Tree Service in Goshen, IN

Tree Service in Goshen comes with a local twist: the city itself has set a public target for more shade. In 2019 the City Forester launched the "45 by 45" program, aiming for 45% tree canopy by 2045, with interim goals of 25% by 2025 and 30% by 2030. A nonprofit partner, Trees for Goshen, works on planting on private property. When a homeowner calls us, our first job is to see whether the tree can be kept through pruning before anyone talks about removal.

Pruning first, removal when needed. A lot of Goshen requests start as "take it down" and end as a crown cleaning: dead wood out, a rubbing limb removed, weight taken off a long branch over the roof. That keeps the canopy the city is trying to grow and usually costs less. When a tree is genuinely failing, with decay in the trunk, a split union or a dead ash, we say so plainly and quote the removal.

Floods and tornadoes are part of the record. The Elkhart River runs through Goshen, forming the Goshen Dam Pond on the south side, and Rock Run Creek crosses town. In February 2018 the river crested at a record 13.2 feet and damaged more than 300 structures. Saturated ground loosens roots, so trees near the river and the Mill Race corridor deserve a look after any long flood. Wind has its own history: the 1965 Palm Sunday tornadoes hit the Midway Trailer Park area, now inside city limits, and an F4 struck the southeast side. More recently, a tree fell on a school bus in Goshen during the March 8, 2017 wind event, when the municipal airport gusted to 56 mph, and the ASOS there measured 63 mph during the August 11, 2026 derecho.

What the Street Department picks up. Goshen runs a two-pass spring brush and leaf collection, then brush-only pickup on the last Monday of each month from May through September. Piles can be up to 5 feet high, 5 feet deep and 10 feet long, with branches no more than 6 inches across, set at the curb and not in the street. There is no brush pickup from October through March. Contractors and landscapers have to haul their own brush, so the wood from any job we do is chipped and taken away as part of the quote. Residents can also reserve a free brush trailer through the Street Department at 574-534-9711.

Planting after a removal. If a tree comes out, we can grind the stump below grade so a new tree can go in near the same spot, ideally a species suited to the space and not under wires. Replanting is how a removal stops being a loss to the city's canopy goal.

Neighborhoods we work in include the older streets around the Goshen Historic District and the courthouse, homes near Goshen College on the south side, and newer lots on the city's edges.

Call (574) 607-4654 or send the form with a photo and your street. Get a free estimate