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Tree & Shrub Wrap — LED Mini-Strand Install

Handis tree and shrub wrap installs LED mini-strand holiday lighting on yard trees and shrubs — trunk-and-branch wraps on trees, full canopy threading on shrubs and hedges, green wire on shrubs so the daytime view stays clean, brown on tree trunks, stake-anchored at the base, paired with a timer or smart plug — from $400 per single tree or shrub row. Self-wrapping a maple takes about three hours, a sore back, and usually ends with two strands that do not light. Self-wrapping six front-yard shrubs takes a full Saturday and visible orange cord in every daytime photo until February. We bring the right wire color, the right bulb count, and the install time off your weekend.

Tree and shrub wrap installation image — finished front yard at dusk with two maples trunk-wrapped warm white from base to first branch, six walkway shrubs glowing through their canopy, soft drizzle in the air.

Service

Photo of a tree and shrub wrap install in progress — technician wrapping warm white LED mini-strand up a maple trunk in brown wire, finished shrub canopy wrap visible in the foreground on the adjacent walkway.
Process

How a Tree & Shrub Wrap Install Works

Five steps every Handis tree and shrub wrap install runs through — site walk and canopy measurement, wire color and bulb count picked for the daytime view, install with strand-tension control, stake-anchoring at the base, and timer pairing with a full-load operations test.

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Site Walk and Canopy Measurement

Tech walks the trees and shrubs being wrapped, measures trunk circumference and branch spread on each tree, counts shrubs by canopy size, and notes the closest GFCI outlet. Existing strands you want reused get inspected for cracked sockets, frayed insulation, and water-intruded plugs.

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Wire Color and Bulb Count Picked for the Daytime View

Green wire on shrubs so the daytime view is just shrub, brown wire on tree trunks so the daytime view is just bark. Bulb spacing tightens at the trunk base for a denser look near eye level, opens up through the canopy. Multi-color versus warm white locked in before any strand opens.

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Install with Strand-Tension Control

Trunk wraps spiraled up the trunk under light tension — tight enough to stay put through wind, loose enough that growth-ring expansion in spring does not bite into the bark. Shrub canopy threading sets strands on the upper leaf surface so bulbs face outward without bird-cage looping inside the bush.

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Stake-Anchoring at the Base

Strand drops from the wrap base to the ground get tied off with a stake anchor at the soil line — keeps the run from dragging across the lawn, keeps the cord run organized through the season, makes takedown a single pull instead of a treasure hunt. Stake count matches the run count.

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Timer Pairing and Full-Load Operations Test

Timer set to dusk-to-midnight or a custom schedule, smart plug paired with Alexa, Google, or HomeKit before we leave. Every circuit tested under full load for at least five minutes — verifies no GFCI trip, no overheating connectors, no dim or flickering sections. Customer walk-through with the controller schedule.

Pricing

Tree & Shrub Wrap Pricing

Final pricing depends on tree size, branch spread, shrub canopy density, total strand count, and whether existing strands are reused. Lights supplied by Handis are UL 588 commercial-grade LED. Request a free estimate for an accurate quote.

Tree count, shrub count, and the look — we will quote the wrap.

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Why Handis for Tree & Shrub Wrap
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Why Handis for Tree & Shrub Wrap

Tree and shrub wrap looks easy from the curb — strand the trunk, thread the shrub, plug it in. The DIY reality is closer to a full Saturday spent untangling, then realizing the strand you bought was rated for indoor use, the wire color is orange against bare bark, the shrub strand drags on the lawn because nothing anchored it, the timer never paired, and two strands gave up by the third week of December. After a few hundred wraps across Seattle yards, every shortcut has a known failure. We bring the wire color that disappears in daytime, the stake count that holds through January, and the takedown plan that means next year does not start from a bag of knots.

Estimate

Tell us the yard — how many trees you want wrapped (and roughly how tall, since trunk-and-branch on a mature maple runs longer than a trunk wrap on a dogwood), how many shrubs or shrub rows, whether you want a walkway accent run, and warm white versus multi-color. We send a clear estimate.

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Reviews

Customer Reviews

Tree and shrub wrap reviews from real Handis customers.

Six boxwood shrubs along the front walk plus a single trunk wrap on the dogwood. We used to do this ourselves every year with the rope lights from the warehouse store and they looked terrible by mid-December. The tech used green wire on the shrubs, brown on the dogwood trunk. Daytime view actually looks like landscaping. Three windstorms in and nothing has moved.

Pradeep and Anjali S., Shrubs + Single Tree

Two front-yard maples with full trunk-and-branch wraps. Tech spent the first ten minutes measuring the trunks and branch spread, then ordered the strand count off that. About four hours total for both trees. Worth every dollar to not get on a ladder in November rain wrapping branches one at a time.

Marcus and Elaine R., Two-Tree Front Yard

Full front yard — two cedars, four boxwoods, a walkway accent run. The tech coordinated the GFCI circuit plan across all of it so a single outlet does not get overloaded, paired the smart plug to my phone. Programmed dusk-to-eleven. Worked perfectly through January.

Robert K., Mixed Tree + Shrub Set

My existing tree strands from two years ago — three of the four were salvageable. Tech tested each strand, identified the dead one, replaced just that one from the truck, reinstalled the rest. Did not push me to replace the whole set when most of them were fine.

Sasha L., Strand Repair + Wrap

Front-yard specimen Japanese maple. The tech said most companies would have done a quick trunk wrap and called it done, but on a Japanese maple the silhouette is in the branches, so he wrapped trunk plus the lower branches. About six hours total. The tree absolutely glows at night.

Catherine M., Specimen Tree Wrap
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about tree and shrub wrap installs in Seattle.

How much does a tree or shrub wrap cost?
A single tree trunk wrap (up to 15 feet) or a single shrub row (up to 6 shrubs) starts at $400. A trunk-and-branch wrap on a larger tree runs $600. A 2-to-4 tree front yard runs $800. A mixed tree-plus-shrub front-yard set runs $1,000. A large multi-tree yard (four-plus trees with shrubs) runs $1,200. A walkway accent run add-on is $120 per 25 feet. A smart-plug or timer add-on is $60 per circuit. You get a clear estimate before any work begins.
What is the difference between a trunk wrap and a trunk-and-branch wrap?
A trunk wrap runs warm white LED mini-strand spiraled up the trunk from base to first major branch — the basic dogwood-and-smaller-maple version. A trunk-and-branch wrap adds the major lower branches, taped at the branch tip to keep the strand from bouncing in wind. Mature maples, cedars, and specimen trees get the trunk-and-branch wrap because the silhouette is in the branches, not just the trunk. Trunk-and-branch takes longer and runs more strand than a trunk wrap alone.
Why do you use green wire on shrubs and brown on trees?
The daytime view. Green wire on shrubs disappears against the leaves; orange or white wire shows in every photo from October to February. Brown wire on tree trunks blends with the bark; orange wire on a bare dogwood trunk is visible from across the street. Most DIY installs default to whichever color the store stocked, which is usually orange or white. We carry green, brown, and orange and pick by the install rather than by the box.
Will the wrap damage the tree?
No, when installed correctly. Trunk wraps spiraled under light tension stay put through wind without biting into the bark. Over-tight wraps can ring a tree the same way a wire fence ring does — we install past that by leaving room for spring growth-ring expansion. Strands stay on through the holiday season (late October to mid-January) and come down before the spring growth surge.
Can I supply my own strands?
Yes. We install customer-supplied strands at the same labor rate, but the workmanship guarantee covers only our install (strand tension, anchor staking, timer pairing), not the strands themselves. Most customers want UL 588 commercial-grade LED strands supplied by us — heavier-gauge wire, better socket seating, longer manufacturer warranty than the budget residential strands sold at big-box warehouse stores.
How many strands does a typical tree need?
A trunk wrap on a 12-to-15-foot tree (dogwood, smaller maple) takes about 100 feet of strand at 7-inch bulb spacing — roughly four 25-foot strands. A trunk-and-branch wrap on a mature maple takes 200 to 400 feet depending on the branch spread. A boxwood or azalea shrub takes one 25-foot strand for the canopy threading. The tech measures the actual canopy on the site walk and orders the strand count off the measurement, not a generic estimate.
How does the takedown work?
Takedown is its own visit — booked in the second or third week of January typically — and includes pulling the strands without yanking the stakes (which extends stake life year over year), snake-coil pulldown to prevent kink memory, hardware sorted by tree or shrub set, and everything stored in UV-coated bins labeled by elevation. Most customers book the install and the takedown together for a combined estimate. See the [holiday light takedown and storage](/services/seasonal-and-holiday-services/holiday-lighting/holiday-light-takedown-and-storage) page.
Can the trees and shrubs share a circuit with the roofline?
Sometimes, sometimes not — depends on the bulb count. A 15-amp exterior GFCI handles roughly 1,200 LED bulbs before the breaker resets. A long roofline run plus two wrapped trees plus a shrub row usually pushes past that limit on a single outlet, so we split across two GFCIs. The tech does the math before plugging anything in. Tripping the GFCI in mid-December is the most common holiday-lighting failure mode in Seattle and we plan past it on day one.
Is the work guaranteed?
Yes. 30-day workmanship guarantee on the install. If a stake leans, a strand pulls loose from the trunk wrap, a timer fails to fire because of how we paired it, or the GFCI trips because we miscalculated the load within 30 days, we come back and fix it at no extra charge. The guarantee covers our install, not the strands themselves (UL 588 holiday lights carry their manufacturer warranty separately), and not a windstorm well beyond design wind load.

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