Hamlett’s Tree Service — Tree Service in Princeton, NJ

Princeton is a town where the trees have provenance. The oaks along Nassau Street, the elms and beeches shading the older properties on Library Place and Battle Road, the enormous tulip poplars behind the historic homes near the university — a lot of these trees are older than most of the country's tree companies. Hamlett's Tree Service has been earning trust in Princeton one careful job at a time since 1994, and Joe Hamlett is personally on-site for every single one.

Work in Princeton demands a different level of care. Lots are tight, historic structures sit closer to the drip line than modern setbacks would ever allow, and the wrong drop or the wrong cut has real consequences. We rig everything in Princeton — nothing gets dropped uncontrolled onto slate walkways, boxwood hedges, or century-old brick. We prune to preserve the character of a mature tree, not to shortcut its shape. And when a specimen truly needs to come down, we plan it like a surgery.

The mature canopy that gives Princeton its character also makes it vulnerable when a real storm rolls through. Between the summer thunderstorms that build over the Delaware and the coastal nor'easters that pound central New Jersey every winter, big Princeton trees do fail — and when they do, homeowners want a crew that can work carefully around stone walls, cars parked on narrow lanes, and neighbors five feet from the property line. That's the work Hamlett's has been doing in Princeton for three decades.

Fully licensed and insured, certified tree service specialists, and a phone that Joe himself answers 24/7. Whether you own a historic home in Princeton or a new build off Route 206, we'd be glad to be your tree company.