A coconut falling 15 metres hits with the force of a dropped bowling ball, and every villa owner in Bali is one windy night away from learning that on a parked scooter, a pool deck or worse. In 15 years of running garden crews here, palm care is the one service I refuse to treat casually: our climbers work with proper harnesses and lowering ropes, nuts and fronds come down under control instead of free-falling, and nobody stands underneath. The same discipline applies to trees — a frangipani shaped well looks sculptural for years, while one hacked by a handyman with a machete looks mutilated for two seasons.
What Our Tree & Palm Service Covers
Coconut Palm Cleaning
Nuts, dead fronds and flower stalks removed every 2–3 months — the standard safety schedule for any palm over a pool, path, parking or seating area.
Tree Trimming & Crown Lifting
Canopies thinned for light and wind, lower branches lifted off roofs, walls and walkways, and structural shaping that respects how each species grows.
Frangipani & Ornamental Shaping
Bali's signature tree pruned for the open, sculptural form it is famous for — cuts placed so the tree thickens where you want it.
Safe Removals
Dead or dangerously leaning trees dismantled in sections with ropes, even in tight courtyards — not dropped whole and hoped for.
Why Palms and Trees Need a Schedule, Not a Crisis
Most tree work we do is reactive — a branch already on the roof, a palm already dropping nuts near the breakfast table. Reactive is always more expensive and more dangerous than scheduled. A coconut palm cleaned three or four times a year is a quick, predictable climb; one ignored for two years carries 30+ kilos of loose nuts and dead fronds that all have to come down carefully on the first visit. For rental villas in Canggu, Seminyak and Uluwatu we fold palm cleaning into the maintenance plan calendar so it simply never becomes a guest-safety question.
Trees also shape what can grow beneath them. Half the “dying lawn” calls we get are really shade problems — a canopy that has closed over the years until the Manila grass underneath starves. Crown thinning brings the light back without losing the tree, and where deep shade is permanent we replant the zone with species that want it, from our tropical planting palette.
How We Work
Photos from the ground
Send photos of the trees or palms and what is underneath them. We can scope and price most jobs from that alone.
Visit and safety check
For big or risky work we look first — lean, decay, what the drop zone allows — and agree a fixed price.
Climb, cut, lower
Climbers work with harnesses and lowering ropes; everything comes down under control and the area below is kept clear.
Cleanup and removal
Fronds, nuts and branches are cut down to loadable size and leave in our pickup the same day.
What It Costs
Coconut palm cleaning is from IDR 200,000 per palm, with discounts from three palms up and on a regular schedule. Tree trimming runs from IDR 350,000 per tree depending on size and access; frangipani shaping from IDR 250,000; sectional removals are quoted after a look but typically IDR 1,000,000–4,000,000. All prices include waste removal — see the pricing page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How often should coconut palms be cleaned?
Can you work over a pool or roof?
Is it the wrong season to prune?
Can a big tree be removed from a small courtyard?
Areas We Cover
Got a Palm Over the Pool?
Send a photo from the ground — we price most palm and tree work the same day and can usually climb within the week.
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