Andrew Kendall, ISA Certified Arborist in Honolulu

Growing Up in the Groves

Andrew Valentine Kendall was born in Miami, Florida, and raised in the Redlands, a farming community south of Miami. In 1939 his grandparents started a family business growing, packing and shipping tropical fruit internationally, and it grew into a major produce supplier in the Southeast. Andrew worked in the groves after school, learning about tree disease, treatment and care. In high school he helped grow and maintain ornamentals and fruit trees for nurseries and local gardens.

In 1998 Andrew earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Stetson University. He then traveled to more than 12 countries in Central America and Southeast Asia. In the summer of 2002 he moved to Hawaii, where he found the same tropical trees he grew up with, plus waterfalls, ocean and cool trade winds.

Building Kendall Landscape Services

Andrew’s professional landscape career began in 2004, with a small landscape company, where he learned landscape installation, irrigation and maintenance. He became a Certified Landscape Technician in maintenance in 2006 and in irrigation in 2007. In 2008 he started a tree care division for the landscape company he was working for and became an ISA Certified Arborist. He led that division until 2011.

That year, with the support of his peers, he became a licensed contractor and started Kendall Landscape Services. In 2012 he earned his certification in tree risk assessment.

Giving Back to Hawaii’s Tree Industry

That same year, Andrew became a director of the Aloha Arbor Association (AAA), a nonprofit founded by Steve Nimz to promote professionalism and standards in arboriculture across Hawaii. He has been a member since 2008 and has served as its Treasurer. With the AAA and the Landscape Industry Council of Hawaii (LICH), he volunteers his time coordinating training and safety seminars and the annual climbing competition, and judging the annual landscape certification field exam.

Family

Andrew and his wife married in 2010, and they have two daughters, 13 and 15, who currently attend Assets School.

Credentials

• ISA Certified Arborist (2008)
• Certified Landscape Technician, Maintenance (2006) and Irrigation (2007)
• Licensed Hawaii Contractor

See all of our credentials on the certifications page, learn more about Kendall Landscape Services, or contact Andrew for a free consultation.