Tree reviews in Cincinnati, Ohio

Hunter, Tyler, Jake, Joe & Zach did an amazing job! They were able to prune and provide clearance from our house while maintaining the health of our maple tree. In all the job was completed in an efficient & timely manner. Hiring a company that knows trees is well worth the expense.

Our huge, beautiful magnolia tree was sick. Leaves were thinning and browning. Lester's services saved my tree and the results were noticeable within a few weeks, if not days. Now my tree is making a full recovery as it seems, with bright, robust green leaves and gorgeous blooms. I am so thankful!

Brad and his crew (Jack, Nate, Dustin and Zach D) did great work on a LOT of our trees and cleared out lots of brush efficiently and with great attitudes!

Did an amazing job cleaning up. Very meticulous on cleanup. Picking up little twigs even after they are done cleaning up making sure it looks better than when they got here. Thank you so much for your hard work. Would hire again for sure.

This crew of professionals was rapid to respond, left our home better than they found it, worked very well together, placed what we wanted to keep exactly where we asked. They were able to do the job when other companies declined. Highly recommend.

John and his crew (Andy and James) did a great job for me today. They were on time, polite, and informative. However improvement is needed with regard to staying out of neighbors yards and cleanup. I had to do more cleanup in neighbors yards and in the street after the trucks left. Dirt, branches, debris and mulch we left in the street. Also very stingy with the grass seed that was put down for patching. Additionally Lynn is very known and did an outstanding job treating my Princeton Elm tree for Dutch elm disease.

Tyler, Amari, and Carl were great. They were all knowledgeable and professional. The crew made efficient work of our tree removal and left our yard better than they found it.

We had 3 mature locust trees removed in tight quarters. This meant they hand carried everything out of the woods to the chipper.
We also had significant pruning done on 3 other trees. All of this happened over 3 days due to scheduling and we were very happy with the results.

We can't say enough about the professional service we received from this company. They took down an 80 year old rotting maple, trimmed another 50 + year old maple and provided & planted a new Forest Pansy Redbud tree. They cleaned up all the debris in the yard and street and sent second crew to repair some very minor lawn damage. Alex, Jerod, Josh and everyone of the crew were polite, professional and through. Gregory Forrest Lester is a company who values customer service and professionalism.

Our team was Josh, Hunter, Zach D, Oliver, Jake and James. I can’t say enough about this team of men. They took great care of the yard. They were efficient and competent. They cleaned up perfectly afterwards. Extremely professional, extremely friendly and I would highly recommend this team to do any tree work that you need.

Great company to deal with. Trim on a big tree in back yard. A few marks in the yard from their equipment that I wasn't worried about. Two days later a crew shows up to fix the yard marks with top soil, seed and straw. Two thumbs up!! They will be getting some more work from me eventually, too.

I had a great experience overall with my complete tree removal. They were extremely professional and safe as the tree was in a very tight space between two houses and the utility junction.

We had Gregory Forest Lester out to trim several older trees at the front of our home. The crew was very efficient and careful but also meticulous in their approach to shaping the trees so that they are now much more healthy and beautiful. The end result of this expert sculpting is that it looks like we have new trees. It was an amazing difference. I highly recommend using Gregory Forest Lester to care for your trees.

We’ve been customers for about 22years and are very happy with their teams. Oliver and Jared, Josh, Dave, Hunter and all the workers are very professional and courteous. They care about you and neighbors property when they are working. They’ll tell you if the tree is weak with disease or infestation and could break or fall. We have some 60 year trees and we trust Gregory Forrest Lester to help us take of them. They don’t just cut down trees or deadwood. They really care about our trees. They are very knowledgeable arborists. They give us fair quotes and explanations of what the best plan is for that tree.

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The whole team did a great job!

I can't recommend Oliver and Jake highly enough! Oliver, the arborist, spent quality time helping me improve my yard with his expert advice and careful attention to detail. His knowledge and dedication were evident in every suggestion he made.

Jake went above and beyond with planting my new trees and removing stumps. Not only did he take care of the heavy lifting, but he also spruced up my yard by putting down grass seed, leaving everything looking fantastic.

Both Oliver and Jake were amazing, and their hard work has truly transformed my yard. If you're looking for professional, dedicated, and friendly service, look no further!

I would highly recommend Gregory forester for any of your landscaping needs! I’d recommend working with Brian, he is my go to guy whenever I need a quote or overall suggestions on how to improve my landscaping, he’s very knowledgeable and personable. I’ve had them grade my backyard, install a French drain to help with flooding, and just recently had them install a beautiful stone path in my backyard. The guys that come out and do the work (Andy, Brandon, and Brenden) are very hardworking, professional, and friendly. Overall, they are all great and knowledgeable people to work with!

I recently had my trees fed and pruned by Gregory Forrest Lester. Terrific experience all the way around. I worked with several employees, and they were all professional, knowledgeable, and took the time to answer my questions. They were always on time, always got back to me, and did an excellent job. Highly recommend.

What a phenomenal job these guys did! Thank you so very much for making my tree so happy!!! Excellent job at cleaning up you wouldn't have know they were even here. Polite, professional,I would definitely recommend this company!!!! 🏡

I can’t recommend Gregory Forrest Lester and his team highly enough. After a tree fell on my house, I was completely overwhelmed. I had never experienced anything like that before, had no idea what to expect, and honestly just blindly trusted the insurance process without really understanding what was happening.

I was fortunate to be connected with Hunter and Oliver, and they were absolutely incredible. They went above and beyond to explain everything, walk me through each step, and make sure I understood what was happening along the way. They were extremely responsive, very patient with all of my questions, and truly made a stressful situation so much easier to handle.

They also worked incredibly quickly and efficiently, while still being kind, personable, and easy to talk to. Their professionalism, communication, and genuine care made all the difference during a really difficult time.

I’m incredibly grateful for their support and guidance, and I will absolutely be referring anyone I know to them in the future. Highly recommend!

Brad W., Tyler, Chris and Dustin worked tirelessly all day to cut down my huge maple tree. They were very respectful of my property and left it cleaner than when they arrived! The entire process went very smoothly~ from getting a quote from their Board Certified Arborist Alex to grinding the stump to non-existence! I also appreciated the phone calls letting me know when they were going to arrive. I highly recommend Gregory Forrest Lester Inc. Tree Health Professionals.

I went back and forth on the rating to provide, because I think they have tried to make things right, but I think that I should be honest about what went wrong so that others can be aware. The company has chocked some of this up to “growing pains”, so hopefully it will improve in the future.

I chose this company due to a family member telling me about how they were oak tree experts and because of wanting an evaluation by an actual arborist and not just someone looking to cut back trees. The cost was on par with other tree work I had done in the past. The work itself seemed ok, but my yard was tore up and things were left in a mess. The work took several visits. I had suggested that the timing of the work was not great (after we had had 5 inches of snow melt on my sloped clay property), but was advised that they would assess when they arrived and decide if the work could be done. They chose to do the work and tore up my yard, moved items that were not put back and ran over a shrub planted this past fall. There was a gap between visits and I had expressed concerns about the level of yard damage after the first visit, but they came back and the third round was quite similar. Just after completing the work initial work and without remediation, I was sent the bill. I called to express concern again and was advised at that time that I didn’t need to worry about the bill and a team would be out after the holidays to assess my concerns. At that time, I was also told that they probably pushed my job up, in order to meet the end of year quota! I had to reach out again after the holidays to get someone out, but in the mean time I got a call advising me that I was scheduled for more work. It turns out the notes said my tree hadn’t been taken down yet, despite my reporting complaints and them having billed me. When I had the assessment, I was told that the job should not have been done with the ground so wet and some of the stuff that was disordered should not have been moved in the first place. Remediation was discussed and completed. They were even able to obtain a replacement for the native shrub that was in pretty limited supply at the native plant sales. I was luckily off work when they arrived for the second day of remediation, because there were still questions about what needed to be completed. After all of this, I got a call less than a week after the remediation was completed telling me that I was overdue on my bill. What salt in the wound!

Unless one thinks I’m overreacting about the yard damage, I was shoveling my drive after the most recent snow storm and a neighbor I had previously not met stopped to chat. They mentioned independently how badly my yard was tore up by the tree company.

Ultimately, they have strove to try to make things as right as one can after the fact and I can respect that. This led to some ambivalence about the review.

TL:DR Quite a few communication difficulties and some ill-timed work led to a mud mess in my yard, disordered piles of wood and shrubbery murder. Repairs were made.