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Tree Service & Landscaping in Wenham, MA

ISA-Certified Arborists for Wenham's estate lots and grand old trees, plus lot clearing, grading, and walkways, with 24/7 storm response. Free estimates.

Serving Wenham

Farmland, Estates, and Old Shade Trees

Tree service in Wenham covers old trees on open land. It is a small, historic, rural town of farmland, estate lots, and quiet lanes along Route 1A shaded by large maples and oaks, with Wenham Lake, Pleasant Pond, and the Great Wenham Swamp shaping the low ground. The trees here are often long-established specimens worth caring for properly, and many properties have fields and edges that grow back to brush when left alone.

When a grand old tree needs skilled pruning, or has to come out near a historic home or barn, careful rigging or a crane protects the structures around it. Big maples along Route 1A also lean over the road and its wires, so a limb on a line there is the utility’s to clear first; our 24/7 crew handles the tree once it is safe. Beyond tree removal, overgrown ground can be brought back with stump grinding and grading and drainage work, and we build walkways and landscapes to finish it.

Permits & Local Rules

Near the Lake and the Swamp, Expect Review

Wenham Lake is a drinking water reservoir for Salem and Beverly, and the lake, Pleasant Pond, and the Great Wenham Swamp cover a lot of town. That puts many properties within the Wenham Conservation Commission’s wetlands buffer, and land near the reservoir can carry added water-supply protections, so clearing, grading, and removals there may need review before you cut. Trees along the public way are protected as public shade trees under MGL c.87, and the Tree Warden decides on removing them. Ask town hall what applies before scheduling, and our ISA-Certified Arborists can provide the documentation for a filing.

Services in Wenham

Estate Trees, Clearing, and Grading in Wenham

Tree care and site work for Wenham's farms, estates, and village lots.

Tree Services

Estate-tree pruning and removal, crane-assisted takedowns, stump grinding, lot clearing paired with grading, and storm response.

Tree services about Tree Services

Landscaping

Landscape installation, lawn seeding or sod on cleared ground, planting, mulch, and cleanups.

Landscaping about Landscaping

Hardscaping

Garden walkways, stone patios, decorative walls, and fire pits.

Hardscaping about Hardscaping
Specimen Oaks and Open Fields in Wenham
Why Zacarias

Specimen Oaks and Open Fields in Wenham

Wenham's old trees and open land call for a company that can prune a specimen oak and regrade a field.

ISA-Certified Arborists & Expert Climbers
Licensed, Bonded & Fully Insured
Crane-Assisted Removal for Estate Trees
24/7 Storm & Emergency Response
Free, No-Obligation Estimates
Family-Run & Local Since 2002
2002Family-run since
85+Years combined experience
24/7Emergency response
HundredsLocal jobs completed

Lot Clearing and Grading in Wenham: How It Works

Larger Wenham properties often have a field gone to brush or ground to ready for a lawn, garden, or outbuilding, and bringing it back is a single job that pairs our tree removal with stump grinding and grading. A typical job runs in this order:

  1. Walk the site. Mark trees to keep, property lines, stone walls, and any wet areas. On lots near the lake or swamp, confirm the Conservation Commission’s buffer before anything is cut.
  2. Remove unwanted trees. Volunteer trees and saplings come out as tree removal work. Invasive buckthorn and bittersweet often tangle in with them and resprout from the roots, so plan on follow-up.
  3. Grind stumps. Ground you plan to mow or plant needs stumps ground below grade.
  4. Grade. Shape the ground so water drains away from buildings and doesn’t sheet onto neighbors or into wetlands. Before machines dig, call Dig Safe so buried utility lines get marked.
  5. Stabilize. Seed, sod, or mulch right away so bare soil doesn’t wash out.

Our articles on land clearing prices and whether to sell timber when clearing cover the cost side.

Wenham borders Beverly to the south and Topsfield to the northwest, and both have their own pages. For other towns, our service area page has the full list.

FAQ

Wenham Tree & Landscape Questions

Do you care for large, old estate trees?

Yes. Structural pruning of Wenham's big estate maples and oaks is ISA-Certified Arborist work, and when one has to come down, crane-assisted removal can lift it out in sections.

My property is near Wenham Lake or the swamp. Any permit issue?

Likely. Much of Wenham is near water, and land near the reservoir or wetlands can fall under Conservation Commission jurisdiction. Check with town hall first; we can supply an arborist report.

Can you clear and grade an overgrown field in Wenham?

Yes. We treat it as one job: unwanted trees come out as tree removal work, stumps are ground, the ground is regraded for drainage, and we seed or sod it so it stays open.

Do you build garden walkways?

Yes. We build stone and paver walkways, patios, and decorative walls, set on a compacted base so they stay level through New England winters.

What happens if a storm drops a big limb on our barn?

Reach out to us any time; we run 24/7 emergency service. We remove the limb in controlled pieces so the structure isn't damaged further, then look over the rest of the tree.

Free Estimates in Wenham

A specimen oak by the barn, a field gone to brush, or a new garden walkway: one insured company with written pricing and 24/7 response.