Tree Service in Fort Myers, FL

Tree Service in Fort Myers starts with palms, because the city's nickname does. Fort Myers became the City of Palms after royal palms were imported and planted along Riverside Avenue, the road now called McGregor Boulevard, through Thomas Edison's efforts. Those tall gray trunks still frame the drive past the Edison and Ford Winter Estates, and plenty of homeowners in Edison Park, Dean Park and Seminole Park have their own royals, coconuts and cabbage palms to look after. Fort Myers Tree Service Pros trims, removes and replaces those palms, and handles the live oaks, mahoganies, black olives and banyans that share the yards with them.

A calendar set by the rainy season

Fort Myers averages just over 57 inches of rain a year, and about two-thirds of it falls from June through September. October through May is dry, with monthly rainfall under 3.5 inches. That split shapes how we schedule work. The dry months are the easiest time for heavy pruning and for removals that need equipment on a lawn without rutting it. By late May, we want weak limbs off the oaks and dead fronds out of the palms before the afternoon thunderstorms arrive. The city records about 89 days a year with audible thunder, more than anywhere else in the country, and gusty storm cells snap overextended limbs long before a named storm shows up.

Lessons from the river

The Caloosahatchee shapes much of the city's tree risk. In Hurricane Ian on September 28, 2022, the National Hurricane Center estimated 5 to 8 feet of storm surge inundation up the river in Fort Myers, and the NOS tide gauge there recorded 7.26 feet above mean higher high water. Salt water sitting over a root zone can brown a palm and stress an oak for months. If your riverfront or canal-side trees went through that, we look for thin canopies, dieback at branch tips and soft or sunken soil at the base before deciding whether a tree should stay.

Landlords and long-distance owners

Census figures put the owner-occupied housing rate in Fort Myers at 49.1%, so roughly half of the city's homes are rentals. Many of our calls come from owners who live elsewhere and need a tree handled without being on site. We can walk the property with a tenant or property manager, send photos of what we found, and give you a written, itemized estimate by email before any work is booked.

Common jobs in the city

• Royal, coconut and date palm trimming, with only dead or hanging fronds removed
• Crown cleaning and thinning on live oaks and laurel oaks over roofs and driveways
• Removal of storm-damaged, leaning or declining trees
• Stump grinding so a bed or lawn can be replanted
• Clearing limbs away from roofs, pool cages and the service drop to the house
• Pre-hurricane checks of large trees near the house

When the city asks questions

Florida law limits what a city can require in one situation. Under section 163.045 of the Florida Statutes, a local government cannot require a permit, fee or replanting to prune or remove a tree on single-family residential property when the owner has documentation from an ISA certified arborist or a Florida licensed landscape architect that the tree poses an unacceptable risk. For healthy trees, street trees and anything near the right-of-way, check with the city before cutting. We are glad to talk through what applies to your lot when we visit.

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