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Consulting

Honest answers, before you spend a dollar.

A Board Certified Master Arborist walks your property with you: what to plant where, what to keep, what to remove, and what it should realistically cost. Less emphasis on selling, more on getting it right. If Tiemann Tree Source is not the best fit for the job, Matt will tell you and point you to the right vendor. Serving Columbia and Central Missouri since 2010.

Board Certified Master ArboristISA Tree Risk Assessment QualifiedSince 2010
Matt, working up a planMatt, working up a plan
Three ways to use a visit

Pick the question. Get a straight answer.

Property walk

The whole yard, tree by tree.

  • Which trees to keep, prune or remove
  • What to plant where, and which species
  • Realistic costs before you commit
Book a walk
Saves treesSecond opinion

On another company's quote or diagnosis.

  • Does the tree really need to come down?
  • Is the treatment they sold you needed?
  • If someone else is the better fit, you will hear it
Get a second opinion
Before you build or plant

Plan it right the first time.

  • Construction: protect the root zones before equipment arrives
  • Orchard, screen or acreage planning
  • The right species for the site
Plan with Matt

Tell us the property and the question. Matt replies with what the visit covers and what it costs.

What you get

A plan for the property, not a sales pitch.

Matt walks the property with you and looks at what is there: the trees worth keeping, the ones that are a risk, the spots that want a tree and the species that will actually thrive in them. You leave with clear recommendations and a realistic expectation of cost, whether the work is ours, someone else's, or nothing at all.

  • Which trees to keep, prune or remove
  • What to plant where, and which species
  • Realistic costs before you commit
  • Construction: how to protect root zones first
  • Orchard and screen planning
  • An honest referral if another vendor is the better fit
A planting visit
A planting visit
Fruit and orchards

Matt's favorite thing to plan: an orchard.

Fruit trees are Matt's absolute favorite tree to plant. The key to success is the right variety, planted in the right spot, with the right aftercare. It sounds daunting. It is not that complicated, and a consultation is where it starts: pollination pairing, rootstock, spacing and where the trees go.

From a couple of apple trees to a whole orchard install, the plan comes first. Nothing is planted until the plan is agreed.

See the fruit trees and pre-order pricing

Watch: Matt on fruit trees
Watch: Matt on fruit trees
Why Matt

The highest credential in the profession, and a straight answer.

Board Certified Master Arborist

The highest level of training and experience in arboriculture, plus ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualification.

Every facet of tree care

Planting, pruning, removal, plant health care, risk, and a strong network built over years in the industry.

Since 2010

Founded Resource Tree and Land in 2012, grew it, merged it in 2024, and now focuses fully on the craft and the people he serves.

Relationships, not quotas

Less emphasis on production quotas, more on understanding what you actually need.

He will tell you if it is not him

If Tiemann Tree Source is not the best fit, you get the right vendor and a realistic expectation of cost.

How it works

Tell us the question. Walk it with Matt.

  1. 1
    Tell us the property and the question

    What is there now, what you are planning, what worries you.

  2. 2
    Matt confirms the visit

    What it covers and what it costs, before it is booked.

  3. 3
    The walk

    On site with you, tree by tree, spot by spot.

  4. 4
    Your plan

    Clear recommendations you can act on, and realistic costs, whoever does the work.

Consultation

Tell us the property.

What is there now, what you are planning, what worries you. Matt replies with what the visit covers and what it costs.

  • Board Certified Master Arborist on site
  • An honest answer, even if the answer is not us
  • Realistic costs before you commit
What do you need?
Matt replies with what the visit covers and what it costs. Nothing starts until you say yes.
Good to know

Questions on consulting.

Did not see yours? Call 573-424-5409 or put it in your request and we will answer it directly.

What does a consultation cost?

Ask. Matt tells you what the visit covers and what it costs before it is booked.

Do I have to hire you for the work?

No. The consultation stands on its own. If another vendor is the better fit, Matt will say so and point you to them, with a realistic expectation of cost.

Can you look at one tree I am worried about?

Yes. For a single tree, a Tree Risk Assessment is the right visit: a 360-degree evaluation to industry standards, so you know whether it can be kept or should come down.

Can you help me plan an orchard or a privacy screen?

Yes. Orchards are Matt's favorite thing to plan, and screens and windbreaks are planted by the row. See large volume planting for rows and acreage.

Got a quote from someone else?

Send it with your request. A second opinion from a Master Arborist can save a tree, or thousands of dollars.