TreeInspection.com is an independent company not associated with a tree care business. We work for no one but ourselves, our customers, and your trees. We are not interested in condemning a tree so we can make extra money by taking it down. In fact, just the opposite is true. Our preference is to help you save your tree whenever it is healthy enough to remain standing. This is why you can be sure of getting an honest, unbiased opinion about your tree.

All three of our field staff are Certified Arborists by the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) and hold the additional credential of Tree Risk Assessment Qualified by the ISA. All four of our staff are passionate about trees and nature.

Better known as “Treeman,” Peter is one of Atlanta's earliest ISA-certified arborists. He is proud to call himself a "tree hugger;" tree climbing and tree care have been his life's passion. He is self-educated in the art and science of tree work, and is constantly reading his extensive library of books about trees, mushrooms, insects, and many other topics about the natural world.

As an arborist with his own company for over 25 years, Treeman, Inc., Peter pruned and safely removed thousands of trees in Atlanta before he stopped climbing for a living. He can point to many a huge tree around town and talk about trimming or refusing to condemn it because it was in good condition. Jenkins was the first owner of a Resistograph^® in Atlanta; he uses it often to obtain the data this machine reports to determine whether a tree can remain standing or needs to be taken down. His experience doing tree work and the first-hand knowledge he gained about trees during those years serve him well when he inspects a tree.

Jenkins is a founding and active member of the Georgia Arborist Association (GAA). He has served it in many roles, including twice as its President. He is frequently an instructor at GAA workshops.

Jenkins pioneered the sport of recreational tree climbing, that is, using a rope and saddle to climb trees for fun and adventure. In 1983 he started Tree Climbers International, the world's first organization and school for recreational tree climbers. He has taught people from all over the world how to climb safely. He now teaches safe climbing practices to entry-level tree workers to prepare them for a career in arboriculture.

Ellen has been an ISA-Certified Arborist since 2015 and became a Board-certified Master Arborist in 2021. She is also tree risk assessment qualified (TRAQ), as well as ASCA Tree and Plant Appraisal Qualified (TPAQ). Ellen earned her Master’s and Doctorate degrees in Plant Pathology from the University of Illinois. She recently retired from her career at the University of Georgia, where she led and coordinated many programs at the Georgia Center for Urban Agriculture. In addition to doing all around tree assessments, Ellen is our go-to person to help our customers diagnose (either onsite or via research at her home) what they see as possible "diseases" in their trees.

Ellen is a previous member of the Board of the Georgia Arborist Association (GAA). She now serves the GAA as its ISA certification liaison. In this role she approves programs for continuing education credits for certified arborists and assists with administering certification exams locally.

Ellen is a seasoned hiker and loves to go camping in her little “casita.” She lives in Griffin with her dog, Cosmo, her bird Rodger, and all the fish in her two tanks. She also spends a great deal of time planting and tending to her yard and garden.

PATTY JENKINS is TreeInspection.com's manager. Though she is a lifelong nature lover, she learned most of what she knows about trees from Peter. She can answer many of our customers' questions and usually help them through a problem. She schedules our appointments and deals with all the invisible sides of our business.

Before taking the reins at TreeInspection.com, Patty had a long administrative career in Detroit-area hospitals and at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Now her office is a room at home with three walls of floor-to-ceiling windows, where she can watch birds and critters from her desk. Patty and Peter's yard is a certified Audubon Wildlife Sanctuary. Don't be surprised if she tells you about a special bird she sees while she's talking with you!

(In the picture, Patty is holding a very young barred owl that fell out of its nest. She has checked it over; soon Peter will climb the tree to place it back in the nest where it belongs.)