Our Story

Meet Tim and Claire Heard

From the start, we both have held a strong passion for working outdoors, with the sun on our face and mud on our pants. Tim has a vivacious background in clowning, volunteering (and living) at a National Park, and currently works in public safety; while Claire meandered through jobs settled across the globe from Yellowstone National Park to Tanzania, spending several years on a flower farming just a mile from the now established Heard Homestead, and currently working as a special education teacher. 2020 is the year we decided to go all in and make our home a place we can work our land and build a lifestyle out of getting more than sufficient vitamin D — our dream!

We are settled in the cozy town of Jeffersonton, Virginia, surrounded by rolling farm land and with the Blue Ridge Mountains on the horizon. Chickens, cows, and a small garden was the springboard for The Heard Homestead. Tim’s experience as a volunteer doing sawyer work allowed us to launch our tree services soon after; which we are happy to say has grown tremendously in just a few years. It has been so thrilling to see our little dream come to fruition so quickly!

In 2023, we added a baby girl to the family, making our days that much more wild! As 2024 unfolds, we are eager continue to serve you superior and safe tree services, while we take a short break from food production to focus on our little girl.