Tree service for La Vergne — lake-side lots, 1980s subdivisions and a lot of hackberries
La Vergne sits between Percy Priest Lake and the interstate, and its trees are mostly the ones that planted themselves: hackberries and cedars on every back line, with 1980s and '90s subdivision trees now reaching the end of their run.
La Vergne is the county's gateway to Nashville, and most of it was built in a hurry between 1980 and 2005: Lake Forest, Waldron Farms, the neighborhoods off Murfreesboro Road and Old Nashville Highway, and the streets that run down toward the Percy Priest shoreline off Jefferson Pike. The builders left the tree lines and the buyers planted Bradford pears and silver maples, so thirty years later the back lines are 60-foot hackberries leaning over fences and the front yards have pears that split every February. Down by the lake, the wind off the water and the thin soil over rock mean uprooted cedars and oaks after every strong front.
We handle all of it — the hackberry over the deck in Lake Forest, the dead ash on the HOA street, the cedar that went over on the lake lot — with the same arborist look first, written price, and 811 call before the stump grinder starts. La Vergne's own ordinances cover trees on city property and the right-of-way; your yard tree is yours.
What we do in La Vergne
Back-line hackberry removal
The leaning volunteers over fences and decks in Lake Forest and Waldron Farms.
Lake-lot storm work
Uprooted cedars and oaks on the Percy Priest side after fronts come across the water.
Bradford pear removal
Split pears out of 1990s front yards, stumps ground, natives in.
Dead-ash removal
Street and yard ash killed by EAB taken down by bucket or crane.
Stump grinding
Ground below grade with 811 marked first.
Commercial
Distribution centers, churches and apartment communities on the Murfreesboro Road corridor.
Neighborhoods and areas we cover
- Lake Forest
- Waldron Farms
- Murfreesboro Road corridor
- Old Nashville Highway
- Jefferson Pike & the Percy Priest shoreline
- Stones River Road
- Sand Hill Road
- Downtown La Vergne
- Fergus Road
- Chaney Road
Tree services available in La Vergne
- Tree removal, crane removal, 24/7 emergency service
- Trimming & pruning, hackberry, maple & oak care, cabling & bracing
- Ash removal (EAB), Bradford pear removal
- Stump grinding, storm cleanup, lot & cedar clearing
- HOA & commercial tree service
Questions from La Vergne homeowners
Do I need a permit to remove a tree in La Vergne?
For a tree in your own yard, in our experience, no — the city's rules are about trees on city property and in the right-of-way, plus landscape requirements on approved site plans. We check the property line before quoting.
Can you get to a tree on a steep lake lot?
Usually. Where a truck can't reach we rig it down by hand or bring a compact machine; a crane from the street handles the big ones.
How much does tree removal cost in La Vergne?
Same ranges as the rest of the county: $250 to $700 for a small tree, $600 to $1,500 medium, $1,500 to $4,000 for a big hackberry or maple over a house, $2,500 to $7,000 with a crane.
Who handles the tree on the power line?
Middle Tennessee Electric. Call them first; we handle the rest once the line is safe.
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