Tree and Ladder

Home Orchard Care

We specialize in helping homeowners grow fruit trees and berries by providing expert help with pruning, grafting, pest and disease management, planting and design.

Whether you want to learn how to care for your backyard orchard yourself, use our year-round organic management services, or just have access to expert advice, we help you install, maintain and repair fruit-bearing trees and shrubs for maximum health, yield, and environmental conscientiousness.

Contact and Schedule

All new clients start by scheduling an initial on-site consultation. Growing good fruit is a complex process that requires year-round care. Wether you decide to do the work yourself, or hire us to do it for you, knowledge specific to your site and your plants will enable a holistic understanding of the system.

Consultations are $100/hr, typically one hour long.

Depending on your unique situation, your consultation will include some or all of the following:

  • Soil composition and nutrient deficiency

  • Irrigation systems/access/timing

  • Important yearly maintenance tasks such as fruit thinning, mulching, liming, orchard sanitation and pest and disease management.

  • Sunlight and exposure requirements

  • Variety compatibility, pollinizers and pollinators.

  • And I like to know if in general you like the fruit, and if the tree is productive( because if not there are options such as top working to a new variety, or adding a pollinizer to an existing tree. Both of which would be important to decide before any pruning)

Send us a photo for a free pruning estimate (please include a person or garbage bin at the trunk for perspective)

For safety reasons we cannot prune trees taller than 12ft.

There will be a $25-$75 travel fee for sites outside the city limits.