TREE SERVICES
Tree Services in North Augusta, Aiken, and Augusta
Some trees need to come down. Most don’t. Arborwright does the physical tree work, pruning, cabling, removal, and cleanup, with an experienced arborist making the call on what your tree actually needs. Licensed and fully insured.
- Tree Removal
- Licensed and Insured
- Pest & Disease Treatment
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How we approach tree work
Tree work is physical, and it is easy to do badly. A crew with a chainsaw can top a tree, tear a limb, or take down a tree that could have been saved, and you don’t find out it was the wrong call until later. We do it differently. An experienced arborist looks at the tree first, then we do the work the right way.
That starts with a simple rule: removal is the last resort, not the default. If a tree can be pruned, cabled, or treated and kept safely, that is almost always cheaper for you and better for your property than taking it down. When a tree does need to come down, because it is dead, dangerous, or too far gone, we remove it safely and clean up completely.
And we prune properly. We never top trees, because topping ruins a tree’s structure and forces weak, hazardous regrowth. Every cut has a reason behind it.
STORM DAMAGE OR A TREE DOWN?
For emergencies we respond fast through our removal team. If a tree is on your house, a car, or blocking access, call us now at (803) 489-8889.
How urgent is your tree situation?
Some tree issues need same-day attention. Others are better handled with a planned visit. Either way, we want to hear from you now.
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Same-day response
- Tree leaning newly or increasing lean
- Large limbs over a structure or driveway
- Cracks or splits in the trunk
- Recent storm damage, hanging limbs
- Root damage after excavation or storm
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Planned visit
- Routine pruning (best in dormant season)
- Removal of a dead but stable tree
- Stump grinding after removal
- View pruning or crown thinning
- Cabling to support a healthy but split tree
Our tree services
Two kinds of work: keeping healthy trees safe and sound, and clearing the ones that have to go.
PRUNE & PROTECT
Proper cuts that improve a tree’s health and structure. We never top trees.
Structural support for weak unions and heavy limbs, so a valuable tree can stay standing.
An honest evaluation of whether a tree is a hazard, and the safest way to address it.
Protection systems for high-value trees you can’t afford to lose to a strike.
REMOVE & CLEAR
Safe, fully insured removal, but only after an honest call on whether the tree can be saved.
Grinding the stump below grade so you can reclaim the spot and replant.
Cutting and treating privet, tallow, and other invasives at the roots so they don’t come back.
Why Arborwright for tree work
Most tree crews are priced by how fast they can get a tree on the ground. We are built around doing it right. An experienced arborist is involved before the saws come out, which is how you avoid the topped trees, torn bark, and unnecessary removals that cheaper crews leave behind.
We are also fully licensed and insured, and we clean up like we were never there. You get straight answers about what your tree needs, whether that is a light prune, a cable, or a full removal, and we tell you honestly when a tree can be saved instead of selling you a takedown.
How Arborwright handles tree work
Assess
Plan
Execute
Cleanup
Licensed, insured, and careful with your property
Tree work goes wrong in expensive ways: a limb through a roof, a rut across a lawn, an injury on your property. Arborwright carries full liability and workers’ compensation insurance, our crew is trained, and we protect the areas we work around. If something can be done more safely, that is how we do it.
Fully insured
We carry full liability and workers’ compensation insurance, so any accident on your property is covered, not billed to you.
Certificate on request
Need proof before we start? We provide a certificate of insurance on request, no hassle.
Licensed and compliant
Why CSRA homeowners choose Arborwright
Diagnostic-first tree care
Most tree services start with “what do you want us to do?” We start with “what’s actually going on?” Arborwright is built around plant health care and diagnostic-first work, which means we look at your tree, identify what’s wrong, and tell you honestly what it needs. Sometimes that means treatment. Sometimes it means a pruning plan. Sometimes it means removal. We tell you which, with the evidence to back it up.
Our arborists know the CSRA’s soils, humid subtropical climate, and the tree species that thrive and struggle here. Local conditions matter. We show up prepared for them.
Science-based diagnostics
Every recommendation backed by plant pathology, soil science, and real evidence.
Honest recommendations
We tell you what your tree actually needs, even when it's less work for us.
The people behind Arborwright
Real credentials. Real expertise. Real local knowledge.
Burns Newsome
Founder & Plant Health Care Specialist
Licensed Applicator | B.S. Biology + M.S. Genetics | Former Vanderbilt Research Team
I come from a research background. Before founding Arborwright Tree Care, I spent several years as part of a research team at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where careful observation and methodical thinking defined the job. I hold two degrees in the biological sciences, and I apply that same research-first mindset to every tree I evaluate.
What drives my work is a deep passion for healthy ecological landscapes. I believe most struggling trees can be saved when the right diagnosis comes first. Removal is a last resort, not a default. Across North Augusta, Aiken, Augusta, and the rest of the CSRA, I help homeowners understand what’s actually happening with their trees, from crape myrtle bark scale to root stress to storm damage, and build treatment plans backed by evidence instead of guesswork.
When I’m not in the field, I’m on my own land with my two boys: catching critters, fishing, and managing the property to support the greatest diversity of life it can hold. That’s how this business started. At some point, working within the constraints of my own backyard wasn’t enough. I wanted to care for the landscape around me in a meaningful way, and help the people in my community do the same. Arborwright is how I do that.
Thomas Wilson
ISA Certified Arborist®
ISA Certified Arborist® | ISA Member | 13 Years of Field Experience
I came up in tree work in Tennessee, where I spent years climbing, pruning, and learning how trees actually behave under load and stress. There is no shortcut for that kind of time in the canopy. When I moved to the CSRA, I brought that hands-on foundation with me and adapted it to a new set of species, the region’s soils, and a much longer growing season.
Earning my ISA Certified Arborist® credential held that field experience to a documented, tested standard. My focus is structure and risk: how a tree is built, where it is weak, and what it is likely to do in the next storm. I would rather find a failure point on a calm afternoon than after a limb is already down on someone’s roof.
What I value most is the work that keeps a mature tree standing. A large, established tree takes decades to replace, and most of the ones I assess can be kept healthy and sound when someone reads them early and acts on what they find. That is the part of this job I care about, and it is why I am glad to do it here in the CSRA.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions homeowners have before their tree service
Yes. Cleanup is part of the job. We remove branches and debris, grind the stump if that is included, and protect your lawn and beds while we work. We leave the site clean.
Yes. Trees near structures and lines are exactly where technique and insurance matter most. An experienced arborist plans the removal or prune so the tree comes down or gets cut in a controlled way, without damaging what is around it.
Trusted by homeowners across the CSRA
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Plant health care across the CSRA
We provide plant health care throughout the CSRA. If you are not sure whether you are in our area, ask and we will tell you.
Hammond’s Ferry, Riverview Park, downtown North Augusta. Our home base.
West Augusta, Summerville, National Hills, Forest Hills, downtown.
Downtown Aiken, Houndslake, Woodside, Hitchcock Woods area.
Riverwood Plantation, Evans to Locks, Kiokee.
Photo Credits
Soil injection treatment — Mengmeng Gu, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Bugwood.org.
White, waxy bark spots in branch crotches; black sooty mold on trunk; reddish-pink crush test — Jim Robbins, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, Bugwood.org.
Reddish-pink crush test Photo by Celeste Ray, iNaturalist, CC BY-NC 4.0