Tree Service in Millbrook, NY

Millbrook is a village of about 1,450 people near the center of the Town of Washington. It grew around a railroad stop that opened in 1869, between the older settlements of Mechanic and Hart's Village. The village incorporated in 1895 and today sits compact and heavily shaded.

The town around it is large, at about 59 square miles, with Route 44 across it. Meanwhile, the East Branch of Wappinger Creek runs through the middle. The 2,000-acre Cary Arboretum and Innisfree Garden both sit here, which says something about how the place values trees.

Big specimen trees on big properties are common here, so the work leans toward preservation. That means crown cleaning on mature hardwoods and reducing end weight on long limbs over drives and paddocks.

Removal still comes up here. Dead ash is the usual reason, because NYS DEC has confirmed the emerald ash borer in all but two New York counties. Most infested ash die within two to four years. A dead ash over a drive or paddock fence should come down before it fails.

On larger properties, Shawn's crew can put a bucket truck into the canopy over a drive and use a boom truck for heavy cutting.