Owner Quintin McClellan has over 21 years working with trees. In 1998 he founded Hemlock Rescue and Restoration, to combat the outbreak of hemlock wooly adelgid that was beginning in Southwestern Virginia. As customers requested additional tree services, Quintin expanded the business scope, and launched Total Tree Health Care, Inc. He has a B.S. in Forestry and Wildlife Resources from Virginia Tech, and was a Research Associate in Forest Entomology at Virginia Tech for seven years prior to starting his business.