About 3,375 homes spread across 8.5 square miles

Tree Removal in Ladue, MO

Big trees, long sight lines and properties where the wooded edge matters as much as the lawn.

We come out and look before we price, anywhere in City of St. Louis and St. Louis County
Each item on the estimate priced on its own
We confirm where the wood goes before work begins

Space Changes Everything

Tree Removal in Ladue is a different job from the same work in the inner suburbs, because there is room. The 2020 census counted 3,375 housing units in a city of about 8.56 square miles, or fewer than 400 homes per square mile. Compare that with roughly 1,700 per square mile in Webster Groves or more than 3,000 in Maplewood. With that kind of spacing, a tall tree can sometimes be felled in one direction across open lawn instead of being taken down piece by piece. Whether it should be is another question, and it depends on what is under it: septic or irrigation lines, a stone wall, a pond edge, or the root zone of a tree you want to keep.

Three villages, one city

Ladue was formed in 1936 when the villages of LaDue, Deer Creek and McKnight merged. The 8,989 residents counted in 2020 live mostly on large residential lots, and many of those lots were carved from farmland and woods that already had big hardwoods on them. That is why a typical Ladue property has trees of very different ages: a few giants that came with the land, a ring of trees planted when the house was built, and an understory that has filled in along the edges.

What we see most on Ladue properties

Old white and red oaks with dead limbs high in the crown, often over a driveway or a long front walk
Ash trees along wooded borders, many now dead from emerald ash borer, which was confirmed in neighboring Creve Coeur in 2015
Honeysuckle and volunteer trees crowding out the trees owners actually want, along fence lines and creek banks
Trees with root damage from past driveway, pool or drainage work
Storm-broken tops on tall trees at the edge of an open lawn, where wind hits hardest

On large properties we often walk the whole lot with the owner and put together a phased plan: hazards first, then removals that open up light for trees worth keeping, then cleanup of the woodland edge.

Long driveways and soft lawns

Equipment access is the main cost driver on bigger lots. Moving a loader or a stump grinder a few hundred feet across lawn after a wet spring can leave ruts that take a season to recover. We plan the route, use ground mats where needed, and schedule heavy work for firmer ground when the job is not urgent.

Construction and renovations

Ladue has its own building and zoning approvals. If tree removal is part of a teardown, addition, pool or new driveway, check with City Hall about what the project requires before the trees come down, and coordinate the timing with your builder. For trees that are simply dead or dangerous, the job is more straightforward.

Free estimates

Call (314) 668-1571 or send the form with a few notes about the trees and the property. We will walk it with you and send a written, itemized estimate. Get a free estimate

Ladue by the Numbers

Low-density lots. The 2020 census counted 8,989 residents, 3,189 households and 3,375 housing units on about 8.56 square miles, one of the lowest housing densities among the inner suburbs of St. Louis County.
Formed by a 1936 merger. Ladue was incorporated in 1936 when three villages, LaDue, Deer Creek and McKnight, merged into a single city, which is why place names like Deer Creek still turn up across the community.
Ash borer next door. The Missouri Department of Conservation confirmed St. Louis County's first emerald ash borer infestation in neighboring Creve Coeur in August 2015, near Lindbergh and Schuetz roads.

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Ladue Questions

Can a tall tree in Ladue just be felled in one piece?

Sometimes, when there is a clear landing zone longer than the tree is tall and nothing buried or valuable underneath. Many Ladue lots have that space. When they do not, we take the tree down in sections, which costs more but protects the property.

We have a wooded strip along the back of the lot full of dead ash. Where do we start?

With the trees that can reach something when they fall: the house, a fence, a path, the neighbor's yard. Dead ash in a woodland can sometimes be left standing or felled into the woods as habitat if nothing is at risk. We sort them by risk on a walk-through and price them in phases.

Do you grind stumps on large properties too?

Yes. We can grind every stump from a removal job or just the ones in lawn and beds, and leave the woodland ones to rot naturally. Grindings can be spread as mulch or hauled away.

Free Estimates in Ladue, MO

Free estimates on Ladue properties of any size.

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