Northfield

You don't have to spend long in Northfield to realize that this is a community that takes pride in their homes and properties, and a village that invests in its trees. But is professional tree care a worthwhile investment for you? Here's what you need to know about why Northfield tree care is worth looking into if you want the best for your property.

Deter Unwanted Wildlife

If you’re a nature lover, you probably love living in Northfield. This neighborhood offers enough wilderness for even the most avid adventurer to spend years exploring, which is unusual this close to Chicago. The Skokie Lagoons run along the entire eastern border of Northfield. The waterway is surrounded by large wooded areas, making it an easy path for animals to travel up and down the North Shore, including to Northfield.

To the south of Northfield, the woods blend into the Watersmeet Woods and the lagoon meets the North Branch of the Chicago River. These wilderness channels bring in all kinds of lovely animals like songbirds and even occasionally a wild turkey or deer. However, they also make it easy for unwanted pests like possums, raccoons, or even coyotes to find their way onto your property.

Animals such as these depend on low branches to shield them and dead wood for nests. If they find this kind of cover on your property, they may decide to make themselves at home, wrecking havoc on your garbage and landscaping. Quality tree care services eliminate the low branches, dead wood, and general shrubbery and debris so unwanted wildlife will keep moving.

Make Burglary Less Likely

Unfortunately, affluent communities on the North Shore, such as Northfield, can be an easy target for thieves. This village is close enough to Chicago for opportunists from the city to easily catch a bus out to the suburbs. The large, affluent homes are attractive targets.

Thieves tend to seek out homes that have lots of cover so they won't be seen. Properly pruning trees and planning plantings deliberately will allow you to enjoy privacy without providing cover to opportunistic thieves. In fact, the right kind of pruning and planting can work well with security systems like motion activated lights to make it very difficult for someone to sneak onto your property unnoticed.

Make Your Home Look Its Best

Residents of Northfield pride themselves on the country estate feeling of their homes. Part of this effect is the trees in the neighborhoods. Many homes are partially obscured by trees. The effect can vary dramatically between majestic and mysterious to overcrowded and claustrophobic.

Gorgeous homes which otherwise would create a dramatic effect look smaller behind clusters of overgrown, small trees. Yards with too much tree cover don't have enough light to grow attractive lawns or ground cover. The tree service you choose can make a tremendous difference in the effect your landscape has.

Northfield tree care professionals can select the most attractive and stable trees to keep and prune while eliminating scrubby trees or volunteer trees of undesirable species. You'll be amazed by the difference it can make in your home's curb appeal to make more educated choices about the trees you keep and how they’re trimmed.

As an added benefit, you'll likely find that you enjoy being in your home much more when the trees are cared for properly. The bright, filtered light from tall, mature, pruned trees is extremely pleasant to be in and offers ideal conditions for lots of the plants you most want to grow, like lush lawns and gorgeous ground covers.

Protect Your Home and Family

You surely do all you can to make sure your property is protected and your family is safe. However, many homeowners overlook the threat that trees can pose. Living near trees can reduce the damage caused by storms, lower heating and cooling costs, and provide a lot of other benefits.

However, the damage from falling trees or branches is significant and can be dangerous. Qualified Northfield tree care can assess the trees on your property to determine which need to be pruned and which should be removed altogether to ensure they don't fall unexpectedly.

Careful trimming and pruning over the course of the tree’s lifetime can result in a growth pattern that makes an unexpected break or fall less likely. Very large trees can be trimmed such that when a branch falls it will be cushioned by lower branches and do little or no damage to the house or property. On the other hand, poor decisions in how trees are trimmed and which trees are allowed to grow can result in serious issues down the road that could have easily been prevented.