Six Ways In
Every engagement starts by finding the cause, not treating the symptom. The six services below are different ways into that same process.
You might be here if… you’re thinking of switching landscape companies, or you’ve stopped trusting the one you have. The design keeps failing and nobody can tell you why. You want to redesign, and want something more sustainable this time.
You might be here if… you’re worried about a tree, or curious about one. You want to restore canopy you’ve lost. Redevelopment or a land purchase has tree permits attached.
You might be here if… water stands on the property or it floods. You want the site to be more sustainable. You need to offset impervious surface to stay compliant.
You might be here if… you’re a landscape architect, engineer, contractor, foreman or homeowner, and the city, county or HOA needs an arborist on file before you can build or demolish.
You might be here if… the landscape is declining, trees are dying back, the ground drains badly or smells wrong. You’re about to put in new plants or a garden. Or you’re just curious what’s under your feet.
You might be here if… an application or permit has been denied or conditioned. You’ve already tried another consultant and it didn’t get through. You have a funding opportunity and no one to frame it.
How It Works
Contact is by email. P&X replies with a short questionnaire, so the first conversation starts from the facts.
Thirty to forty-five minutes at most, by phone or video.
You, or someone who speaks for you, needs to be there — the most useful information usually comes out in conversation. P&X brings a DBH tape, a tree probe, a trowel, soil sample bags and the right forms.
Lab work, desk research, mapping or modelling — whatever the scope calls for. Expect a check-in every week, and straight away at any milestone or setback.
Findings, recommendations and a quote. A walkthrough is available if you’d like one.
Follow-up questions are included, answered within 24 to 48 hours.
Inside the Report
Usually one page of written findings; photos and maps are standard and add length. Tree risk assessments follow the ISA form with a cover letter.
The report is prepared for you and your stated purpose — including submitting it to the city, county or HOA that asked for it. It stays P&X’s work: it can’t be passed to another firm as the basis for their quote.
Who P&X Works With
Your arboricultural and ecological subconsultant. Tree surveys, preservation plans and assessments that plug into your deliverables, plus expert testimony where a matter needs it.
Preservation planning and permit-ready documentation, written to the standard reviewers expect.
The diagnosis and design your clients need before work begins.
A diagnosis of what’s actually wrong, a design that fits the site, and a straight answer about which contractors can deliver it.
Every engagement is quoted to its scope. The first conversation is free.
Questions
No. P&X doesn’t cut trees. Removals and field work go to trusted local tree companies that are fully bonded and insured.
Yes, when a matter needs it. If a colleague is better suited to a particular case, P&X will say so and point you to them.
It depends on the scope and the calendar — you’ll get a straight answer when you write in. Site visits outside the Perimeter carry a travel charge.
Often, yes — if they’re willing to work to the plan and equipped to carry it out. If they aren’t, P&X will tell you honestly and can suggest companies that are.
No one honestly can. P&X will tell you what the odds are, what improves them, and what’s outside anyone’s control.
Site size, travel, how deep the report goes, how urgent it is, and what’s at stake — what the report has to stand behind and who it has to stand up to. P&X is a small practice with low overhead, so the price is set by the job. Sometimes that’s more than you expected, sometimes less.