Nels J Johnson Tree Experts, Inc.
912 Pitner Ave,
Evanston
IL ,
60202
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The founder of our company, Mr. Nels J. Johnson Sr., discovered his love of nature as a boy in Skane, Sweden, where he successfully specialized in botany. Following the American dream, he arrived in Chicago well-trained in horticulture and armed with the ability to speak Swedish, Latin, German, and English.
Nels Johnson became an Illinois state instructor of plant science, conservation, and forestry, and judged the world-renowned Chicago World Flower Show for four years. He became the father of the Illinois Tree Expert License Law and appointed chairman of the Illinois Tree Expert Examining Board. He also became founder and president of the Associated Arborists of Illinois. That same year he was awarded the Charles Hutchinson Medal by the Chicago Horticultural Society.
The proud tradition of expert tree care created in 1930 continues today. The third generation of the Johnson family carries on Nels' devotion to maintaining and improving the health and beauty of nature.