Why each town has its own page
Tree work is not the same everywhere. In an inner courtyard in Rīga a tree can almost never be felled whole, and the job starts with where to put the machinery. In Jūrmala and Saulkrasti pine in sandy ground dominates, where the root system is wide but shallow. In Sigulda the terrain decides everything — on a slope the direction of fall is restricted. In Jelgava and Iecava, out on the plain, trees take the full wind load, and after storms they go over with the whole root plate.
The felling permit procedure differs too: every local authority has its own rules, and what requires a permit in Rīga may be handled differently in the neighbouring municipality. We take on the permit paperwork whichever local authority we are working in.
How we plan our visits
We group planned work by direction: the A1 to Ādaži and Saulkrasti, the A2 to Vangaži and Sigulda, the A6 to Salaspils, Ikšķile, Ogre and Ķegums, the A7 to Ķekava, Baldone and Iecava, the A8 to Olaine and Jelgava. If the work is not urgent, say so in your enquiry — we can often offer a date when we are already travelling your way, and that is cheaper.
Emergencies are the exception. If a tree has already come down, a broken branch is hanging over the house, or a tree has started to lean after a storm, we do not try to fit it into a route — we come out ahead of the queue, aiming to get there the same day.
Rīga
1 cityOur home city and the greater part of our work — with separate pages for 20 neighbourhoods.
State cities and larger centres
3 citiesSeparate local authorities, each with its own permit procedure.
Arborist in Jūrmala
Pines in sandy ground and historic timber buildings. Majori, Bulduri, Kauguri, Ķemeri.
Find out more →Arborist in Jelgava
The centre of Zemgale on the A8. Wind load on the plain, the Lielupe floodplains, business premises.
Find out more →Arborist in Ogre
The A6 corridor. Pines and spruces in the town's housing, slopes by the Ogre river, spruces hit by bark beetle.
Find out more →The closest suburbs
5 townsThe inner ring around Rīga — the quickest to get to.
Arborist in Mārupe
New development around old trees, narrow streets, warehouse and airport-area sites.
Find out more →Arborist in Ķekava
The transition zone between town and country. Old farmsteads, neighbours' boundaries and site clearance.
Find out more →Arborist in Salaspils
Apartment courtyards, the Daugava bank and institute grounds. A quick run out on the A6.
Find out more →Arborist in Baloži
Houses surrounded by pines, shade problems in gardens and the courtyards of the Titurga estate.
Find out more →Arborist in Olaine
Production and warehouse sites, apartment districts and wet, drained ground.
Find out more →Northern direction (A1, A2)
4 townsThe Ādaži, Saulkrasti and Sigulda route.
Arborist in Ādaži
New development in old forest, the windy lower Gauja and emergency work after storms.
Find out more →Arborist in Saulkrasti
The coastal strip with one-sided crowns, dune sand and seasonal properties.
Find out more →Arborist in Vangaži
Courtyard trees the same age as the buildings, power lines and wooded edges by the A2.
Find out more →Arborist in Sigulda
The slopes of the Gauja valley, protected areas and old park trees.
Find out more →Eastern direction (A6)
2 townsThe Daugava corridor towards Ogre.
Southern direction (A7, A8)
2 townsVia Baltica and the Jelgava road.
Rīga's neighbourhoods separately
Rīga is too large to describe on one page: a tree in a villa garden in Mežaparks, a tree in a courtyard in Purvciems and a tree in a narrow gap in Āgenskalns are three different jobs. So we have written about 20 neighbourhoods separately — see the list of Rīga neighbourhoods, where you will also find the other areas we travel to.
Your area not on the list?
The list is not a boundary, but the places we have written about separately. We also travel to Babīte, Piņķi, Carnikava, Stopiņi, Garkalne, Ropaži, Inčukalns, Lielvārde and other nearby places. Fill in the form with your address and we will tell you whether and when we can be there.