Affordable Palm & Tree Maintenance

Affordable Palm & Tree Maintenance is a local family run business. Rick Burton and Laura Burton are the owner/operators. The business is fully insured and licensed. The business works with local sub-contractors. The business serves Cairns and Far North Queensland. The business offers a pensioners discount on all tree services. The business is fully qualified to operate elevated work platforms, cranes and an all terrain vehicle. The business uses qualified Arborists for climbing and dismantling trees.

Commercial clients include Pullman Palm Cove Sea Temple Resort & Spa, Peppers Beach Club & Spa Palm Cove, Kewarra Beach Resort, Oasis at Palm Cove, Northern Exposure Realty, Kewarra Beach Retirement Village, Reef House Palm Cove, Ray White Real Estate, Belle Property, SYNC Property, Trinity Beach State School, Half Moon Bay Golf Club, TCM Strata, The Villas Palm Cove, Elysium Holiday Apartments Palm Cove and Strata Link Services Pty Ltd. The business provides palm and tree services including coconut de-nutting, palm tree removal and clean up, tree felling and trimming, stump grinding, greenwaste removal, cyclone preparation, on-site chipping, and use of elevated work platforms, cranes and ATV.

A dependable local operation with a small family feel comes through as the strongest recurring theme, with several customers noting that the same crew has returned for repeat jobs over several years. Reviews repeatedly highlight punctuality and speed, describing teams arriving when arranged and finishing large tasks in a single visit. The removal of tall palms, including foxtail and coconut varieties, appears frequently, along with complete clean-ups of overgrown trees and palms at residential and body corporate properties.

Rick is named often, and customers credit him and his team with skilled, careful work that avoids damage to surrounding structures. Tidiness is a common point, with sites left neat and green waste chipped and reused on garden beds. Fair, affordable pricing is mentioned as a reason customers return, and communication is described as straightforward and easy. Reviewers also note that stump grinding has been handled carefully, leaving lawns restored. The consistent picture is of a professional, efficient crew that does not keep clients waiting and clears away thoroughly once the work is finished.