Teddy Paterson

ISA Certified Arborist

Teddy provides expert commercial tree and lawn care services to properties in the Greater Minneapolis and St. Paul areas. With over 15 years of experience in landscape maintenance, sales, and sustainable land management, Teddy is dedicated to creating positive environmental impacts through tailored solutions.

Qualifications:

“Entered the industry in 2007 working landscape maintenance and installation services. In 2011, transitioned into sales as an Account Manager for Landscape Management and Snow Removal. Passionate about sustainable land management and enjoy to ability to influence management decisions focusing on the responsibility and opportunity of positive impacts to our ecosystem.”

Education:

Teddy received a degree in Business Marketing from University of St. Thomas.

Industry Involvement, Awards, and Certifications:

Certified Landscape Professional – MNLA

Why did you become an arborist?

“The value of trees to our environment is unmatched. I want to be involved in properly valuing and caring for our trees to make a positive impact on the environment and society’s health and wellbeing.”

Customer Service Philosophy:

“Being readily available and responsive providing a solutions-focused approach to ensure we provide value to the customer. Building trust through providing knowledgeable and long-term solutions with win-win results.”

Community Involvement:

“Frequently volunteer at Catholic Charities’ facilities preparing and serving food.”

Notable Work:

“Increased species diversity through proper tree replacement programs. Restored several rain gardens through design, install, and maintenance. Converted over 20 acres of turf grass to sustainable, native, pollinator-friendly, prairie gardens to reduce maintenance costs and increase ecosystem habitat.”

Personal:

“I love spending time at our cabin near the boundary waters. I enjoy going for long runs, hiking, and golfing.”

Fun Fact:

“I ran my first full marathon in 2020 and plan to run many more in the future.”

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16 reviews

National Average

(7 months ago)

We have had SavATree for approximately 5 years. Terry Paterson, arborist, is our contact. I am on a board of an HOA in Oakdale, MN and I am individually, sharing my experience with SavATree, I am not speaking for the Board. One thing I found out what is so important, you have to cultivate a good working relationship with your contractor i.e, open communication, the needs and wants of the HOA,...

Karen Brennan

(2 months ago)

I am on the board of directors for my HOA. Our association has been working with SavaTree for just over a year. The association had several unsatisfactory experiences with other tree service companies prior to working with SavaTree. During that time SavaTree has provided professional services that have thoughtfully developed a plan to address multiple years of neglect on our property. It is a...

Charles Moore

(2 months ago)

Our townhome association had 78 dead and dying ash trees. We spread the cost over 5 years (5 phases) but this year we asked Jon if SavATree would bundle their service into one year as we borrowed in the short term from our reserve fund. SavATree’s flexibility and capacity to handle our project made for a great solution. When area storms required SavATree to divert their crew temporarily to...

William Hughes

(7 months ago)

We've use SavATree for several years at our Townhouse community and have been very pleased with them. We use a great number of their services, including tree assessment, removal, replacement, trimming and stump grinding and have found them expedient, flexible, competent and competively priced. Their crews are very friendly and their Arborist is extremely knowledgeable about canopy health and...

Nancy Mattoon

(6 months ago)

I work with several townhome associations in the northeast metro, and the Spring Lake Park Savatree is always my first call with tree concerns. In the case of storm damage or emergency situations, they've proven to be efficient and thorough in addressing downed or damaged trees. Savatree has also worked with several of our Associations in developing budget-friendly tree health/treatment plans...

Michael Severson