My family used Eli's grandfather, father, and now Eli in this third generation family company. The…read moreowners suffered losses in the Palisades Fire that gives them a unique insight into what needs to be done in high wildfire zones. At the same time, they've got a discerning eye and do not cut trees down just because they're burned. They cut dead trees down. Their masterful knowledge of trees has proven invaluable for the Palisades. They're efficient with brush clearance and, at the same time, make every effort to not disturb wildlife. Johnson's team of workers exude job satisfaction and have a friendly rapport with all. It's clear Johnson takes care of employees. Their prices are in line with competitors - but if ever they're higher, you'll quickly see that is because they take care of their team. You see Johnson present at every community clean up event and doing their best to support our collective rebuild. Eli and Nicole are wonderful human beings who do an incredible job with deep roots in the Palisades. I cannot recommend highly enough!

I'm a delivery driver and made a drop off in Brentwood hills. This team was cutting massive trees…read moreand dropping branches all over the street, passing by, they insisted I run over branches and they did not push aside these road hazards and as a result my brand new sports car with a nice paint job sustained some scratches. I called the owner who has not returned my calls.

Bob and team did a fantastic job cleaning up and filling in our small front yard garden which had…read morebecome overgrown and diseased. He also intalled new irrigation and will now be our weekly gardener to ensure everything stays looking great. I really appreciate his vision, efficiency, and friendliness. I would definitely recommend.

Do you like working with vendors who sue clients for refusing to pay for unapproved - nay,…read moreexplicitly verboten - work done under trespass that exposes you to liability? If so, Bob Duarte is your guy! National Greens held themselves out as licensed for painting, plastering, and stucco. They are not and conducted unlicensed work in a hazard zone. Bob Duarte threatened to sue me for defamation in response to a 100% truthful review. Moreover, he sued my family for non-payment of work he completed on neighbor's property under trespass after he erected a planter without permission using highly flammable, creosete soaked railroad ties in the wake of a wildfire. What's more than that, he was sent the Zone Zero parameters that explicitly forbid such materials. Think twice before trusting the 5 star reviews here as most would be intimidated by the threat of defamation and bullying we have endured for over a year. Moreover, 7 out of 13 purported 5 star reviews have fewer than 5 reviews posted on Yelp. This is a contractor who creates fake mechanics lien's and delivers on Thanksgiving, has private investigator who target wealthy family's at Christmas time, and sues clients for work done under trespass whom he's already charged $65,000 over the estimate without a single work change order - who paid that overage without question. The only item we wouldn't pay for was flammable planter done under trespass on neighbor's property. For that, Bob Duarte is suing 80 year olds with dementia and cancer in the immediate wake of the Palisades Fire. National Greens charges an illegal 70% deposit and many other CSLB violations that objectively show he has no respect for the justice system or rule of law in the United States. I post this review to protect the vulnerable residents in hazard zones from the targeted torment we've endured for over a year.

Yelp 100 Challenge 2016 - Review 16 of 100…read more.. After realizing that two very overgrown trees on my father's property were (potentially) causing damage to piping and cement in his complex AND were a nuisance to the neighbors, I searched Yelp for places to contact to gather three estimates... * The first was with Bennett Landscaping around the corner: I was very unhappy with the entire process - I received returned correspondence much later than anticipated, the estimator showed up at 7am after being scheduled for an 8:30am appointment time despite saying I was available to meet earlier than that during the phone consultation, and it took two days to get an estimate emailed to me. Not cool! * The second was with Finley's in Torrance (thanks, Joan S, for your thorough review!). The phone conversation, consultant who provided an estimate after a thorough investigation of the property, emailed estimate I received that night (that matched what the consultant quoted), and follow up estimate for prices to consider in the event that my dad wanted to utlilize them for upkeep were amazingly efficient. The only down side - they are popular and needed a three week lead time to set an appointment. * International Tree Service was the only "mom and pop" / non-corporate estimate I sought. It has great reviews on Yelp and I wanted to get a variety of opinions before making my decision. I called the number on Yelp and received an answer that did not detail the name of the company. I introduced myself as a potential customer and asked if the number was for the business tied to it - Raul replied "yes" before telling me his name and asking how he could help me. We scheduled a consultation for two days later, and, by the time I saw Raul that Thursday, he was the breath of fresh air I needed after a long day of trying to work in between the consultations. Raul is a handsome young man in his early 20s who came off a little more timid in comparison to the first two estimators, but he's just polite and a sweetie. Once he got outside, he told my father and I what types of trees were there, asked questions about how to get the debris from the back to the front (there is no gate door), told us about his insurance and licensing, quoted an estimate ($50 more than Finley's), and - here's the clincher - he noticed a hummingbird nest I never had and said he would protect it so the mother could return to her eggs. I don't like birds of any kind (they always attack me - no joke), but I was impressed by his respect for nature! He was ready to return the next day to complete the job, but we scheduled to have him come the following Tuesday. The following Tuesday as I was waiting for Raul's scheduled 9am arrival, I realized it was trash day and the normally early trash and recycle trucks had not yet passed through. I called Raul to inform him and ask if he would be able to move his truck and equipment when the trash collectors arrived (I had no idea what type of truck and equipment he would be bringing and how much of the fire lane in the complex it would block). Not only did Raul and his business partner, Hugo, move out of the collectors' way, they moved my father's AND the neighbors bins for easier retrieval! Raul and business partner Hugo are young Latin tenders who have been in business for themselves for five years after previously working for a mutual friend's landscaping business. They decided to go into business for themselves and have been pretty successful ever since. Raul said Yelp and word of mouth helps a lot, but they would like to earn more business and new customers. They seem to work very well together - Raul seems to be more of the "face" of the business and would gather the debris from across the top of the fence before neatly stacking it to be fed to the wood chipper (I'm not sure what exactly that is called). Hugo was up in the trees smoothly and quickly sawing off sections of branches before handing them over to Raul on the other side of the fence. In my opinion, here are the only "help needed" areas for this partnership: * I didn't like that I had to call for another reason the day of the appointment to find out that they would be late. It wasn't very late, but it would have been nice if they called to inform me instead of me finding out the way I did. * This business currently accepts cash and checks - no credit cards. Other than these two points, I would definitely recommend International Tree Service with Raul and Hugo - especially for those who like to support local smaller, independent businesses. They were the most responsive and most engaged, and they did a wonderful job of clearing up the back patio area!

Neighbors have been using them for 2 decades. Very professional and reliable family businessread more

We selected Osmin Escarate's tree service after speaking with several services. We told Osmin what…read morewe were trying to accomplish for several tasks we wanted to complete. This included many Junipers on a hill in front of our house. They were overgrown, some were so heavy limbs were falling or about to fall. There were dead limbs and underbrush as well. They completed this major effort resulting in the area looking better than we could have imagined. They also used pole pruners as they said the result would be much better than using chain saws. They also trimmed Eucalyptus trees, a palm tree, overgrown Yuccas and along our fence line where neighbor's trees hung over. We could not believe how much they were able to accomplish in less than a day. Their bid was very reasonable for the extent of the work. They were mid priced based upon the bids we received. Wjould strongly recommend. Incidentally, Osmin came by both early and at noon time to review the progress and see if we had any comments or concerns.

Osmin and his team did a great job. They took down a huge rubber tree in my backyard, treated the…read moreroot system, and said they'd come back in a few months to check on the progress and reapply fertilizer to break the roots down further. Everyone that was working here had a great attitude and busted their backs to make sure a pretty hefty job got handled in a single day. Would definitely recommend.

My neighbor started the domino effect on our street. She found Moreno landscaping. Johnny (Juan) he…read moredid an excellent job with her sprinkler repairs. I wanted to add more sprinklers to my big yard. Johnny added, replaced and relocated for better coverage. Excellent job. Then I needed 1 (40+) foot tree my father planted in 1950 at 2 feet tall, I needed to prune. Another excellent job also another tree in my front yard, a Magnolia which needed thinning out, perfect. For some reason all my neighbors call me for recommendations, so another neighbor called me and of course I recommended Moreno Landscaping. Once again happy neighbor, happy street. I highly recommend, and I'm very picky.

Have used them before and does Excellent work! They are knowledgeable and do great work. Great…read morePrice!

I found Timberland Tree through a moms group. Everyone recommended this company so I thought hey, I…read morewould love to support a local business. I worked with Tim and he came by same day to give an estimate. His prices were extremely fair. He penciled me in ASAP and his crew came by a few days later. I spent two hours watching them trim 3 trees cause I was so fascinated, I couldn't take my eyes off. I got the same satisfaction as if I watched those sidewalk power washing videos. They did such an amazing job. Highly recommend them.

These guys did a great job of cutting and trimming my trees off the power line. The checked with my…read moreneighbors, cleaned everything up and gave me a very fair price. 10/10 would recommend

Marvin made sure pricing, the project plan, arrival time and what was needed from me as the…read morehomeowner was clearly communicated. Comments regarding this vendor's attention to detail and focus on clean up after the trimming was completed are 100% accurate. Thank you, Marvin

My neighbor hired their services to trim a tree on her property. They came onto my property without…read moreany notification and placed a ladder over my fountain. The way the ladder was placed could have easily done damage to the fountain. When I came out side and found them there I asked them to remove the ladder and told them I could come talk to them in an hour. He did not acknowledge that they came onto my property without notice. His response was to say the ladder would not do any damage to the fountain. He did remove it. Later when I came back after running an errand he asked to talk to me. I told him I couldn't right then but that I would be out in a little bit. He became aggressive, said he was doing me a favor and also said he had to leave to get to the next job. I repeated that I could not speak right then. He continued to be aggressive and repeat the story of how things unfolded that morning. He never acknowledged he did not ask me to come onto the property or that there is another solution to the safe removal of the tree limbs. He took my picture saying he was going to say something bad about me online. In today's world and having been burglarized twice last year, I do not think it unreasonable for someone especially a "professional" business to ask permission before entering your property and setting up equipment. This was all so unnecessary and could have easily been solved had they made any attempt to talk to me when I had a minute to work with them. Be aware that if you hire them you will want to make sure proper communication occurs with all neighbors affected by the work.

Great job in trimming our palm tree and cleaning up. He also responded quickly with a competitive…read morequote.

Called for a estimate and came by on my schedule and was very friendly and great to speak to. His…read morepricing was very reasonable compared to others, and his communication was great throughout, was cleaned up very well after everything, exceeded my expectations, highly recommend and is on my monthly schedule!