Tree Care in Winchester, MA

If you're looking at the trees in your Winchester yard, you're likely seeing the legacy of the 1950s building boom. Many of the homes here were built around 1953, which means the trees planted for instant shade are now about 73 years old and reaching the end of their natural lifespan. Builders often chose fast-growing species like silver maple, known for its weak wood and aggressive surface roots, or the structurally doomed Bradford pear, which is practically guaranteed to split after 15-20 years. You can't see inside a tree from the outside, and the cracks you see today often started as internal problems years ago. That's why we start every assessment by sounding the trunk with a mallet, listening for the dull thud of decay that a visual inspection would miss.