Updated October 2026
Hyde Park is inside the City of Tampa, so tree removals of 5 inches or more need a city permit, big trees need a pruning permit once they reach 24 inches, and Grand Trees of 32 inches or more need public notice. Most Hyde Park work is careful pruning of mature live oaks over historic homes, brick drives and walls.
Historic homes under old canopy
Hyde Park's streets are lined with early twentieth-century houses, brick paving and walls, and the oaks over them are as much a part of the neighborhood as the architecture. A dropped limb here damages things that are hard to replace.
Our Tampa service office is a short drive away, so routine pruning and storm calls are both close.
Work near historic homes is planned around what cannot be replaced: slate and tile roofs, brick walks, old porches and garden walls. Wood comes down in small pieces on ropes, and the crew protects hard surfaces before any heavy section is lowered.
Pruning more than removing
Most Hyde Park work is keeping big live oaks healthy and safe: thinning the crown, taking out deadwood, and lifting limbs off roofs and lines with clean cuts. Laurel oaks at the end of their lifespan are removed in small, roped sections.
Brick drives and walks are protected with mats and careful lowering whenever heavy wood comes down.
City of Tampa rules in Hyde Park
Hyde Park is inside the City of Tampa, so a permit is needed to remove any tree 5 inches DBH or larger except listed invasives, pruning needs a permit once a tree reaches 24 inches, and Grand Trees of 32 inches or more need public notice before removal. Street trees in the right-of-way need Parks Forestry permission. We file the permit before any cut is made.
Most requested in Hyde Park
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Hyde Park tree questions
Trees in the right-of-way need Parks Forestry permission.
Yes, with mats and careful lowering.
Usually not; most are kept with good pruning.
Sometimes, with cabling and bracing.
Yes, it is inside the city.
Yes, across Hyde Park and the Bayshore streets.