At Norfolk Tree Service, LLC, we’ve been proudly serving our community since 2014. Abner has built a reputation for providing reliable, professional tree care with a personal touch. From tree trimming and removal to storm cleanup and stump grinding, he’s helped countless happy customers keep their properties safe, healthy, and beautiful.
Abner’s commitment to the community goes beyond just great service—he believes in honest work, fair pricing, and treating every customer like a neighbor. Whether it’s a small job or a big project, Norfolk Tree Service is here to help with all your tree care needs.

You don't really know what you're dealing with on a cedar removal until you walk the property. So that's where we started on this Wellesley job — boots on the ground, looking at how the old cedars were leaning, what was overhead, and what the homeowner actually wanted the yard to look like when we were done.
The call came in from a residential customer in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Their row of mature cedars had reached the end of the road. Some were dying back at the top, others were thinning out at the base, and the whole line was past its prime. The homeowner wanted them gone, the stumps ground out, and four new Green Giant arborvitae planted in their place. We knocked the whole job out same-day.
Cedars in eastern Massachusetts can hang on for decades, but once they start losing color from the inside out and the lower branches go brittle, replacement usually beats trimming. Wind, road salt drift, and shifting drainage all wear on older privacy cedars over time. The trees on this property had served their job for years — they just weren't holding the screen anymore, and that's why the homeowner reached out to us at Norfolk Tree Service.
Before we touched a saw, our crew walked the line with the homeowner, talked through the drop zones, and flagged anything to protect — the lawn, the irrigation heads, and the neighbor's fence on the far side. We've found that the ten minutes spent planning a Wellesley removal saves an hour of cleanup at the end.
The cedars came down in controlled sections rather than getting felled whole. With mature evergreens this close to a house and property line, you don't get to swing for the fences — every cut is planned. One climber up top with ropes, two ground crew handling the brush, and a chipper running on the driveway. By midday the line was clear and we had a clean view to the back of the property.
After the trees were down, we ground every stump well below grade so the homeowner could replant in the same line without root interference. Stump grinding is honestly the part most homeowners don't think about until they try to put a shovel in the ground six months later — leaving root flares and old wood behind makes the next planting fight for space. We hauled the chips, raked the area smooth, and left the bed ready for the new plantings.
Green Giant arborvitae (Thuja standishii x plicata 'Green Giant') is one of the best privacy replacements we recommend in Wellesley and the surrounding Norfolk County towns. They grow fast — often three feet a year in the right conditions — stay green through New England winters, resist deer pressure better than most evergreens, and tolerate the clay-heavy soils we see in this part of Massachusetts. The homeowner went with four, spaced out so the screen will fill in within a few seasons without crowding.
We planted them in fresh soil, set the root flares at the right depth, mulched with a saucer ring (no volcano mulching — that's a pet peeve around here), and walked the homeowner through watering for the first year.
If you have aging cedars, arborvitae, or hemlocks losing their screen on your Wellesley property — or anywhere in Norfolk County and the Greater Boston area — we can help. Norfolk Tree Service is a locally owned, fully licensed and insured tree care company based in Waltham, MA. Our crews handle tree removal, stump grinding, and tree and shrub planting — and we run our own crews, no subcontractors.






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