Service areas
Tree Service Areas in Santa Monica and Nearby
We cover all of Santa Monica, from Ocean Park and Main Street in the south to North of Montana and San Vicente Boulevard in the north. Call 310-455-8250 and we will connect you with a licensed, insured tree service for trimming, removal, stump grinding, planting or emergency work. Santa Monica is a beachside city of 8.3 square miles, but growing conditions change a lot between the bluffs and the eastern edge of town. Below is what to know about trees in each part of the city.
Neighborhood by neighborhood
The Trees Change Street by Street
The neighborhoods closest to the ocean get the most wind and salt spray, and the city's own forest plan calls for trees there that can stand up to both. Further inland, the main questions are usually size, roots and access. The city also designates a street tree species for many streets, which tells you what it plans to plant along them.
Ocean Park and Main Street
Ocean Park runs from Pico Boulevard south to the city limit, between Lincoln Boulevard and the ocean, and Main Street is its main shopping street. The city's designated street tree on Main Street is the tipu tree from Colorado Avenue to Pico, and Indian laurel fig from Pico to the southern city limit. On Ocean Park Boulevard between Lincoln and 14th Street it is sweetgum. Being nearest the water, this is where wind and salt matter most.
Sunset Park
Sunset Park lies south of Pico Boulevard and east of Lincoln, out to the eastern and southern city limits, and includes Santa Monica Airport. The Ocean Park Boulevard median from 25th to 34th Street is designated for Canary Island pine.
Mid-City
Mid-City sits between Washington Avenue and Colorado Avenue/Santa Monica Boulevard, from 5th Street east to Centinela Avenue, and includes the UCLA and Providence Saint John's hospital campuses. Washington Avenue from 7th to 14th Street is designated for camphor trees.
Pico
Pico Boulevard's designated street tree is the London plane, along its full length from Ocean Avenue to Centinela. If a tree on your property overhangs the sidewalk, roof or driveway, clearance pruning is the usual job.
Wilshire Montana
Between Wilshire Boulevard and Montana Avenue, from Ocean Avenue to 21st Street. Wilshire Boulevard's designated street tree is the Mexican fan palm, from Ocean Avenue all the way to Centinela, and the Mexican fan palm is the most common tree in the city. For tall palms on your own property, see palm tree trimming.
North of Montana and Montana Avenue
Mostly single-family homes on large lots along tree-lined streets, with Montana Avenue as the neighborhood's main shopping street. The San Vicente Boulevard median from Ocean Avenue to 26th Street is designated for coral trees, and Montana Avenue from Ocean to 7th Street for sweetgum.
Downtown Santa Monica
Downtown takes in the Third Street Promenade and Santa Monica Place. Santa Monica Boulevard from Ocean Avenue to Lincoln is designated for the Chinese flame tree. Most trees here are public street trees, which the city looks after.
Palisades Park
The bluff-top park runs two miles along Ocean Avenue from Adelaide Drive to Colorado Avenue, with more than 1,200 trees, nearly half of them palms, mainly Mexican fan and Canary Island date palms. The park's trees are the city's. If you have the same palms at home, the same care rules apply: see palm tree trimming.
The whole city
Every Santa Monica Neighborhood
Santa Monica is a beachside city of 8.3 square miles on the Westside of Los Angeles County. Whichever part of it you are in, one call to 310-455-8250 gets you a free estimate.
Before you call
Who Looks After Which Tree?
Wherever you are in Santa Monica, the first question is who owns the tree. The city looks after its street and parkway trees: more than 35,000 public trees across over 250 species. Pruning or removing one of those goes through the city's 311 system, not a private company. Our Santa Monica tree permit guide explains the rules, fines and appeals.
Trees on your own lot are yours to look after, and that is where we can help. If you are not sure where your property line falls, tell us where the tree stands when you call.
Beyond the city line
Near the Santa Monica Border?
Santa Monica is surrounded on three sides by the City of Los Angeles, so a short drive puts you in a different city with different tree rules. Street trees in those neighborhoods are managed by Los Angeles, not Santa Monica.
We also take calls from these nearby communities. Each has its own tree rules, so each has its own page:
- Pacific Palisades : LAFD brush clearance and trees after the 2025 fire
- Venice : LA street tree permits, walk streets and canals
- Malibu : Malibu's protected native trees and its June 1 brush clearance deadline
- Brentwood : LA's protected tree ordinance and the hillside fire zone
Somewhere else nearby? Call 310-455-8250 and ask. If it is not a job we can help with, we will say so.
What we arrange
Tree Services Across Santa Monica
Tree Trimming & Pruning
Palm Tree Trimming
Tree Removal
Stump Grinding
Emergency Tree Service
Land Clearing
Tree Planting
Sources: City of Santa Monica, About, Santa Monica Urban Forest, Street Tree Designations List, Urban Forest Master Plan, Historic Resources Report, Palisades Park Improvements.
Questions
Frequently Asked
Do you cover my street in Santa Monica?
Yes. We take calls from every Santa Monica neighborhood, from Ocean Park and Sunset Park to North of Montana. Call 310-455-8250 with your street and the job.
Can you trim the street tree in front of my house?
Not without the city. Street and parkway trees are public trees, and work on them goes through the City of Santa Monica's 311 system. We can help with trees on your own property.
Why does the city list a tree species for my street?
Santa Monica's Urban Forest Master Plan designates a street tree species for many streets, so replacements fit the street. For example, the designated tree for Pico Boulevard is the London plane.
Do you work outside Santa Monica?
Yes, nearby too. We take calls from Pacific Palisades, Venice, Malibu and Brentwood, and each has its own page with the local tree rules. For anywhere else nearby, call 310-455-8250 and ask.
Not sure if you are covered? Tell us your street and what the tree needs, and you will get a straight answer and a free, no-obligation estimate.
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