Tree Services in Oak Bay

Beautifying backyards in Oak Bay and Greater Victoria since 2008!

Caring for your trees

Advantage Tree Care are your local certified ISA Arborists and tree care specialists in the Oak Bay area.

We offer a range of arborist services from tree pruning to tree removals, and tree health inspections too. With over 16 years of experience in the tree industry we are well equipped to handle any size or type of tree work. Our primary goal is to take care of you and your green spaces every step of the way.

If you have trees that need some TLC, we can help! 🙂 Contact us to discuss your needs or schedule a free initial consultation.

About Oak Bay

Oak Bay, like every other town here on the island have tons of beautiful trees from large towering Douglas Fir and Western Hemlock, to Arbutus and the protected Garry Oaks too. Keeping your property looking well isn't always an easy (or safe) task, that's why it's always a good idea to see help from a professional. Learn more about care for Garry Oak trees.

Oak Bay is a seaside community located in Victoria on the southern tip of Vancouver Island known for its upscale neighborhoods, picturesque beaches, and charming village atmosphere.

Some popular attractions in Oak Bay include the Oak Bay Marina, the Oak Bay Beach Hotel, and Oak Bay Village which is a charming shopping and dining area that features a mix of independent stores and restaurants. The Uplands Park is a large park with beautiful gardens, hiking trails and playgrounds. The Oak Bay also features a number of golf courses, including the Victoria Golf Club and the Uplands Golf Club.

Oak Bay is known for its luxury homes and upscale neighborhoods, which offer stunning views of the water and the Olympic Mountains. It is a popular place to live among retirees and families with children, and it is known for its safe, quiet streets and strong sense of community.

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Tree Removal Permits in Oak Bay

The District of Oak Bay has specific rules for cutting down trees on your property. To remove, extensively prune, or top an existing tree located on private property, you may require a Tree Removal Permit. Visit their website for more information.

Oak Bay Tree Protection info and Bylaw page
Tree Work Application Permit
Tree Protection Bylaw Document

For those who need information about tree removal permits, we have a detailed breakdown of the Tree Permits and Preservation Bylaws for each municipality in Greater Victoria. Depending on where your property resides, the tree preservation vary so best to read up on the Bylaws for your neighbourhood. We can assist with this to help get you started. Please call us to discuss.

Tree Services offered in Oak Bay

Our team is licensed, insured, and meets the highest standard of safety training. Our tree care and arborist services include;

Tree Pruning in Oak Bay, BC

To the layperson pruning a branch may seem like a simple act. However, there is a real art behind effective pruning, from both a tree health and tree aesthetics point of view. We pride ourselves in the highest quality craftsmanship when it comes to tree pruning and maintenance. We provide a variety of tree pruning services including;

Structural pruning
Tree reductions
Tree thinning
Building clearance
Dead wood removal
Hazard prevention pruning
restorative pruning (when the tree has previously be poorly pruned)
Fruit tree pruning - further details below
Sensitive species pruning e.g. Garry Oak

Meet Your Greater Victoria Arborists

Why Advantage Tree Care?

One of our core values is guaranteed customer satisfaction, we will go above and beyond to ensure that each and every client is satisfied with our work. We aim to leave each site looking as presentable if not more presentable than when we arrived. You can rest assured that you and your trees are in the best of hands possible

To learn more about us and our qualifications, meet the team.

Advantage Tree Care team - offering tree services in Victoria BC

Tree Work FAQs

How much does tree removal cost in Victoria?

Tree removals costs vary depending on the size and complexity of the job. The most important factor after the size of a tree, in determining the cost of tree removal is access. In BC you should anticipate paying between $750 and $4,000 for tree removal services and in some circumstances you could be looking at paying significantly over $4,000. Learn more about tree removal costs in Greater Victoria.

How do you ensure safety with our work?

The nature of tree work is that it is very diverse, each job can present new challenges and opportunities to lean. As such, where jobs allow we take the opportunity to learn from real scenarios strengthening and building on the skills and knowledge of our overall team of arborists.

We ensure that we are always on top of our game when it comes to safety and training. To achieve this we;

Have an experienced core team of qualified arborists
Carry out on site risk assessments, identifying potential hazards and assessing how we can eliminate or minimise them prior to starting each job
Provide ongoing industry training opportunities for all of our employees
Ensure a healthy work/life balance which is essential, especially in a high risk job such as this
Collaborate with other skilled industry arborists - sharing experiences, knowledge and important industry information around particular techniques, incidents and equipment.
Attend industry events such as ISA (Intentional Society of Arboriculture) conferences, Climbing Competitions, and local industry events such as Soak and Loam.

What are the Tree Protection bylaws in Victoria?

Updated Tree Preservation Bylaw, July 2021

You may need to apply for a tree permit if you are planning to prune or remove a protected tree on your property.

What classifies as a protected tree? Protected trees include:

A tree with a diameter over 30 cm
A hedge that contains any single stem with a diameter over 30 cm
Garry Oak (Quercus garryana), Arbutus (Arbutus menziesii), Pacific Yew (Taxus brevifolia) or Pacific Dogwood (Cornus nuttallii) over 50 cm in height measured above natural grade
A replacement tree
A tree that is protected by a restrictive covenant in favour of the City
A tree of any size that is on a slope where the slope grade is greater than 33 per cent over 10 metres
A tree of any size that is within 15 metres of the natural boundary of a watercourse

Learn more on City of Victoria Bylaw page

Get in Touch

The Advantage Tree Care team of experienced, ISA arborists is here and ready for action. You can be assured that you and your trees are in the best hands possible.

We work with both residential and commercial customers to meet their tree care needs, with over 15 years of tree industry experience. Our ISA certified arborists are skilled, educated and operate to ISA industry work standards whilst maintaining safe working practices.

For a quotation and onsite visit, please call 250-508-4445 or visit our contact page to send us a message. Or find an arborist on Google.

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Local Reviews in Oak Bay

We have hired this firm three times and highly recommend them. Daniel, the owner, is very experienced and qualified. He ensures he understands what the customer wants done, and checks back throughout the job to make sure it is what the customer wants. He is also very concerned about maintaining the health of the tree and adhering to the municipal bylaws for tree management. -Heather, on Google

Serving All of Greater Victoria

Providing tree care and arborist services throughout Greater Victoria and the southern Gulf Islands including;

- Saanich
- Oak Bay
- Victoria City
- Esquimalt

- View Royal
- Colwood
- Langford
- Metchosin

- Highland
- Central Saanich
- North Saanich
- Sidney

Tree Services in Oak Bay

Caring for your trees

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