Tree Service in Florence, KY

Tree Service in Florence takes place in a city that has kept up its Tree City USA standing for more than three decades. The Arbor Day Foundation has named Florence a Tree City USA every year since 1992. To qualify, the city keeps a tree board, a tree ordinance, a comprehensive community forestry program and an annual Arbor Day observance. Those are city commitments for public trees, but they say something about what residents expect from tree work on their own lots too.

A city that kept growing

Florence grew up as a crossroads town; growth picked up after the Covington-Lexington Turnpike opened in 1836, and the population climbed quickly from 1950 to 1970 and kept rising after that. The 2020 census counted 31,946 people, up 6.7% from 2010, and the 2025 estimate is 34,018. It is the second-most populous city in Northern Kentucky and the state's largest city that isn't a county seat. Most of its 13,624 housing units were built in waves of suburban growth, and their yard trees come in waves too.

That shows in the trees we see. Neighborhoods from the 1960s and 1970s have big maples, oaks and pines that are now taller than the houses and sometimes declining. Newer subdivisions have ornamental pears, maples and evergreens planted close together that now crowd each other and the house.

Who lives here

Census estimates show 57.5% of Florence homes are owner-occupied, with a median value of $210,700, and 84.7% of residents lived in the same house a year earlier. Many homes are rentals, and on rental, condominium or association property, trees may be the responsibility of an association or property manager rather than the resident. If you aren't sure who owns a tree, check before you schedule work.

Where Boone County yard waste goes

The Northern Kentucky solid waste resource guide lists yard waste sites that take branches and tree debris, including Affordable Landscape Supplies at 4346 Bullittsville Road in Burlington and Ohio Mulch at 5519 North Bend Road in Burlington. Call ahead for their rules and fees. For jobs we do, debris is chipped and hauled, or left as firewood if you prefer.

Common Florence work

• Removing large, declining trees in 1960s-1970s neighborhoods
• Structural pruning and thinning for crowded subdivision trees
• Removing split ornamental pears after storms
• Removing dead ash; emerald ash borer has spread across much of the eastern U.S.
• Stump grinding after removals
• Clearing limbs away from roofs and driveways

Reporting public tree problems

Florence Public Services takes service concerns through the Florence Y'ALL app or at (859) 647-5416. A tree in a city right-of-way or park is for the city to handle.

Call (513) 712-8578 or use the form. Get a free estimate