Tree Service in Sherwood, AR

Sherwood sits in that useful middle ground between established and still-building. Parts of it — Sylvan Hills, the older streets off Kiehl Avenue — have been settled long enough that the trees planted with the houses are now full-sized hardwoods with real weight in them. Other parts, out toward Gravel Ridge and the newer subdivisions, are young enough that the tree work is mostly shaping and clearance rather than removal.

Both need different things, and it's worth knowing which side of that line your street falls on before you call anyone.

Tree Services in Sherwood

• Tree removal — dead, storm-damaged, leaning, or outgrowing the space it was planted in. The older Sherwood neighborhoods produce a steady stream of mature oaks and pines that have simply gotten too big for the lot.
• Trimming and pruning — deadwooding, crown thinning, and clearance off roofs and driveways. This is most of what the newer subdivisions need.
• Stump grinding and tree stump removal — ground below grade so the spot can be re-sodded or replanted.
• Storm damage and emergency work — help when a tree comes down on a house, a car, or across a driveway. Call rather than filling in a form.
• Land and lot clearing — brush, undergrowth and build-site prep, which Sherwood still generates plenty of.

Sherwood Areas

Gravel Ridge, Sylvan Hills, Oak Ridge, Indian Hills, the neighborhoods along Kiehl Avenue and Maryland Avenue, and out toward the Jacksonville and North Little Rock lines. Sherwood is in Pulaski County, right between North Little Rock and Jacksonville, and requests are welcome from anywhere in the city.

What Sherwood Trees Tend to Need

Pines, and the beetle problem

There are a lot of loblolly pines through this part of Pulaski County, and pines are where the most preventable losses happen. A pine that fades from green to yellow to rust red has almost certainly been taken by Ips bark beetles, and by the time the color has changed there is nothing to save. What matters then is speed, because the beetles leaving that tree go looking for the next stressed pine on the street. Our guide to tree diseases and pests in Central Arkansas covers exactly what to look for.

Mature hardwoods on lots that have caught up with them

In the older sections, the common job is a water oak or sweetgum planted close to the house in the sixties that is now sixty feet tall with limbs over the roofline. Usually that's a trimming conversation rather than a removal one — but it needs an honest assessment of the structure first, particularly where the trunk forks.

Storm exposure

Sherwood catches the same spring storm lines as the rest of Pulaski County, and the combination of saturated ground and mature trees is what produces root-plate failures. If a tree has developed a new lean, or you can see soil lifting on the opposite side, that is a same-week call rather than a someday one.

What It Costs

Rough ranges for the Little Rock metro, including Sherwood:

What moves a quote within those ranges — access, what's underneath the tree, the condition of the wood — is broken down in our Little Rock tree service price guide. These are typical market ranges; your actual price comes from the professional's written estimate. For simple jobs, a photo and a rough trunk measurement is often enough for a professional to quote.

Permits in Sherwood

Sherwood is its own municipality, so the ordinances covered in our Little Rock tree permit guide don't automatically apply here. The general shape holds — a homeowner removing a tree in their own yard is usually free to do so, trees in the public right-of-way belong to the city, and construction projects can carry their own requirements. If your job involves the strip between sidewalk and street, a building permit, or an HOA in one of the newer subdivisions, check with the City of Sherwood rather than assuming.

Nearby

Requests are welcome from the whole metro. If you're just over a line, see our North Little Rock and Maumelle pages, or the full list on our services page.