City of Brownsboro Village

Tree Program

Worried About Your Trees?

This spring… has been especially gorgeous—with mild temperatures and lots of sunshine.  We’ve also had strong winds that have left us worrying about falling limbs and damage to our trees.

The good news is that we have a certified arborist working for the Village—Caroline Westfall. 

So before taking any action to remove trees, please reach out to Caroline at [email protected] or 502 643 3080 to schedule a free consultation to assess the health of your trees. Meeting with her will bring you confidence and comfort…and ensure that any action you’re considering makes sense for all of us.  Note: It’s much less expensive to have your trees professionally trimmed than to have them removed!

Protecting and expanding our tree canopy is a major goal for Brownsboro Village, and private property trees are essential to our Village. As we work to expand our tree canopy, our collective attention to both safety and aesthetics will make a wonderful difference for our community. 

If you have questions or concerns, contact me at 502 291 8943 or [email protected].

To possibility

Jean Anne  (Clyde), Tree Board Chair
303 Sprite Road

Trees Provide More Benefits than You Might Think!

    Did you know that trees…

  • cool neighborhoods, reducing utility bills
  • add value to our homes and neighborhood
  • promote outdoor activities and social interaction
  • provide homes for birds and animals
  • absorb excess rain and decrease air pollution
  • promote heart and overall health?

  We want to be proactive to ensure a healthy tree canopy and protect our property values. Thank you for your assistance!

Have You Heard? Brownsboro Village Has a City Arborist…

…and she’s terrific!  Certified by the International Society of Arboriculture, Caroline Westfall has extensive experience as a Master Arborist. Knowledgeable, dedicated and passionate about trees, she has a personal style perfect for our Village. And the Village is sponsoring her services—at no charge to residents!

 If you are considering…

  • removing a tree
  • planting a tree
  • or if you are concerned about the health or maintenance of a tree…

…Contact Caroline directly for a certified arborist consultation.

Email: [email protected]
Phone: 502-643-3080

She will meet with you about any trees on your property, provide guidance regarding their care, along with a written report. We’re so lucky to have her!

Status of This Year’s Tree Giveaway (2023)

Currently, the ball is in the court of the nurserymen and women who grow the trees.  They decide when it’s appropriate to dig a given species.  Since our order has a diversity of species on it, we must wait until they dig all the species needed to compile it and ship it in its entirety.  It was also exceptionally dry up until a week or so, so their digging was further delayed by the dry soil conditions. (They don’t want to deliver a dry/prone-to-cracking rootball.) All this is to say that our order isn’t ready and has not shipped. But when it does, Brownsboro Village is at the top of our priority list.

The Process of Locating Utilities

When we got word from the nursery that digging would be delayed this year because of soil moisture, we opted to wait to call the Before U Dig utility locators so that their marks would be recent and visible when we need them to be rather than faded and mowed over. 

We told everyone it would be between Thanksgiving and Christmas when their trees would arrive, and it still will be. We’ll be in touch!”

Robert Woodford
Owner/Arborist Sylvan City Tree Company

Tree Board Members:

Barbara Kremer Schmall, Jean Anne Clyde, Maryellen Howley, Shannon Miller, and Ted Payne. Special thanks to Barbara for her impeccable leadership, and Shannon for her talent at grant writing.  We look forward to expanding our Tree Board Initiative in the years to come!

The Brownsboro Village Tree Board would like to congratulate the winners of  12 free trees to be planted in front yards of Brownsboro Village residents needing trees to enhance our Village canopy. This giveaway was make possible through a grant from Metropolitan Sewer District. This grant is being matched by Brownsboro Village. 

Congratulations to the following winners!

Elizabeth and Keith Senn-Alvey    415 Oread    
McCaren Avalon           416 Oread 
Emily and John Pelosi             301 Lotis 
Gracie Peter, Miles South     303 Lotis    
Julia Clements                   310 Lotis 
Carol McCarty                 400 Lotis           
Beth and Blake Blyth       404 Lotis           
Lee Ann Rogers                 412 Lotis           
Greg Delmonico            317 Sprite 
Robert Helfrick              3702 Napanee
Plus two recipients who prefer to not have name or address published.

Winners