Meet ISA Certified Arborist, Lee Claxton

Born in Miami, raised in Pinellas County, a 4th generation native Floridian. I have always been more comfortable outdoors than in. A career in Arboriculture was a natural home for me professionally. 

I am an entrepreneur, employer and home owner. A happy husband to a great woman and proud father to three daughters. I am absolutely grateful for the life I am blessed with today.

I started working with trees in 1989 as a Utility Arborist, from there I transitioned into the residential field. For 5 years, I worked under some of the regions premier Arborists of the day; Jean ‘The Flying Frenchman’ Marcoux, Guy Gantt, Hugh M. Westbury and Loren Westenberger, (namesake for the ISA Florida Chapter’s ‘Loren Westenberger Award’.) Most of them have passed on now but I use the knowledge and lessons that they bestowed on me daily; It is my enduring goal to pass that wisdom on to the next generation. 

In 1995 I became an ISA Certified Arborist and started my own firm. Since then my team and I have helped thousands of Tampa Bay area homeowners and businesses with the pruning, planting, care and removal of tens of thousands of trees. 

I presently hold the credentials of

ISA Certified Arborist

ISA’s Tree Risk Assessment Qualification

Pinellas County Licensed Landscape Maintenance technician

FDACS Limited Commercial fertilizer applicators license

Pinellas County Licensed Mangrove Trimmer

Pinellas County's Trusted ISA Certified Arborist