Protect Your Landscaping & Prevent Further Pest Damage
Living here in Atherton, you’re never far from nature, whether it’s a walk through Holbrook-Palmer Park or just stepping outside your front door.
Thick hedges, ivy, and shaded damp areas give them everything they need: food, water, and shelter. That’s why pest issues here aren’t occasional. They’re consistent.
At Smith’s Pest Management, we approach pest control in Atherton differently. We use targeted, eco-friendly treatments that address the root conditions, drawing pests to your property and keeping them from coming back.
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Types of Pests We Treat in Atherton
Discover the most common pests we treat in Atherton, including ants, rodents, burrowing pests, and more. Our local team uses proven methods to keep your home or business pest-free year-round.
Gophers
Gophers
Moles
Moles
Ground Squirrels
Ground Squirrels
Voles
Voles
Our Eco-Friendly Pest Control Process
1
Property Inspection
We inspect your entire property, including exterior, attic, crawlspaces, garage, foundation, and landscaped edges, and identify:
- Where pests are entering your home
- Where they’re nesting and harboring
- What’s allowing them to stay (irrigation, shade, structural gaps)
2
Treatment Plan
We build a plan specific to your property and the pests we find. This plan includes:
- Targeted traps and professional-grade baits
- Sealing entry points to stop pests from getting into your property
- Eco-friendly treatments safe for your family, pets, and the environment
- Removing the conditions that are attracting the pests
3
Ongoing Prevention
Pest activity in Atherton changes with the seasons, landscaping growth, and irrigation patterns.
New pest infestations can develop as conditions on your property change, so we return on a regular schedule to:
- Check problematic areas
- Set new traps and baits
- Make sure entry points stay sealed
Why Atherton Residents Choose Smith's
Proven Local Experience
We’ve worked with thousands of properties across the Bay Area, including many right here in Atherton and throughout San Mateo County. We understand how large properties, mature landscaping, and irrigation patterns affect pest activity, and we adjust every service based on what we see on your property.
Licensed and Certified Technicians
Every technician working on your property is licensed by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation and trained to apply materials safely and correctly. We follow state guidelines on every service and use products approved for residential and commercial environments.
Ongoing Support and Guarantee
If pest activity continues between scheduled visits, we come back and take another look at no additional cost. We recheck entry points, adjust the plan if needed, and stay on it until the issue is under control.
What Our Customers Say
Success Story: How We Helped a Local Homeowner Get Rid of Roof Rats
The Challenge:
An Atherton homeowner called us after rats chewed through the car wiring and damaged the pool equipment. The problem kept coming back.
The Solution:
We inspected the property and found rats nesting in dense hedges and ivy, feeding on acorns, and using the yard and structures for shelter. They were also getting into warm areas like engine bays.
We placed traps along active routes near vegetation and structures, then showed the homeowner exactly where rats were nesting and hiding. They cleared dense areas and reduced shelter.
As rodent activity decreased, we sealed entry points and kept monitoring to prevent new rats from moving in.
The Result:
The damage stopped, and we confirmed there were no new rats on the property during follow-up visits.
FAQ
Atherton’s warm, dry summers and mild winters keep pests active most of the year, while nearby creeks and open areas provide a constant source of rodents and insects.
On your property, irrigated soil, dense hedges, and mature trees give pests water, cover, and easy access to your home, so they settle in quickly and stay.
- Trim back dense landscaping so you can see through hedges and keep vegetation off the house
- Adjust your irrigation to avoid constant moisture near the foundation and shaded areas
- Seal gaps around doors, vents, and utility lines to block entry points into your home
- Keep garages and storage areas organized so pests don’t have quiet places to hide
- Remove food sources like fallen fruit, acorns, pet food, and open trash
- Check your property regularly since pests move between neighboring homes
- Schedule regular pest control visits to inspect problem areas, adjust treatments, and stop new infestations early
Most properties in Atherton benefit from ongoing service rather than one-time treatment.
When you water certain areas more, change your landscaping, or temperatures rise or drop, pests start changing their nesting and feeding areas, so we adjust treatments to prevent new infestations.
At Smith’s, we offer pest control plans with scheduled visits, year-round monitoring, and targeted adjustments that keep pests from settling in again.
The costs depend on the size of your property, the type of pest we’re dealing with, and how widespread the problem is. Larger lots, dense landscaping, and ongoing rodent or burrowing pest issues typically require more time and follow-up than a simple one-time treatment.
At Smith’s, we inspect your property first (for free!) and then provide a clear quote based on what we find, so you’ll know upfront how much everything will cost before we proceed with any pest control work.
Absolutely! Our team is always focused on minimizing suffering to individual animals while also providing effective treatments to get rid of the pest problem.
We offer live trapping for situations where relocation is appropriate, and we also use targeted lethal methods, such as trapping, when necessary, which cause the animal very little suffering.
