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Princeton Excavation

Instant Landscape

Large Tree Planting

You don't have to wait a decade for a tree to fill in. We plant mature, balled-and-burlapped trees, evergreens for privacy and shade trees for structure, using the same equipment that digs our foundations. The root balls get set clean, staked, and mulched, so the yard looks established the day we leave.

Mini excavators working a cleared lot edge with newly planted evergreens and a staked shade tree in a residential yard.
Big trees, set right

Big trees, set right

Large trees are heavy and easy to plant badly. Our equipment and earthwork experience are exactly what the job needs, and the same crew that clears and grades your lot can plant it.

Privacy & Screening Rows

Evergreen rows, spruce, arborvitae, and the like, spaced for a fast, dense screen along property lines, road frontage, and fences. Mature trees mean privacy now, not in ten years.

Root Balls Set by Machine

Balled-and-burlapped trees are heavy. We dig proper pits and set each root ball at the right depth with the excavator, so nothing gets dragged or dropped.

Staked, Mulched, Watered In

Every tree gets set plumb, staked against the wind, ringed with mulch, and watered in. We leave you simple aftercare notes so the trees take.

A row of mature balled-and-burlapped evergreen and shade trees freshly planted and mulched along a residential fence line.

Clear, grade, and plant with one crew

Planting big trees is just more earthwork. The equipment, the soil, and the access planning are the same as the rest of what we do. Since we're already running excavators on your site, we can clear an overgrown edge, grade the area, and put in a mature screen in one trip.

  • Where we work

    These are the trees most landscapers hand off to someone else, the big balled-and-burlapped stock that takes a machine to place. We line up the sourcing, delivery, and planting so the trees go in healthy and fast.

  • What we protect

    One statement shade tree or a full privacy row along the road, we set each one to last: right depth, proper backfill, staked and mulched.

How a job goes

From the first call to a clean handover

  1. 1. Site Walk

    We come look at the property by appointment, check the access and any constraints, and go over your plans or what you have in mind.

  2. 2. Marking & Layout

    We set the layout on the ground with laser accuracy. Depths, lines, and elevations are marked before anything gets dug.

  3. 3. The Work

    We bring the right machine for the access, lay ground protection where it's needed, and keep the mess around lawns, trees, and hardscape to a minimum.

  4. 4. Clean Handover

    You're left with a site that's ready to go and a yard that's still in one piece, set up for whatever's next.

Frequently Asked Questions

We stick to mature, balled-and-burlapped stock, the bigger trees that need a machine to place safely. The caliper and height depend on what's available and what fits your site. We go over the options and pricing when we walk the property.

Princeton, Hopewell Township, Montgomery & Skillman, and surrounding Mercer and Somerset County, NJ.

Want instant privacy or a statement tree? Let's plan your planting.

Owner-operated and by appointment. Tell us about your project and we'll walk the site with you.