Tree Service in Grafton, MA

Tree Service in Grafton means working in very different settings within one town. Grafton is three ZIP codes (Grafton, North Grafton and South Grafton) and a string of mill villages along the Blackstone River: Farnumsville, Fisherville, Saundersville and Axtell Corner among them. A shade tree on the common, a maple between mill-era houses in Fisherville and a white pine at the back of a newer North Grafton lot each need a different plan.

Roadside trees near the common

The old trees that line the streets around Grafton Common are part of what makes the center look the way it does. Massachusetts law treats every tree within the public way, or on its boundary, as a public shade tree. Nobody except the tree warden may cut, trim or remove one without permission, and removing a tree over 1.5 inches thick requires a posted public hearing. If a big roadside maple is dropping limbs over your house, the tree warden is the place to start. We can take care of the trees on your side of the line.

Mill villages

Grafton's villages grew around water-powered mills on the Blackstone, and the town is part of the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor. Many mill-village homes are close together on small lots, often on a slope toward the river. Removals there are usually done in pieces, with limbs lowered by rope to avoid roofs, fences and neighbors' cars.

Former hospital land and conserved woods

Grafton State Hospital operated in North Grafton from 1901 to 1973 on a campus that eventually spanned about 1,200 acres in Grafton, Shrewsbury and Westborough. Part of that land is now the Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. In the south, about 190 acres of Hassanamessit Woods, believed to include the site of the old Nipmuc village, were permanently protected in 2004 after being slated for more than 100 homes. Homes next to large wooded tracts like these tend to see more leaning trees and limbs reaching over the yard.

A growing town

Grafton's population rose from 19,664 in 2020 to an estimated 21,043 in 2025, according to the Census. New houses often go in on land that was woods or pasture, and the trees left standing after construction sometimes decline over the next several years from root damage, grade changes and soil compaction. If a tree near a newer foundation is thinning at the top, have it looked at.

Common Grafton jobs

• Pruning large shade trees over houses near the center
• Sectional removals on tight mill-village lots
• Removing trees declining after construction
• Ash and oak assessment
• Stump grinding and lawn restoration

Call (508) 731-3691 or send the form with your address and the village you are in. We will come out, look at the trees, and give you a written estimate. Get a free estimate