Since man first discovered fire and started to burn wood, trees have been an integral part of our lives and mankind has shared an intimate relationship with them.  Trees are part of our natural heritage and provide us with the very air we breathe.  The tropical rainforests are known as the “lungs of the earth”.  Trees give us logs for burning and provide us with construction materials for things such as shelter, tools and musical instruments.  They are also home to a diverse range of wildlife.

Whether a specimen pine in an arboretum, a tranquil beech woodland or a rugged windswept hawthorn in the countryside, trees are things of splendour and magnificence. 
To ensure their good health and long life they should be cared for properly and correctly.  We offer a comprehensive range of tree care services.

Formative Pruning
Formative pruning is the pruning of trees when they are young.  The outcome is to produce a tree that in maturity will be healthy, strong and true to form. 
Unwanted secondary leading or codominant shoots and potentially weak forks are removed.  Dead, diseased and damaged growth is removed, as well as crossing and badly placed growth.
Formative pruning reduces the need for major pruning in middle age and in maturity and is an important part of young tree care.  Trees are pruned to encourage and enhance their natural form and to create an open and well balanced branch structure.

Crown Thinning  
Crown thinning reduces the overall thickness of the tree's crown to produce an even density of foliage around a well spaced and balanced branch structure. 
A proportion of secondary and small live branch growth from throughout the crown is removed.
Dead, diseased and damaged growth is removed as well as crossing and badly placed growth.
The percentage of the crown to be removed will be stated, but the leaf area removed will not normally exceed 30% of the original coverage.  The original appearance, height and spread of the tree remains unchanged.  Windthrow is reduced and light is better able to filter though the crown.

Pollarding
Pollarding is a radical form of tree pruning.
All growth is removed either to previous pollard points on an established pollarded tree or to a given point or specified height. 
Very heavy pruning will stimulate some species to produce a proliferation of very dense re-growth of shoots.  Pollarding should not be used on trees that have not been previously pollarded as the large wounds created initiate serious decay in mature and maturing trees. 
It is used if no other tree pruning technique is adequate to achieve the desired result.

Tree Removal
Tree removal is achieved by clear felling or section felling. 
Where spaces permits, trees can be clear felled and then dismantled on the ground for removal. 
Trees in a confined area and larger trees are more commonly section felled.  When being section felled, all lateral growth is cut back to the trunk of the tree.  The trunk is then dismantled.

Stumps can be cut to ground level or ground out with a stump grinder.  Occasionally stumps are left tall to provide a support for a climbing plants, as a habitat for wildlife or to be used for sculpture. 

Dangerous Limb and Tree Removal
A tree that has suffered storm or snow damage, is in the latter stages of disease or for whatever reason is structurally unstable can pose a real threat of damage or harm.  Normally the affected limb or tree can be removed with minimal disruption and be made safe.

• We will never recommend unnecessary work. 
• We undertake a risk assessment before any work commences.
  
• All our work conforms to BS 3998.
  
• Our Tree Surgeons are NPTC Qualified.
  
• We are insured to £5,000,000.
  
• Our equipment is routinely tested and complies with LOLER Regulations.
  
• We are compliant with Working At Height Regulations.
  
• Works by public highways are managed in accordance with Chapter 8 Traffic Regulations.
• We are Registered Waste Carrier Licence Number CB/HN5819SE.
  
• We are able to assist with TPO and Conservation Area applications. 

We always remember that we are privileged to be working in your garden and on your site.  We also know that you will use and look at the finished result long after the work is complete and we are gone.  As well as being polite, friendly and efficient we always maintain safe and proper working practices and will leave your plot spotlessly tidy.

If you have a job or project in mind and you don't see details of it covered on our website,
please contact us anyway and we can probably help.