Tree Service in Sequoyah Hills, TN

Tree Service in Sequoyah Hills carries a responsibility that goes back almost a century. When Robert Foust laid out the Talahi subdivision in the late 1920s, his plans, prepared with landscape designer Earle S. Draper, called for preserving mature trees wherever possible, along with curving streets and underground utilities. That choice is why Sequoyah Hills, on a peninsula formed by Looney's Bend of the Tennessee River, still has such a deep, mature canopy today.

The lay of the peninsula

The river bounds Sequoyah Hills on the east, south and west, and Kingston Pike forms its northern edge. The land is hilly. Along the southern edge, a 10- to 15-foot bluff rises toward homes about 40 feet above the river, and Sequoyah Park fills most of the floodplain between the water and the base of the bluff. Cherokee Boulevard loops around the neighborhood in a U-shape with a grassy median, named for a roughly 1,000-year-old mound in that median.

Old trees, valuable homes

The neighborhood's houses span decades: English Cottage and Colonial Revival homes from the original restrictions, plus Tudor Revival, Neoclassical, Art Moderne and Minimal Traditional designs, and mid-century houses by architects such as Charles I. Barber and Benjamin McMurry. Many are framed by oaks, maples, tulip poplars and other hardwoods that were already mature when the streets were built. The trees and the homes are both irreplaceable, so the work has to be precise:

• Large limbs over older roofs, chimneys and porches are removed in small pieces and lowered on ropes
• Pruning follows ANSI A300 practice: small, well-placed cuts, no topping, no lion-tailing
• Ground mats protect lawns, beds and old stone walks
• Removals are recommended only when a tree is dead, failing or dangerous

Dogwoods

Knoxville's first Dogwood Arts Trail was set up on Cherokee Boulevard in 1955, and flowering dogwoods are still part of the neighborhood's spring display. Dogwoods are understory trees that do best with some shade and steady moisture. When nearby canopy trees are thinned or removed, the sudden sun and heat can stress them. If you're planning work around dogwoods, tell us, and we'll plan the canopy work with them in mind.

Bluff and riverside lots

Homes near the bluff have slopes and sometimes erodible soils. Trees there may lean toward the river for light, and removing them can affect the stability of the slope. We generally prefer to prune bluff trees and, when one must come out, to leave the root system in place to help hold the soil.

City rules

Sequoyah Hills is inside the City of Knoxville. Trees in the Cherokee Boulevard median, in Sequoyah Park or in the right-of-way between sidewalk and street may be the city's responsibility, so check with the city before any work on them. Trees on your own lot are yours to manage.

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