Your property’s exterior is the “first handshake” in a highly competitive commercial real estate market. High-quality landscaping and healthy trees significantly influence tenant perception and ultimately, the quality of tenants you can attract and the loyalty of your customer base. At Somerville Tree Masters, we provide customized commercial tree care services to help maximize your property’s value, lower liability risk, and establish a professional standard for your business environment.
We understand the unique pressures of commercial property management. Downtime is expensive; safety is paramount; and the need for predictable budgets is critical. Our commercial tree care services are designed to be reliable and efficient to minimize operational disruption related to tree care for property managers of office buildings, multi-tenant shopping centers, and large apartment complexes. We recognize that prudent planning and having a service provider who understands their operational objectives are important to successful property management.
With years of experience providing commercial tree care to the local commercial community, we have developed processes to allow our certified arborists and crews to work quickly and efficiently to meet your needs without sacrificing quality. We respect your scheduling and budgetary requirements by providing a comprehensive plan for all aspects of commercial tree care, including routine maintenance and rapid response emergency services. Our goal is to protect your investment, maintain your professional image, and allow your operation to function as it should.
In order for commercial properties to effectively manage their trees to meet the aesthetic, safety, and operational demands, they must have a different type of tree management strategy than residential property owners. Somerville Tree Masters provides customized tree care programs for businesses, municipalities, property managers, commercial developments, and other commercial entities in the Greater Boston Area. Our systematic approach will provide a comprehensive solution to all your commercial tree care needs, including the development of an overall plan from the time you first need us until the end of our ongoing maintenance.
Commercial properties typically contain many trees of various types with multiple levels of maintenance requirements, growth rates, and seasonal needs. Our certified arborist will perform a detailed property assessment to list all of the trees located on your property, identify any potential problems, and develop a schedule of priorities for maintenance of the trees to cause the least amount of disruption to your business. In addition, our certified arborist will create a customized management plan for the trees on your property to address any immediate safety concerns you may have, while helping you achieve your long-term landscape objectives and assist you in developing a budget for your tree care needs.
Benefits of commercial management include:
Our municipal and institutional clients have different needs for our tree care services than residential customers. The needs of municipal and institutional customers are primarily driven by a need for the management of trees as part of their role as stewards of the environment and as they attempt to create aesthetically pleasing environments for their communities. In addition to these roles, municipal and institutional customers also have an obligation to provide for the safety of their constituents as it relates to trees.
We have been providing specialized tree care services to municipal, school district, hospital and health care facility, and other government agency customers for many years. Therefore, we have had the opportunity to develop a thorough understanding of the special challenges and issues that relate to the management of trees on public property and in public access locations such as those found in or near hospitals and other health care facilities.
Our public tree care services include not only the physical aspects of caring for and managing trees on public property but also a consideration of the complex issues that can affect how we provide those services. For example, when we provide services for public trees, we must consider pedestrian safety, the clearances required under applicable traffic laws and regulations, whether the location of the trees is accessible for persons with disabilities, and how the actions we take will be perceived by the members of the public who live or work in the vicinity of the trees.
Some examples of the types of services that we can provide for municipalities include:
We are aware of the budgetary and scheduling constraints that cities often face and therefore provide services to meet their schedules and budgets while still meeting their safety and professionalism expectations for all of their public interactions.


Property management firms experience a constant need for an aesthetically pleasing, safe environment while attempting to lower their costs and minimize the disruption of tenants. Our property management tree care services are designed to provide predictable, professional maintenance of your properties’ trees, to enhance your property’s value, and to reduce the risk associated with your liability as a property manager. Our company will build long-term relationships with property managers and consistently deliver our services at all properties, regardless of the type of property or how many times you change property management.
Our company understands that effective property management tree care is the understanding of the relationship between tree maintenance and the operation of your property, the satisfaction of your tenants, and your financial performance. The tree care services we offer include preventive tree maintenance programs, which address potential problems before they create an expensive emergency, and seasonal tree cleanup services to maintain the attractiveness of your properties. In addition to providing emergency tree care services to protect your investment in your properties, we also consult with you regarding tree-related tenant requests and the opportunity for improving the appearance of your landscape.
Advantages to Property Managers:
Commercial tree service needs are generally of a larger scope than what is provided by a standard residential service. Large-scale projects such as commercial tree removals, extensive pruning of trees or landscaping, and full renovation of commercial properties can be difficult to accomplish without professional experience and the use of specialized equipment and project management. Our team in the Somerville area is equipped with the tools and the personnel needed to provide these types of commercial services, including large-scale commercial tree removal services, large-scale tree pruning, large-scale commercial property landscaping, and renovation services for shopping centers, office buildings, industrial parks, and multi-use development.
Commercial projects may have multiple phases, have very specific timelines, and may also require coordination among many different contractors and service providers. At our company, we offer project management on a large-scale project basis, which entails detailed planning, regular project status updates, and direct communication between us and you and/or your client throughout the duration of the project. We will also utilize cranes when necessary, use large-capacity equipment, and employ specialized techniques to allow us to perform the work quickly and safely and to minimize disruptions to existing business operations.
Commercial Tree Service Capabilities:
