Tree Service in Willoughby, OH

Tree Service in Willoughby works alongside a city program with clear boundaries. Willoughby's Service Department controls the planting and removal of trees in tree lawn areas, following a master tree plan overseen by the city arborist with input from the Shade Tree Commission. City crews trim tree lawn trees to keep sidewalks and main roads clear, and after a storm, the city removes downed trees and limbs in the tree lawn or right-of-way once it is notified. Property owners, on the other hand, must trim their own trees that hang over sidewalks or streets, and everything in the yard is theirs to care for.

On the Chagrin River

Willoughby grew up along the Chagrin River. Its first permanent settler, David Abbott, arrived in 1798 and ran a gristmill, and the village took the name Willoughby in 1835, after Westel Willoughby Jr. Many 19th-century buildings survive downtown, and the older streets around it have the large, aging trees that go with them. Lots near the river and its tributaries can be lower and wetter than those uphill, and a tree in wet soil is more likely to uproot than snap in a windstorm.

Storm damage: who does what

When a storm brings trees down in Willoughby: 1. Report damage in the tree lawn or right-of-way to the Service Department at 440.953.4111. The city handles those trees. 2. Trees or limbs on private property are the owner's to clear. 3. Anything touching power lines goes to the utility first. 4. Once the scene is safe, call us at (216) 294-3085 for limbs on roofs, split trunks and uprooted trees. We make clean cuts on broken limbs so trees that can recover do, and we tell you honestly when one cannot.

Yard waste rules

Willoughby's yard waste pickup, through Republic Services, started April 1 for 2026 and runs on your regular collection day. Yard waste must be in brown 50-pound kraft bags or marked containers, and items 4 feet long must be tied or bundled, with bundles no heavier than 30 pounds. Contractors are responsible for removing their own debris. For tree work, that means the crew hauls the brush and wood; it is part of what you are paying for, and our written estimates say so.

What Willoughby homes need most

The city had 23,959 residents and 12,275 housing units in 2020, on about 10.2 square miles. Mentor Avenue runs as a commercial corridor, and the neighborhoods off it range from 19th-century homes near downtown to postwar ranches and newer subdivisions. The jobs that come up most are clearing branches back from roofs and sidewalks, removing dead ash and declining maples, pruning large oaks, and grinding stumps. On the older downtown streets, access is often through a narrow side yard, so we plan for sectional work and carry-out.

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