Service Area

Upper Arlington, and next door.

Not Columbus-wide. Not all directions. Upper Arlington, Grandview Heights, and Marble Cliff — a few square miles, deeply known — and that's the point.

Why a few square miles

Focus is a feature.

UA has a distinct character — mature canopy, a community that genuinely cares about its trees, and a Tree City USA designation since 1990. A practice that stays inside a few square miles can know them: which streets carry the oldest oaks, which neighborhoods were built on orchard ground, which blocks lose limbs first in an ice storm.

Grandview Heights and Marble Cliff belong in that circle. They sit on the same ground, under the same canopy, with the same century-old street trees — and some of those blocks are closer to my front door than the north end of UA up by Henderson Road. The line on the map is a city limit, not a change in the trees.

There's a practical reason too. The Tree Steward rhythm — quarterly rounds, seasonal scouting — only works when the route is tight. I'm minutes from every property I care for, not fighting traffic across Franklin County. When something needs a same-day look, it gets one.

One canopy. One arborist who lives under it.

The map that explains the trees

The annexation map tells the story.

The oldest neighborhoods — Old Arlington, the original streets — carry the deepest canopy. Later annexations filled in around them, decade by decade. The trees track the history: knowing when a neighborhood was built tells you what's growing there, how old it is, and what it needs next.

Upper Arlington Annexation Map — showing the historical growth of the city and its neighborhoods

Annexation Map courtesy of the Upper Arlington Public Library, UA Archives & the City of Upper Arlington

Tree City USA — Upper Arlington

A little farther out?

Honest answer: text me anyway.

If you're in Grandview Heights or Marble Cliff, you're in — text me the same as anyone in UA. If you're past that, on the Columbus side of the line or up toward Worthington, send the text anyway. If I can't take it on, I'll point you to someone good. No hard feelings, no wasted visit.

Text David: (614) 312-2979 →