Southern Utah Tree Service (435) 619-2090
Trust us you YOUR next project! With year-round tree service, we offer a full range of services to bring your vision to life
About Us
Who we are and what we do...
We are experienced professionals and offer year-round service.
We are licensed and insured, and a member of ISA (International Society of Arboriculture).
Southern Utah Tree Service is a locally-owned business, and proud of it! We have over 20 years of experience servicing Southern Utah and its surrounding areas; and are a top choice for homeowners and businesses alike.
Our professional and knowledgeable technicians will listen and apply our expertise to provide you with excellent year-round service for all your shrub and tree needs.
We provide a myriad of services and believe in proactive tree management.
We provide service in anything from tree removal, to cosmetic planting and pruning, to identifying and mitigating potential risks and liabilities to your property.
We also provide stump removal and grinding, provide long-term care and planning, offer annual maintenance or assessment, and provide emergency service 24/7.
We help our clients increase the value and beauty of their properties by creating beautiful and functional outdoor living spaces.
Whether you want to redesign your yard or remove a problem issue, let Southern Utah Tree Service and our highly professional crew bring your vision to life!
We work hard to ensure that you are completely satisfied with the end result of your project; so give us a call, and we’ll give you a free estimate!
- Planting
- Routine Tree or Shrub Pruning
- Tree and Limb Removal
- Stump Grinding
- 50 ft. Boom Truck and Crane Available
- 24/7 Emergency Service
- Risk/Liability Assessment and Mitigation
- Long-Term Planning or Care
We Care About the Details
Our company pays special attention to the details of every project to ensure the complete satisfaction of each client. We take special care to make sure your lawn/landscaping are protected from damage while we work. Our goal is to enhance the exterior of your home or business, raise your property value, mitigate risks and/or liabilities to your property, and beautify your whole yard and neighborhood!
We provide FREE estimates on all your tree care needs!
Call or click the link below to schedule a time for your FREE estimate!
Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed
Your satisfaction is our priority, and we strive to provide a service we are proud of.
We start every project by meeting with you for a thorough consultation to really understand your goals and/or explain the needs of the project.
We then offer a free estimate to confirm our mutual goals and set a price.
Our services are competitively priced, and we know you’ll love us if you give us a try!
We are licensed and insured, and a member of ISA -International Society of Arboriculture.
Testimonials
What our customers have to say...
Lisa Spangler Prentice:
“5 stars ✨ I can’t even begin to say how grateful I am to Peter and crew for taking my tree out on short notice. I was in such a bind and Southern Utah Tree Service came to my rescue like knights in shining armor! Work was beyond excellent and pricing was more than fair. Highly recommend this company. Thank you Peter and Tony!!!”
Deb Haack-Teeken:
“5 Stars ✨ Academic Innovations had a number trees that unfortunately needed to be removed. We enlisted Southern Utah Tree Service and they took care of everything, including notifying our neighbors that a crane would be involved. Everything went smoothly and the clean-up was impeccable. They are a well-oiled machine!”
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Sanfilippo Syndrome and Our Story
OUR STORY
Raising Lily
When my beautiful little redhead was born never did I ever imagine that I would have to live through the emotions of raising a special needs child. That being said...I wouldn’t trade it for the world.
This is my side of the story.
When Lily was younger she met the regular milestones that most kids reach, up until the age of 4. She walked on time, she spoke clearly, and she loved to sing, dance, and play. Then one day she woke up and she no longer knew things that I come so easy to her before. Over time that just became a regular occurrence. Being worried parents my husband and I decided it was time to start asking questions. Fast forward a year or so and we have landed on an Autism Spectrum diagnosis. Not just that but she was dubbed as so severely Autistic that she was “untestable.” With that diagnosis in hand, we ventured out to find all of the help for our daughter that we could. She was placed in a special needs program at school and they worked really hard to help her in all the ways they normally would, but for some reason, our little girl just “wasn’t catching on.” On top of that, she dropped a ton of weight and we got concerned for her health. We took her to her pediatrician who then decided it was time for us to see a geneticist to see if there were any underlying genetic disorders that she may have.
Our local and only geneticist here is an amazing woman who decided that we needed to put our girl on a 2000 calorie diet to help her gain some weight and also that we needed to do a lot of blood tests and urine tests to get to the bottom of what exactly we were dealing with. In the meantime, I had to have my kids tested for a cancer gene that runs in my husband's family. The street name for the gene is FAP and it affects the colon and stomach. Lily tested positive for that gene. Well, when Lily tested positive so did my husband. That meant that they both needed to have colonoscopies and endoscopies (upper and lower scopes). Lily went first and she had a few polyps, but nothing that the doctor couldn’t handle and remove (my husband's scopes are a story for another time). Fast forward a year later and we are still trying to get a good urine sample for my child who is now 9 years old and is still in diapers. Fast forward a year and It is time again for her scopes, so we decide to place a catheter and get a good urine sample. We are successful!!
Now we wait to find out the results of those tests. 2 gruesome weeks later I get a phone call from the geneticist. She tells me that Lily’s urine test has confirmed what she was thinking the whole time. Lily has a rare genetic disorder that is called Sanfilippo Syndrome type IIIA which is, unfortunately, a terminal diagnosis. I am not sure if anyone has ever felt the kind of heart-wrenching pain that I felt in that moment. She then informs me that only 1 in 70,000 children have this diagnosis and that she is so sorry to have to be telling me this news. All I could think is YOUR SORRY! Sorry doesn’t take away the hurt and pain. Sorry doesn’t help my child. SORRY JUST DOESN’T HELP!!! I listen to her the best I can. After we get off the phone I hit my knees and cried my eyes out. All I could think is what did she do to deserve this? What did I do to deserve this? What do I do now? How do I tell people? How do I not lose my shit every single day? How do I survive what the doctor tells me is “just going to get worse?” After I get through all of that and quickly I might add because as it just so happens I am at work. I pull myself together and ask my amazing boss if I can go home. Which he lets me do and I sit down with my little Lily and cuddle her while I cry.
Since the day that she was officially diagnosed I look at her as more of a blessing than a special needs child.
She has taught so many people so many things in her 10 short years that she has been on this earth. She has taught her 3 older siblings (half-siblings which I officially adopted them May 31st, 2010) how to care for someone who can’t do anything for herself. When I say anything I literally mean anything. She is still in diapers, she can’t walk without help, she can’t bathe herself, she can’t feed herself, she can’t dress herself, and she can’t be left alone for too long. Her siblings along with her father and I do everything for and with Lily. We care for her as a team and for those people out there that don’t have a team, I am so sorry, because without my village I wouldn’t be as grounded as I am. Luckily early on we got Lily in an ABA therapy program that is designed for kids who are on the Autism Spectrum and that combined with us as a family has helped in my mind “hold back” some of the terrible symptoms of Sanfilippo Syndrome. Luckily she gets to keep her Autism diagnosis along with Sanfilippo so that she will continue to receive ABA therapy for as long as possible.
Lily has had so many things thrown at her, but she is blissfully unaware of any of them. She lives her best life every single day with the help of so many people. As her mother, I am always fearful of “what’s next” where do we go from here, but I am learning that where we go is not as important as where we are now! My husband being the amazing man that he is has decided that we are going to just take Lily and the other kids on as many adventures as we possibly can while we can. Creating as many good memories as possible. We have also decided that we are going to share Lily’s story as often and as many places that we can. We want to bring as much awareness as possible to Sanfilippo Syndrome. We want people to know that even though we have been dealt with this hard diagnosis that will eventually take our little girl, WE WILL NEVER GIVE UP HOPE FOR A CURE!!!! It’s out there and we pray that we get to be a major part of helping find it.
In my heart, I know that God doesn’t deal us a hand that he knows we can’t handle, but some days are much harder than others to remember that.
Learn More About Sanfilippo Syndrome
Curing a disease is very difficult, especially when it's something most people have never heard of and are not familiar with. There is fantastic progress happening and contact research being done in an effort to find a cure. To learn more about Sanfilippo Syndrome and how you can help, click below!
