tree Service records each zone in the written scope.

The assessment runs in a fixed order, so nothing is skipped when a site is busy:

1. Walk the drip line and check the root plate for lifting, cracking or fungal fruiting bodies.
2. Sound the lower stem with a mallet and note any hollow response or open cavity.
3. Read the union of every scaffold branch for included bark and codominant stems.
4. Identify the targets under the crown: roof, driveway, conductor, play area, neighbor.
5. Record access: gate widths, slope, overhead lines and the drop zone available.
6. Write the method, the equipment and the fixed figure while still on the property.

What does a fixed written scope commit us to?

The figure on an All Tree Service scope is the figure invoiced. The document names the pruning specification or the removal method, the debris handling, and the condition the Santa Rosa site is handed back in. Additional work happens only when you ask for it in writing.

Tree work is bid on judgement, and judgement is easy to revise upward once the crew is already on site and the customer has nowhere else to go. All Tree Service writes the judgement down first. The scope says which cuts are being made and to which standard, and a cut that does not meet that standard is corrected at no charge within 12 months.

• The pruning specification, written against ANSI A300 Part 1 rather than described as a trim.
• The removal method: climbed and rigged, or crane-picked, with the drop zone named.
• What happens to the wood, the brush and the chips before the crew leaves.
• The grade the stump site is left at, when grinding is part of the same visit.
• The fixed price, and the conditions under which it could change.

Who holds the licence and the insurance?

All Tree Service, Inc. holds the California D-49 Tree Service classification, and the licence number sits in the footer of every page on this site next to a link to the state register. General liability and workers compensation cover are current and evidenced before a crew starts work in Santa Rosa.

Verifying a contractor takes about a minute and is worth doing for any company, including this one. The Contractors State License Board publishes a public lookup that returns the licence status, the classifications held, the bond and the workers compensation record.

How does defensible space change tree work in Sonoma County?

California requires 100 feet of defensible space around structures in State Responsibility Areas, split into a 30-foot inner zone and a 30-to-100-foot outer zone. That rule decides which limbs come off, how far apart crowns must sit, and what ladder fuel gets cleared on a Sonoma County property.

California requires 100 feet of defensible space around structures in State Responsibility Areas, and the requirement is enforced by inspection. Source: CAL FIRE, Public Resources Code 4291.

The 2017 Tubbs Fire destroyed 5,643 structures across Sonoma and Napa counties, and rebuilding reshaped what property owners here ask a tree company for. Source: CAL FIRE incident statistics.

Fuel reduction is not the same job as ornamental pruning, and pricing it as though it were produces a bill nobody expected. Clearing ladder fuel means taking the lower canopy up away from grass and shrub layers, opening horizontal spacing between crowns on a slope, and removing the dead material that carries fire from ground level into a canopy.

Which zone does each cut belong to?

Zone 1 runs from the wall out to 30 feet and is where dead material and overhanging limbs come off first. Zone 2 runs from 30 feet to 100 feet and is about spacing. All Tree Service marks both zones on the written scope before any Sonoma County crew starts.

Which tree services does All Tree Service provide?

Four, and each has its own page with the method, the standards and the published price range. All Tree Service covers tree removal, ANSI A300 pruning, 24-hour storm response and stump grinding across Santa Rosa, Windsor and Sebastopol. An arborist assessment can precede any of them.

Each service page carries the full technical description, the pricing band and the questions customers ask most: Tree Removal, Tree Trimming and Pruning, Emergency Storm Response, Stump Grinding.

Removal, pruning, storm work and grinding

• Tree Removal, from $650 to $4,800 per tree: climbed and rigged, or crane-picked where the drop zone will not allow a felling cut.
• Tree Trimming and Pruning, from $375 to $2,200 per tree: structural pruning, crown thinning, crown reduction and clearance work to ANSI A300 Part 1.
• Emergency Storm Response, from $850 to $6,500: make-safe first, photographic documentation for the adjuster, then removal.
• Stump Grinding, from $180 to $900 per stump: 6 to 12 inches below grade, roots chased, void backfilled and the grade restored.

How quickly can a crew reach an emergency?

The storm line runs 24 hours. For a tree on a structure, a driveway or a conductor in Santa Rosa, Windsor or Sebastopol, All Tree Service aims to have a make-safe crew moving within the hour. Non-urgent follow-up work is booked separately once the site is safe.

When does a tree in Santa Rosa need a permit?

When it is a protected species or over a protected size inside city limits, or when the parcel sits in unincorporated Sonoma County. All Tree Service checks the parcel before quoting and prepares the arborist report a permit application needs, so no protected tree is touched before approval.

Santa Rosa regulates work on protected trees through its municipal tree ordinance, and removal without approval carries a penalty. Source: City of Santa Rosa.

Parcels outside city limits are handled by Permit Sonoma, which issues the county tree and grading permits. Source: Permit Sonoma, County of Sonoma.

What goes into a permit application?

A site plan, the species and diameter of every tree in scope, the reason for removal, and a signed arborist report. All Tree Service prepares the report and the supporting photographs as part of the quoted work for a protected tree anywhere in Santa Rosa.

Applications fail on evidence rather than on merit. A hazard nobody photographed, a diameter measured at the wrong height, or a species named loosely will send the file back. Measuring diameter at 4.5 feet above grade and photographing the defect from three angles avoids most of the rejections.

What do Sonoma County customers say?

All Tree Service holds a 5.0 rating from 3 published reviews on Yelp. Customers write most often about the clean-down: 30 cubic yards of shredded bark hauled away in one case, four cypress removed and an ash pruned inside 4 hours in another, across properties in Santa Rosa.

Reviews are a weaker signal than a licence lookup and a stronger one than a slogan. The published comments are reproduced here without editing, and the rating shown matches the figure in the structured data on this page.

Service areas across Sonoma County

Each service area has a page covering the local ordinance, the common species and the crews who cover it: Tree service in Santa Rosa, Tree service in Windsor, Tree service in Sebastopol.

Robert Vasquez has run All Tree Service since 1998, and the work has followed what Sonoma County needed at the time: routine pruning through the 2000s, then two years of fire-damaged conifers over rebuild sites in Coffey Park and Fountaingrove, and defensible space as a standing question ever since.

How do you book a free estimate?

Call the Santa Rosa office on 707-843-2333 or send the form on the contact page. An All Tree Service arborist walks the property, writes a fixed-price scope on the spot, and leaves it with you. There is no charge for the assessment and no obligation attached to it.

The storm line is answered 24 hours a day for anything on a structure, a driveway or a conductor. Routine assessments are usually booked within 2 working days, and the arborist calls ahead rather than arriving inside a four-hour window.

Start here: Request a free tree service estimate, About All Tree Service.

What happens after you send the form?

An arborist calls within one business day to agree a time, then walks the Santa Rosa property with you. The written scope and the fixed figure arrive by email the same day. All Tree Service does not take a deposit to produce a quote and does not price work over the telephone.

Bring anything you already know: a previous arborist report, a permit reference, an insurance claim number, or photographs of the tree before a storm. Prior evidence shortens the assessment and occasionally changes the recommendation.

Payment falls due on completion rather than up front. All Tree Service invoices against the written scope, and a customer who wants the wood cut to firewood lengths or the chips left on site says so before the crew loads out. Both changes are free, and both are recorded on the scope so nobody argues about them afterwards.

• Telephone, answered 24 hours a day for storm work on 707-843-2333.
• The estimate form on the contact page, answered within 1 business day.
• Email to the address in the footer, for permit files and adjuster correspondence.
• Live chat during office hours, 07:00 to 18:00 Monday to Friday.