When a tree starts looking off—maybe its canopy is thinning, it’s dropping leaves too early, or the tips of branches are dying back—it might not be “just a bad year.” More often than not, the tree is experiencing what arborists call the decline spiral . It’s a slow, layered breakdown of health that can take years to notice, but once it starts, it’s hard to stop without intervention. At Scenic City Arborists, we see this pattern all over Chattanooga. The trees we care for aren

As professional arborists, we are tree doctors, midwives, surgeons and morticians. Some could say we’re even tree therapists.

You will not find topping listed among the services provided by Scenic City Arborists. Why?

A responsible arborist would only use spikes to climb a tree that they are removing or in extraordinary circumstances.