Tree Trimming in Medway, OH

Medway is a Clark County village near the Clark-Greene county line that has served as a small commuter community for both Springfield and the Dayton area. Most of the housing is mid-20th century ranch and cape cod styles on modest lots. The village is small but has a settled, established feel with mature trees throughout the residential areas. Its location near the Mad River corridor adds some tree complexity for properties near the water.

Springfield gets real winters. Ice storms snap limbs, and heavy wet snow in January and February pulls branches down onto roofs and power lines. A lot of the trees in older neighborhoods like Snowhill and the Near East Side were planted decades ago and haven't been touched in years. Overgrown trees over a house aren't just ugly — they're a problem waiting for the next bad storm.

We climb or use a lift to cut from the top down, removing dead wood and crossing branches first, then shaping what's left so the tree stays healthy and doesn't just grow back thick in one spot. Topping a tree — cutting the main trunk off flat — looks like a fast fix but it ruins the structure and almost always causes more problems within a few years, so we don't do it.