Backyard Arboriculture provides arborist consultations, by Certified Arborist Misti Perez, covering both Williamson and Travis counties in Central Texas.

Misti grew up in Texas and moved to several states before coming back to her Texas roots in 2011. She started her landscape career in Key West, Florida in 1997 where her interest in trees and plants flourished. She worked as a landscaper, learning all the trees and flowers of the region. A few years later after realizing her love for the tropics, she moved to Hawaii where she became a Certified Landscape Technician in 2004 and a Certified Arborist in 2005.  Misti moved back to her Texas roots in 2011 where she was elected to the board for International Society of Arboriculture Texas Chapter as the Certification Liaison in 2012 to help others become Certified Arborists, a position she held for seven years and then became staff for three years.  Misti began her consulting business in 2017 and went on to become a Qualified Tree Risk Assessor and Oak Wilt Qualified within Texas.  After twenty years of working with plants and trees, Misti is excited to share her knowledge and passion for the industry with others as a consultant for her company Backyard Arboriculture.