Hi, I'm Kenneth. I take care of trees in Los Angeles and Orange County.
I'm an ISA Board Certified Master Arborist and a licensed landscape contractor. I do tree risk assessments and arborist reports, plant health care, and full landscape design and installation.
Diagnosis and documentation, then the work itself.
Consulting and landscape contracting under one roof, so the plan on paper is the plan that gets built.
Trees & Consulting
Tree risk assessments & reports
A structured evaluation of defects, load, and what sits below — written up in a report you can hand to a city, an insurer, or a board.
Plant health care
Diagnosis and treatment of pests, disease, decline, and soil problems, with a care plan you can actually keep up.
Tree inventories
Every tree on the site tagged, located, and condition-rated, so you know what you're managing before you budget for it.
Preservation plans
What it takes to keep a mature tree through a project: root zones, pruning limits, and monitoring during construction.
Tree protection plans
Fencing, specifications, and documentation that satisfy plan check and hold up in the field.
Consulting
Second opinions, pre-purchase reviews, and clear guidance when a tree becomes a question between neighbors, owners, or agencies.
Landscape
Landscape design
Planting plans built around the soil, exposure, and mature trees you already have.
Landscape installation
Build-out by a licensed C-27 contractor, from grading and hardscape to final planting.
Irrigation systems
Zoned, efficient watering that suits established trees and new plantings at the same time.
Landscape maintenance
Ongoing care that keeps the design intact as it fills in.
Three levels of assessment.
Risk assessment follows the ISA's TRAQ standard. Which level you need depends on how many trees are involved and how specific the question is.
Limited visual
A visual check from one vantage point — on foot or from a vehicle — looking for obvious defects. Built for covering many trees quickly.
Basic assessment
A complete inspection of the tree from the ground — crown, trunk, root flare, and the site around it — walking the full circle and sounding for defects. This is the standard assessment.
Advanced assessment
Used when a Level 2 leaves a specific question open — how much sound wood is left, how far decay runs, what's happening below grade. Includes internal testing, root collar excavation, and climbing inspection.
Most tree failures give notice first.
If any of these describe your property, an assessment is worth doing now rather than after.
A limb has failed, or one looks like it might.
Construction, grading, or a remodel is planned near an established tree.
The city is asking for an arborist report or a protected-tree permit.
A tree is thinning, dropping leaves early, leaning, or losing bark.
You're buying or selling a property with mature trees on it.
An insurer, HOA, or attorney needs the condition documented.
Three steps, no guesswork.
Site visit
We walk the property together, inspect the trees, and take the measurements the assessment depends on.
Findings in writing
You get a report or plan that states the condition, the risk, and the recommended work in priority order.
The work
We carry out the landscape and plant health work, or coordinate with your crew so the plan is followed.
Kenneth Rodriguez, Consulting Arborist
Kenneth is a consulting arborist and licensed landscape contractor working across Los Angeles and Orange County. He holds the International Society of Arboriculture's Board Certified Master Arborist credential — the highest certification the ISA awards — along with its Utility Specialist and Urban Forest Professional credentials, TRAQ qualification in tree risk assessment, and Prescription Pruning qualification through the Florida ISA chapter.
That combination is unusual, and it's the point: the person writing your report is the person who understands what it takes to build and maintain the landscape around the tree.
Start with a site visit.
Tell us what you're seeing and where the property is. We'll get back to you with next steps and a quote.