Under the Canopy
A town that kept its big trees
Part of what makes Fort Mill so appealing is that the growth here did not clear-cut the land. Subdivisions like Baxter Village, Kingsley, and Massey were built in and around preserved mature trees, so willow oaks, white oaks, and red maples stand seventy to a hundred feet over homes throughout town. Loblolly pines fill in almost everywhere else.
That canopy is a gift and a responsibility. Big trees over a house mean shade and beauty, but they also mean limbs to keep off the roof, deadwood to watch for, and the occasional hazard that needs to come down before a storm takes the decision out of your hands. Our red clay saturates in a wet stretch, and a shallow-rooted pine in soaked ground is exactly what fails first when the wind picks up.
We work all over Fort Mill, from the older streets near downtown to the newest cul-de-sacs off Highway 160, and we are fully licensed and insured to do it.