Lisa Smith - Registered Consulting Arborist #464
The Tree Resource is a Southern California tree consulting firm offering comprehensive tree expertise, management, and preservation services. Led by Board Certified Master Arborist Lisa Smith, who brings over 30 years of consulting experience in the arboriculture and landscaping industry.
Our specialties at The Tree Resource include expert witness analysis and testimony, forensic and technical consulting, tree appraisals, risk and hazard assessments, disease investigation and analysis, fire damage to urban and forestry environments, tree protection and removal reports for building projects, tree root intrusion, and property damage tree cases.
Memberships and Certifications
- Board Certified Master Arborist
- American Society of Consulting Arborists
- Registered Consulting Arborist #464
- International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) - Life Member
- ISA Board Certified Master Arborist #WE3782B
- Western Chapter of ISA - Board Member & Past President
- ISA Tree Risk Assessor Qualified (TRAQ)
- ASCA Tree and Plant Appraiser (TPAQ)
- Street Tree Seminar Member
- Friends of Virginia Robinson Gardens
- Qualified Expert Witness
- Professor UCLA Landscaping Program: Trees Materials Class
Ms. Smith, an independent consulting arborist, has worked with numerous high-profile clients for:
- Expert Witness Testimony & Forensic Work
- Tree Preservation & Management Plans
- Tree Risk Assessment & Hazard Evaluation
- Construction Reports & Management
- Diagnosis and Recommendations for pests / diseases in trees and palms
- Proper Pruning Specifications New Tree Recommendations & species selection
- Tree Inventory & Monitoring
- Mediator to Neighbor Disputes
The Tree Resource has provided expertise for a wide range of clients, including commercial properties, private residences, developers, architects, attorneys, insurance companies, municipalities, universities, hotels, landscapers, and private estates.
Clients
Sony Pictures, Fox Plaza, ABC Entertainment Center, Century Plaza Towers, The WaterGarden, MGM Plaza, Cedars-Sinai, The Grove, Westwood Village, Howard Hughes Center, Marlborough School, The Aerospace Corporation, CA State-Long Beach, Santa Monica Business Park, The Ritz-Carlton, Marina del Rey, Palisades Park, Toyota, The Irvine Company, The Merit Company, Bank of America-Data Center, Figueroa Plaza, Marymount High School, Harvard Westlake, Archer School, Los Angeles Country Club, Cities: Beverly Hills, Los Angeles & LaCanada, UCLA, Griffith Park- DWP, Echo Park Lake Rehabilitation, Hotel Bel Air, Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Four Seasons & many exclusive private properties.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, California State University, Fullerton 1988
Continuing Education Conferences provided by I.S.A., W.C.I.S.A, and ASCA to maintain certification
Speaking and Instructor Engagements
UCLA Landscape Architecture Program - Instructor – Trees Materials Class Western Chapter ISA - Certified Arborist Prep Course
Western Chapter ISA - ANSI & BMP’s - Tree Risk
Inland Empire Urban Forestry Council – Tree Management
Western Chapter Tree Management Symposium – Tree Law
Loyola Law School – Tree Law
Tree People – Citizen Arborist Training – Pruning Guidelines
LA Build Expo –– Construction Management for Trees
Beverly Hills Garden Club – Tree Management Guidelines
Virginia Robinson Gardens – Tree Management & Pruning Guidelines Malibu Garden Club – Tree Management Guidelines
Beverly Hills Garden Club – Common Problems of Urban Trees
Hollywood Knolls Garden Club – Common Problems of Urban Trees
UCLA Landscape Architecture Alumni – Trees for Climate Change
and many others...