Tree Service in Rexland Acres, CA

Tree Service in Rexland Acres starts with who is in the yard. Rexland Acres is an unincorporated community about 5 miles south of downtown Bakersfield along Union Avenue (State Route 204), and almost all of it is surrounded by the city. The 2020 census counted 3,563 people on about half a square mile, with a median age of just 28 and more than half of households raising children. In a neighborhood like that, tree work is mostly about safety: limbs that could drop on a play area, palms shedding fronds onto the driveway, and stumps that trip kids running across the yard.

Union Avenue and wind

Union Avenue runs straight south through the flat valley floor, and it is a good place to see what winter wind does to trees. In the February 4, 2024 storm, palm trees came down across both lanes of South Union Avenue at Shafter Road shortly after 3 p.m., while PG&E reported thousands of metro Bakersfield customers without power. Palms that have not been cleaned up carry a lot of dead weight in the crown, and the fronds act like sails.

Rexland Acres projects

• Removing deadwood over yards, patios and play sets
• Palm cleanups: dead fronds, seed stalks and fruit
• Taking down dead trees before they fail
• Grinding stumps flush or below grade
• Raising low limbs over sidewalks and driveways
• Pruning young trees so they grow strong, not lopsided

Stumps are a hazard, too

A lot of yards here have stumps left behind from earlier removals. Besides being trip hazards, stumps of some species, such as tree of heaven and some elms, keep sending up sprouts for years. Grinding the stump several inches below the surface ends that. We can also rake out the grindings so you can plant grass or lay gravel over the spot.

In the county, inside the city

Rexland Acres is unincorporated Kern County even though the city wraps around it. The City of Bakersfield's street-tree permits and parkway controls apply only within city limits, so they do not govern trees on Rexland Acres lots. For any work near the road or overhead lines, we confirm what is allowed before the job is scheduled.

Making a tree last

In this heat, most yard trees live or die on irrigation. A deep soak every week or two in summer, applied out toward the edge of the canopy rather than at the trunk, keeps roots growing where they anchor the tree. Lawn sprinklers alone tend to water only the top few inches. Healthy watering means less deadwood and fewer emergency calls.

A note on rentals

If you rent in Rexland Acres, it is usually the owner who decides on tree work and pays for it. We can send the written estimate and photos straight to the owner or manager so the decision is not held up.

Talk to us

Call (661) 451-7519 or use the form. We visit, look at what is over and around your yard, and write the price down. call (661) 451-7519