So glad o found this company and Buck. He is knowledgeable, honest, efficient and does what he says he's going to do. He and his team fixed my sprinkler valve in 20 minutes and I got a free lesson in how to set the system's control box. All is good and it was affordable. read more

Buck is the boss and he knows his stuff. He's terrific! His crew is excellent. They know what they're doing. Efficient, experienced and competent. And, the price was reasonable! They showed up on time, did the work well and cleaned up nicely. From the first, Buck was very responsive; texting and calling promptly. I highly recommend Hollywood Tree Service! read more

Buck responded very quickly. He is very knowledgeable about the proper way to trim trees. He transformed our overgrown mess of trees and bushes and revealed our beautiful old home at a very fair price. They worked very hard and left everything neat and tidy. So happy to have found him!!!! read more

I am very happy with the service and work by Hollywood Tree. Their availability for an estimate, and follow through in getting the work done was quick and easy. They were on time, communicative, and the work itself was done perfectly. Highly recommend. read more

Buck and his team did a fantastic job with our hillside! They were efficient, friendly and reasonably priced. Will definitely use them for all of our landscaping needs! read more

Great work again for the best pricing in the industry. Buck provided the best, reasonable and honest quote for all the jobs I have. Before working with Buck and his crew, I had contacted 8 different companies. By far Buck is the most knowledgeable and professional. The others I spoke with were rude and or didn't respond after initial reaching out. Hollywood Trees has been maintaining my hedges that grow 4-5 feet a year reaching 15 feet high and a huge jacaranda tree for 4 years now. Each time he visits he makes them look great. Buck and his team were on time, they wore masks and cleaned up after the job. I greatly appreciate the work he did and I definitely recommend his company. Which I have and he was much appreciated. read more

Best tree service in the Hills. Buck is a true aborist and understands how to cut trees so they grow out beautifully. The team was very courteous and efficient and after a year, our trees are healthy and look great. read more

Our HOA has been using Hollywood Tree Service for at least a decade. They've done everything from our yearly trimming, to replacing tree's and removing tree stumps. Buck's crew is meticulous and ensures all debrie is removed when they're done. Buck is also very reliable and has stopped by on short notice to save a tree that was uprooting due to severe rain. I highly recommend hiring Hollywood Tree Service. read more

Buck and his crew are the best! They are responsive, show up on time and are the most reasonable and honest quote we got for our projects. He is attentive and extremely knowledgeable about his trade. Buck is so kind that he even responds to texts about other non-related lawn-care, and landscaping questions. No need to research any other company, you will not be disappointed with the work or level of service that Hollywood Tree provides. read more

We received multiple tree quotes and various vendors come out to look at our trees. Our property is not easy as it is on a hill with neighbors who live below our massive trees. Buck was the most knowledgeable out of all the vendors with the most reasonable pricing. The group showed up on time, took care to not damage our newly planted fruit trees or our neighbor's property, and cleaned up our whole yard and street before they left. They are fully insured (which is rare) and provided the right expertise to cut the various species of trees on our property correctly. We would highly recommend this group and will be using them in the future. read more

Buck is really efficient and knows what he's doing when it comes to trees!! I've used Hollywood Tree Service twice now and will use again! thank you Buck and team! read more

Buck and his crew are amazing. I've had about 6 tree services for my backyard maintenance and removal of trees. My palm requires 2-3 times a year maintenance as it is over my pool. I now only use Hollywood trees and will as long as they are open - which I imagine will be forever with their service level! Not only is the service done impeccably, the clean up is the best I've experienced. As is the customer service and over all pleasantness of the owner and team. I feel comfortable with them in my yard and know that the outcome is with every dollar. the pricing is competitive, but the service is unbeatable! read more

I've hired Hollywood Tree Service for hillside brush clearing for the past two years, and just recently started relying on them to tend to my patio and garden every week. Buck has been great to work with, responsive to my questions, always on time, and most importantly, he is an honest broker. Working with Buck and his crew almost feels like working with professionals from a bygone age, when you could trust a person's word. That gives me a lot of comfort and tells me I found the right crew for outdoor maintenance needs. read more

Buck and his crew did an awesome job pruning our citrus trees. They were great to work with and the trees look healthier than ever. He gave great advice on how to care for the trees going forward. The crew was neat, professional, and left the yard looking better than it ever has. Would highly recommend. read more

Excellent service and communication from Buck and his crew. Trees are trimmed properly and thoughtfully with consideration to their health and future growth. Trees only need to be trimmed every few years as opposed to neighbors who have theirs trimmed yearly by landscapers. Yard was left cleaned well beyond mess made from the trees. read more

OMG! Buck is the Best. At first I was not sure as I had a better price from a competitor but when they were writing up the job quickly became more as they were going to add extra for travel, dump fees and so forth. When I looked at HTS's quote, they had it all and they were clear that was my final price. HTS was fantastic getting everything planned and helping me with my HOA landscape architectural summital. A full yard re-do is a big job, especially when having to deal with a my HOA. My expectations were that no matter who did the job, I would get stuck with problems either with the association, neighbors, or whatever. Buck was excellent all the way around and was so good to get the job done quick and orderly. Nothing broken, no complaints, or fines from the HOA :-). It was the quickest of any of may neighbors to get a job done from Planning to implementation. I was sure that the two new Giant Bird of Paradise Trees that needed a crane to move to my rear yard would be a problem - It wasn't . When they finished, everything was neat and clean. Buck told me that he had gotten a better deal on the purchase of the plants and Irrigation and shared the discount with me. I would highly recommend! read more

Buck is brilliant and thoughtfu. You'll get what you want but also what you need and can actually take care of. Staff is polite, clean and efficient. Results are beautifu! read more

Hollywood Tree Service has been an LA institution since the 1950's! Growing up in LA, my parents always used Hollywood Tree Service. The owner, Louie, is a fantastic guy. He would always show up with a smile and his crew was fanatical about trimming our trees. Years later, when I bought my first house, I too called on Hollywood Tree Service to come out and take care of my trees. Louie has since retired, but his son Buck was just as great and made sure our trees looked amazing. Truly money well spent. I highly recommend them - they might not be the cheapest guys out there, but they are friendly, been around forever, know exactly what they are doing, are insured and won't leave until you are fully satisfied with the job. I wish other businesses in LA would take a page out of their book. read more

Buck and his team are AWESOME!! They really know what they are doing. High quality work, efficient and fantastic clean-up after. They were very respectful of our property. In the past we've often had landscapers damage our sprinklers and didn't even mention it. But not this team. They are cautious and really good at what they do. It's an ART to be able to massively trim without it looking like a hack job in the end. Buck was also present the entire time to supervise. He's just a really great guy too, my husband chatted with him for hours! (Sorry Buck lol!) If we were not moving, we would definitely hire them to do weekly maintenance!! Great communication; texted to confirm appointment the week prior. Also made sure we were satisfied with the work before they left. Thank you!!! read more

Buck has been helping me with trimming my palm trees for several years and most recently provided extra services to clean up my whole yard, including removing overgrown shrubbery and weeds. He and his crew have always been courteous and professional, and I am happy with their services. read more

Buck and his team were wonderful to work with. I needed some new landscaping planted on a hillside to stabilize the soil, redo a sprinkler system, and removing an old tarp and some dirt & debris. Buck was able to give me a proposal and really went the extra mile to make suggestions that could save on costs. He was also very generous with advice on other landscaping matters outside of what I needed help with, and it was such a pleasure to work with a genuinely helpful and knowledgeable professional. I will certainly be working with Buck and his team for future landscaping needs. read more

I hired Buck and his crew based on the yelp reviews I had a lower quote. I am currently selling my home and I needed a large magnolia, messy with berries, cut back. I was concerned how it would look. Buck's crew produced a look that was healthy shaped and shady. Highly recommend if you want to get what you pay for. read more

Buck was awesome. He's very knowledgeable and fair and he will try to save you money. He serviced my lawn getting it up to the fire code after a citation and even talked to the fire Marshall for me. His guys did an excellent professional job and were very efficient getting it done a couple days after we met. read more

Buck and his LEGAL crew cleared my backyard giving me better views and more space in my yard. thanks boys

Had a tree problem and some landscaping that needed to be done. I received prompt service, the workers were professional and did a great job! If you need something done in your yard, or weekly services they are the people to call. read more

When it was time to hire a new gardener for a rental property I own, I found Hollywood Tree Service while perusing landscaping services online. It's now been seven years since Buck and company have been maintaining my property. Aside from weekly upkeep, almost every year there has been the challenge of clearing a large hillside of extensive foliage growth. Due to the property being located in a fire zone, adjacent to Griffith Park, the LAFD requires compliance with clearance regulations and Buck always knows exactly what has to be done to pass inspection. Whatever job he and his crew are doing, they are experienced, certified and bonded. Recently it was necessary to cut down a large, mature ficus tree on the property. Hate cutting down trees, but it had to be done because the root system became extremely invasive. The tree was massive and tall, so it had to be cut branch by branch, section by section. Also the lower trunk was growing up against a fence which required extra care when cutting so as not to damage that fence. The outcome was amazing, tree gone, all portions of the trunk where hauled away and all residual debris, including sawdust, cleaned up. Buck knows his business, is reliable and easy to work with. I highly recommend Hollywood Tree Service. read more

Buck and Hollywood Tree Service were recommended to me by a friend who has used them for a few years. Her property looks terrific, so I thought it was well worth taking a chance. I'm glad I did. I just closed on a home which needed a pretty hard clearance in both front and back-- trees, shrubs, bamboo-- you name it, Buck and his crew handled it all in one day, with a fastidious clean-up at a fair price. The property looks cleaner, neater and altogether better. I shall be using Hollywood Tree Service again to re-landscape and maintain the front and rear yards. Thank you, Buck. It's two months later, and I've had Buck and his crew back for further work. A pleasure to deal with, goes the extra distance to accommodate his clients, and we will be working with Hollywood Tree Service in future. read more

Hired Hollywood for brush clearance on the hillside around my home. Very happy with the results. Buck was helpful, responsive, and easy to work with throughout this job. Would hire again and recommend. read more

I have used Buck and his crew as my weekly gardeners for over a year now, and I could not be happier with them. My yard, which has a lot of landscaping plants, looks great. They do a very thorough job and are very knowledgable about all the plants. Buck is easy to communicate with and is prompt in responding to phone calls/emails. He also does landscape design and irrigation. He converted my vegetable garden from spray irrigation to drip irrigation. He came up with a plant plan when I wanted to add more flowering shrubs to my front yard. He is honest and up front. He also trims the two trees on the property on a yearly basis and has always done a good job with that too. I highly recommend them. read more

Used Hollywood Tree Service probably ten years ago to trim all of our trees (and we had a lot). Brought them back this past month for quite a bit of work. Other than a rain delay, they were always on time, clean up after themselves and did great work. Highly recommend Buck and crew and we certainly won't be waiting another decade this time! ;-) read more

Buck and his team are the BEST! They've worked wonders at my new house, cleaning up huge, overgrown trees, fixing sprinklers, and advising on next steps. Buck is extremely knowledgeable and helpful. I look forward to having him help to continue to transform my outdoor space. I highly recommend Hollywood Tree Service! read more

Excellent service; Buck and his crew did a challenging job exactly as he described it would be done, and the clean-up was excellent. This was also at a price that I felt was extremely fair. I will use him again in the future, and recommend his services to others without hesitation. read more

I have been using Buck (McGaffee) and his company for close to a decade - but realized that I have never posted a Yelp review - only posted on Angie's List. So below is a slightly edited version of my Angie's review. I think it's worth mentioning how I originally found these guys. I had a major sprinkler system fail on the weekend - of the geyser-in-your-yard variety. My regular gardener at that point didn't deal with sprinklers. I chose Hollywood Tree based on their ad in the Yellow Pages, which seemed direct and not over-hyped. I called, and spoke to Buck directly - described the problem to him, and he gave me a rough estimate (which I no longer remember because it was so long ago). What I DO remember, is that he and his crew showed up in a few hours, fixed the problem, and then charged me LESS than what he quoted - because he said the job was simpler than he expected. After a few other specialty jobs, I decided to make Hollywood Tree my regular landscape maintenance and tree care guys. I use them for weekly lawn/yard care, but also for specialty jobs like pruning of my specimen-grade trees, irrigation installation and maintenance, landscape design, and landscape lighting - at which Buck has become a genuine expert. There is no question in my mind that they give great value-for-money (which is not the same as being the cheapest around). They are absolutely the best at ALL of this stuff that I have found in my 30 years of LA home ownership. Buck and his crew are dependable, CLEAN, show up on time, and go way past the mow-blow-go which is standard in their line of work, even on their regular weekly rounds. I am extremely detail-oriented (OK, very picky is more like it) - but I think Buck may be even pickier than I am! My yard has gone from being "very nice" to "wow-who does your landscaping?" nice. I have had people actually ring the bell and ask who I used. I like the fact that Buck has real expertise in many areas - but also knows when to call in a specialist (like building a masonry fountain), and he knows other craftsman of equal quality to himself. He's also a really nice guy with a great sense of humor - and if you're really lucky, maybe you'll get a couple of fresh eggs or tomatoes from his own garden. I spent 20 years looking for somebody like this-take advantage of all my hard work! read more

Two years ago I bought an apartment building in the San Fernando Valley that was dilapidated and had severely overgrown landscape. I figured I'd start with the yard since it was in the worst shape of everything and would yield the most noticeable improvement. I needed a full service tree trimmer with insurance. I called around for quotes but it seemed like the companies I interviewed were either very low-end or were high-end and gave me a ridiculously high quote and had bad attitudes. I found Hollywood Tree Service and couldn't have been happier with the whole process from start to finish. They came out and trimmed the whole yard for $1100.00. After they finished, you could hardly find any evidence of them being there except for the beautifully trimmed trees. All the leaves were raked up and sawdust was almost nowhere to be found. I was so pleased that I hired them for all the weekly maintenance which I pay $400.00 a month for. I even had them re-landscape a good portion of the property. Yes, I would highly recommend them. read more

Buck has been our monthly gardener for about a year now. We started with two huge cleanups and a reworked/replanted section of land. The team was great. We now use them monthly and have had some sprinkler fixes along the way. Buck is honest, fair, and knowledgeable. I personally have no desire to take care of the plants and trees that came with our house. He makes life a lot easier and I get to simply enjoy the prettiness around me. read more

We called Buck to get an estimate for trimming the trees on our rental property and ended up hiring him to completely redo the backyard, and we couldn't be happier with the results. Buck came up with a design to save on our water bills, improve privacy, and to create a lawn and garden area. He cleared the yard, trimmed the trees, installed an irrigation system and new walkway and did all the plantings, all within the budget he quoted us and in the time he told us it would take. His team was professional and kept the property clean while working. It was a pleasure working with Buck and we highly recommend him. read more