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Root-System Excavation & Cure
We expose the root crown with air, diagnose the disease living in the soil, and backfill with the cure — formulated in our own pathology lab alongside a mycologist.
Examine →Maplewood's scientific tree practice since 1991 — a Board Certified Master Arborist, a working pathology lab, and the patience to read a living tree before we ever touch it. We tell you exactly what your trees need, then prescribe the cure.
A certified arborist reviews your trees and tells you what they actually need — usually same day.
A certified arborist will reach out shortly to schedule your diagnosis.
The Board Certified Master Arborist is the highest credential in arboriculture short of a PhD. Our founder was among the first few hundred ever to earn it — and remains one of only about 600 worldwide.
Our mark has always been two leaves — a yin and yang, one for nature and one for science. It is not decoration. It is the method: read the living tree, then bring the laboratory to it. We have always leaned toward the science end of things. We have our own lab.
We respect how a tree actually lives — its soil, its roots, its seasons, the ecosystem around it — and strengthen what is already there.
Then we measure it. Pathology, mycology, and imaging turn a guess into a diagnosis — and a diagnosis into a cure.
Most companies reach for a saw. We reach for a diagnosis first — and we solve problems other arborists call untreatable.
We expose the root crown with air, diagnose the disease living in the soil, and backfill with the cure — formulated in our own pathology lab alongside a mycologist.
Examine →Sooner or later, the trees everyone else has given up on end up here. We treat diseases other arborists consider a death sentence — and we save the tree.
Examine →Interior X-rays, 3D cavity imaging, and root location up to 100 ft deep. We see inside a tree before we ever recommend touching it.
Examine →Our highest-skill work: strengthening trees — especially oaks — from the roots up, so the answer is rarely "just prune it."
Examine →We can predict the direction a tree will fail — and the wind speed it fails at — to within about 3 mph. Certainty, not guesswork.
Examine →Long-term preservation plans, inventories, and prescriptions that keep mature and landmark trees standing for generations.
Examine →Clients call the team "the mad scientists of trees." The instruments back it up — this is diagnosis with evidence, not a hunch from the ground.
We image the inside of a trunk to map decay and hollows — and decide, with data, whether a tree is safe to keep.
We trace a root system far below the surface, so excavation and cure target the real problem instead of guessing.
We predict which way a tree will fail and the wind speed it fails at — to within roughly 3 mph.
Soil and tissue diagnosed in our own lab — then matched to a cure we formulate ourselves.
The Tree Health Plan sends a certified arborist to your property six times a year — to feed, protect, and treat your trees on a schedule built around how Maplewood's pests and diseases actually behave. You manage none of it.
They worked with me for several years to fix an amputated tree. They gave me some hope that a tree ruined by another company may have some semblance of recovery — and it did.
Been using Heartwood for many years as a commercial property manager. He knows his stuff and is great with communication and follow-through. The science is real.
They removed a large dead Silver Maple within feet of our house and thinned several Elms. The results are beautiful, majestic trees. Every safety consideration was made.
From a single struggling oak to a full property under care, you get a certified arborist's read on exactly what your landscape needs — and a plan to get it there.
Request a diagnosisPreservation plans, risk assessments, and inventories that raise aesthetics while mitigating hazards to people and property across your portfolio.
Talk to usWe take personal responsibility for every tree we diagnose, treat, preserve, or plant — across the region's neighborhoods and beyond.
Send us a tree and we'll tell you the truth — diagnosis first, then the cure. Start with a free consultation.