ROBERT SWEET

Robert obviously knows his craft and is willing to share his knowledge. He always does a great job shaping the trees not only for appearance but for the health of the tree. He will explain everything he is doing and why. It’s like having a horticultural lesson included! Another landscaping designer correctly guessed who did my pruning! That’s how good he is.

Mr/ Sweet was hired to prune and shape a large older Japanese maple. I explained we want it left full and just not touching the ground. I pointed out that it blocks the lights of oncoming cars on the road and gives us privacy left large. He more than trimmed it, it is now a skeleton and I don't know how long it will take to recover if at all. He was here for about two hours, but spent over 30 minutes of that talking on the phone in his truck. He charged for the full two hours, saying, "That's a two hour tree." I paid him knowing I will not call him again. We are sick over what remains of a once beautiful tree.

He was very professional, methodical, and perfectly willing to share suggestions for this tree and others. He did not charge us to look at other trees in the yard that will require his services once they are done bearing fruit.

My neighbor referred him to me and we are happy with the work he has done. He was here for several days initially because he does all of his work by hand with a handsaw. He is a young man and he is very meticulous. We had a lot of work done but he is good about pricing. He charges by the hour after he comes for an initial visit to set up a schedule. He is very professional and probably at the top of his field. I don't hold people like this to a hard schedule, but he comes on the days he says he will.

Robert's work on our trees went great. He is extremely knowledgable about the plants he works on and saw numerous things to be checked out that I didn't. We did a consultation before the day of service and he was very forthcoming about what he was seeing, possible causes and his proposed course of action. On the day of service we again did a quick walkthrough to confirm what was to be done before he started. He works almost exclusively by hand with pruning saws and loppers rather than power tools, and frequently climbed into the trees to work on them when he couldn't reach from the top of hid ladder. My trees now look great and I will be calling him again the next time they need work.

A nursery gave me his number and that s how we know him and he was also featured in a newspaper. He knows everything about trees. He is very nice. He will tell me what he is doing and why he is doing it. It s a good education. He makes sure that your tree is healthy and makes sure that it gets enough lighting. He knows what he is doing. He is extremely reliable. His bid is reasonable. I will highly recommend him to anybody who requires a tree pruning. I will continue to use him for my tree maintenance.