If you are searching for tree service in Pasadena, TX, this page is about Pasadena, Texas, the Harris County city just east of Houston along the Ship Channel. It covers who picks up limbs at your curb, whose wires run through your oak, and what the last few storms taught Pasadena homeowners about their trees.
Tree Service Houston TX is a phone line, nothing more. It costs you nothing to call (346) 680-8916. An automated assistant takes your Pasadena address or ZIP and a short description of the tree, then passes the call to an independent, locally owned tree service company. That company comes out, names its own price and does the job if you hire it.
Pasadena, Texas, at a glance
- Harris CountyPasadena lies in east Harris County, with Houston to its west and Deer Park next door.
- CenterPoint EnergyCenterPoint Energy owns the poles and wires that deliver power in Pasadena.
- Two trash providersCity sanitation crews and Frontier Waste Solutions each serve parts of the city.
- 120 N Pasadena BlvdThe Sanitation office, open weekdays 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., 713-475-7884.
Strawberry fields, then subdivisions
Pasadena's story runs through its soil. The Harris County Historical Commission notes that Santa Anna was captured near Vince's Bayou in 1836, and that after the 1900 Galveston hurricane, Clara Barton of the American Red Cross sent 1.5 million strawberry plants to help people resettling here. By the 1930s the town was calling itself the Strawberry Capital of the World, and the annual Strawberry Festival and Strawberry Road still carry that name.
Where strawberries once grew, there are now streets of homes, and the shade trees planted beside them have had decades to reach over roofs, carports and the wires along the back fence. A big tree over a modest lot is a common kind of call: plenty of tree, not much room for a truck, so say how the yard is laid out when you phone.
Curb pickup for limbs in Pasadena: two systems
Pasadena splits its trash service between the city's own crews and a contractor. Which one serves your street decides when brush goes out and what is taken.
City of Pasadena sanitation routes
- Garbage is collected twice a week.
- Heavy trash runs on Wednesdays: weeks one and three if your garbage days are Monday and Thursday, weeks two and four if they are Tuesday and Friday.
- A pile too big for a standard garbage truck must be at the curb by 7 a.m. Monday of your heavy trash week, and is picked up during that week rather than on one set day.
Frontier Waste Solutions areas
- Bulk and brush are collected every two weeks, based on your assigned service week.
- Set materials at the curb before 7 a.m. on your collection day.
- Debris from commercial contractors or commercial service providers is not accepted, along with tires, appliances and hazardous waste.
Not sure which applies? Call Sanitation at 713-475-7884. If a company is cutting a whole tree down, the wood will rarely fit a curb pile anyway, so ask for hauling in the quote.
Two storms that changed Pasadena yards
On January 24, 2023, a tornado crossed Pasadena and Deer Park. The National Weather Service rated it EF3, with peak winds estimated at 140 mph and a path about 18 miles long, and its Houston office issued its first ever Tornado Emergency for it. News crews filmed uprooted trees, downed limbs and torn roofs in Strawberry Glen, off Strawberry Road near Fairmont, while in Deer Park many homes ended up under large trees.
Then Hurricane Beryl struck the Houston area on July 8, 2024. Texas A&M Forest Service estimated that hurricane force winds reached about half of the Houston area's urban tree cover. In Pasadena, storm debris pickup ran for weeks, and local news reported that crews on the final Beryl pass in mid August would leave behind freshly cut yard waste and anything not caused by the storm. Homeowners who waited weeks to cut a cracked tree found that out the hard way.
After a storm, do
- Call 911 if a line is down or anyone is hurt, and keep people and pets back.
- Photograph the tree, the roof and any vehicle before anything is moved.
- Have hanging limbs and split trunks looked at quickly, while storm debris collection is still underway.
- Ask your insurer what it covers before the cleanup starts.
After a storm, do not
- Touch or cut anything resting on a wire.
- Climb a damaged tree or stand under a hanging limb.
- Mix fresh pruning in with storm debris; it may be left behind.
- Hire anyone who will not show proof of insurance.
City rules that touch Pasadena trees
Pasadena's tree and planting rules sit in the landscaping article of its code of ordinances, Article X, "Landscaping of Nonresidential Sites." As the title says, it is aimed at commercial and other nonresidential property. Under it, a permit from the city's building inspection department is required before landscaping work governed by the article begins, trees may not be planted in any public road right of way or utility easement, and the owner has to replace dead or unhealthy plantings within six months or by the next growing season, whichever comes first.
For a single family lot, this site did not find a city permit for taking down a tree in your own yard. That is not the same as having no rules at all. Deed restrictions and HOA covenants may set their own, and a tree by the street may stand partly on public right of way. Before a large removal near the curb, call the Planning Department at 713-475-5543 or the Permit Department at 713-475-5575, and have the company you hire confirm where the property line runs.
Wires, oaks and CenterPoint
Pasadena is served by CenterPoint Energy, which owns the poles and distribution wires across the city. CenterPoint's forestry team handles trees close to its poles and distribution wires and takes calls at 713-207-2222. The wire running from the pole to your house, the service drop, is the homeowner's to keep clear of branches, and that clearance work should be done by a professional who coordinates with the utility.
On older Pasadena lots, back lot lines often run along the rear fence, right where volunteer trees can grow up unnoticed. If limbs are reaching for a line, say so on the call, and ask the company how it will handle CenterPoint before the work is scheduled. For the cutting itself, the Pasadena tree trimming page explains the timing and costs in more detail.
Tree work Pasadena homeowners ask about
One number covers all of it. Read more about tree removal, tree trimming and emergency tree removal, or see every town on the service areas page.
Tree Removal
Taking down a dead, leaning or unwanted tree near a Houston home, from water oaks and pines to big live oaks, and what a complete quote covers.
Tree Trimming
Getting limbs off the roof and away from the house, raising canopies over driveways and lightening heavy crowns before hurricane season.
Emergency and Storm Tree Removal
A tree on the house, the car or across the street after a hurricane, a derecho or a hard freeze. What to do first and how emergency work is handled.
Stump Grinding and Removal
Grinding a stump below the lawn, what happens to the roots and chips, utility locates and when full stump removal is worth it.
Tree Debris Removal and Hauling
Hauling limbs, logs and storm debris, what curbside tree waste pickup takes, and when to have the tree company haul it instead.
Arborist Assessment and Tree Care
A certified arborist's look at a tree's health and risk, diseases common around Houston, and how to check an arborist's credentials.
Before you let anyone start cutting
After a storm you may get offers from crews you have never heard of. Whatever company you end up with, through this line or any other way, a few minutes of checking protects your house.
- Get it in writingA written quote should name each tree, what will be cut, whether the stump is ground and whether the wood is hauled or left at the curb.
- See the paperworkAsk for a certificate of insurance sent straight from the company's agent, not a photo of one.
- Ask about the lineIf a branch is near a CenterPoint wire, ask who will make it safe before anyone climbs.
- Pay as agreedBe wary of a large cash deposit before any work starts.
Check the company yourself. Texas has no state license for tree trimming or tree removal, so a business card proves very little. Ask the company for a certificate of general liability insurance sent by its insurance agent, proof of workers' compensation coverage, and the ISA certification number of its arborist. A company that sprays or injects trees for hire needs a pesticide license from the Texas Department of Agriculture or its Structural Pest Control Service. You can confirm a certification with the ISA's credential lookup (opens in a new tab).
Not sure if it is a trim, a removal or an emergency? Describe the tree on the call. The Pasadena area company you are put through to looks at it and gives you its price.
How a Pasadena call works
- Call any hourAn automated assistant answers (346) 680-8916 and asks what kind of tree work you need.
- Describe the jobGive your name, a callback number, your city or ZIP and what the tree is doing, including anything on a roof, a car or a line.
- Get put throughThe call goes to an independent, locally owned tree service company, which hears a short summary before it picks up.
- Deal with them directlyThat company looks at the tree, quotes, does the work and is paid by you. If it cannot answer, it gets your details to call back.
How this line works: Tree Service Houston TX is a free phone line, not a tree service company. It does not trim, remove, quote or schedule tree work and holds no license or arborist certification. Calls are transferred to independent, locally owned tree service companies in the Houston area. Those companies may pay Tree Service Houston TX a referral fee. You never pay the line. How it works.