Family-owned and operated since 2009, Honl Tree Care serves the Portland metro area with a spirit of integrity and excellence.

Meet our team

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Chad Honl, Owner, ISA-Certified Arborist (PN-5537A)

Chad has been planting and caring for trees in Portland since childhood. As manager of Friends of Trees’ Neighborhood Trees program from 2000 to 2005, he helped Portland communities plant and care for more than 8,000 street trees. He is a hardworking, friendly, and honest arborist, who focuses on safety, aesthetics, and customer satisfaction. He practices the highest standards of tree care.

Chad played an integral role in creating an edible Portland by organizing a fruit tree giveaway in 1997, which has since distributed more than 20,000 trees. (He received NPR’s E-town award for the effort.) He has helped to create naturescapes and gardens in four Portland public schools. In 2009, he was the recipient of the City of Portland Bill Naito Award for sustained dedication to Portland’s urban forest and improving Portland’s environment in a lasting way. Chad has taught arboriculture and native plant classes at Portland Community College.

Chad’s extensive knowledge of trees will help deepen your relationship with trees as he helps you care for and select the right tree for your yard.

Isabel Toledo-Silvestre, Co-Owner

Isabel is Chad Honl’s wife and co-owner of Honl Tree Care. Originally from Spain, she moved to the United States to learn English for three months, and twenty-six years later is still here! She has been living in Portland for twenty-one and it took her seven years to get used to the rain and the heavy tree canopy in Portland; now she feels like she can’t breathe if she doesn’t have trees around her. Before joining Honl Tree Care, Isabel was a nurse for over 14 years. However, as she was finishing her Doctorate in Nursing in 2016, she realized how much she missed her children and wanted to spend more time with them.  So she finished her doctorate, quit nursing, and joined the lovely Honl Tree Care office staff. Isabel is in charge of billing, payroll, and other various tasks. She now enjoys working with her husband every day, which has allowed her to admire his business talent and incredible multitasking talent. She is extremely thankful to her husband for the opportunity to be able to spend more time with their kids. Call the office and let her know if you have any questions; she will be happy to help! Gracias!

  • Ben Bracket

    From: San Jose, CA
    Favorite Tree: Japanese Cherry Blossom
    Previous Experience: This is an entirely new experience for me!
    Pets: Has a spirited cat named Luna who enjoys interrupting his REM cycle.
    Favorite Thing About the Pacific Northwest: The weather.

  • Chris Brinkman

    From: Frostburg, Maryland
    Favorite Tree: Sequoia
    Previous Experience: Just a natural love of nature. ISA-Certified arborist (PN-9012A)
    What I Love About the Work: Learning about trees and how they grow and how to maintain them.
    Favorite Thing About the Pacific Northwest: The weather and how respectful most folks are.

  • Isaac Brocker

    From: A little town outside of Gary, IN
    Favorite Tree: Sugar Pine
    Previous Experience: B.S. in Biology
    What I Love About the Work: Using my physical expertise and biological knowledge to embody the hopes and desires of clients.
    Favorite Thing About the Pacific Northwest: Wandering through the woods.

  • Isabel Castellanos

    From: Cuenca, Spain
    Favorite Tree: Dogwood
    What I Love About the Work: It keeps me moving.
    Favorite Thing About the Pacific Northwest: The nature

  • Travis Cooke

    From: Waco, TX
    Favorite Tree: Southern Live Oak
    What I Love About the Work: Preserving the urban tree canopy
    Favorite Thing About the Pacific Northwest: Vacation worthy destinations are 30 minutes away.

  • Heather Fields

    From: Rockville, MD
    Favorite Tree: Southern Live Oak
    Pets: A dog named Maize
    Favorite Thing About the Pacific Northwest: The rain

  • Tyler Groff

    Favorite Tree: Big trees with good branches for relaxing in.
    What I love about the work: Seeing healthy trees and working outside.
    Previous experience: Led conservation corps crews for several years.
    Pets: A hairless guinea pig named Playdough.

  • Matthew Hudgins

    Favorite Tree: Big leaf maple
    What I love about the work: Saving trees when possible
    Favorite Think About the Pacific Northwest: People’s respect for nature.

  • Adam Jung

    From: Cape Girardeau, MO
    Favorite Tree: Taxodium distichum - Bald Cypress.
    What I Love About the Work: Learning about all the various habits & characteristics of different trees.
    Favorite Thing About the Pacific Northwest: The area's ability to grow an amazing array of fauna.

  • Emil Kmetovic

    From: Portland, OR
    Favorite Tree: Cedar
    Previous Experience: 10 years experience, including PDC and agroforestry
    Pets: 1 cat
    What I Love About the Work: Working outside with trees on a crew.
    Favorite Thing About the Pacific Northwest: Whitewater, mountains, and plants!

  • Kadin Lebreton

    From: Los Angeles, CA
    Favorite Tree: Plum or Douglas Fir
    What I Love About the Work: Being in nature, and the fact that every day is different from the last.
    Favorite Thing About the Pacific Northwest: The weather and varying natural habitats.

  • Andrew Moore

  • Sierra Norwest

    From: Portland, Oregon
    Favorite Tree: Weeping Willow
    Pets: A dog named Nikita
    Favorite Thing About the Pacific Northwest: Living near the beach and mountains along with getting to experience all the seasons and weather each has to offer!

  • Rick Till

    From: Renton, WA
    Favorite Tree: Cascara
    Previous Experience: ISA-Certified arborist (PN-8358A). Organic Gardening Certificate Program. Three seasons of trail maintenance with the Forest Service.
    What I Love About the Work: Creating aesthetically beautiful trees.
    Favorite Thing About the Pacific Northwest: Our native forests and ecosystems.

  • Tommy Uckert

    From: New Jersey
    Favorite Tree: Spanish Fir
    Previous Experience: PCC Career Pathway Certificate: Arborculture. PCC Associate of Applied Sciences: Landscape Architecture Technologies. ISA-Certified arborist: (PN-9266A)
    What I Love About the Work: the foliage
    Favorite Thing About the Pacific Northwest: The mountains and the trees.

  • Scott Van Bergen

    From: Portland, OR
    Favorite Tree: Black Walnut
    What I Love About the Work: Being outdoors and working with trees.
    Pets: One dog.
    Previous Experience: ISA Certified Audience PN-9659A
    Favorite Thing About the Pacific Northwest: So much good food, beer and places to go.