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Tree surgery and management

We provide trained and experienced arborists (tree surgeons) to carry out tree trimming, pruning, tree removal, coppicing and pollarding large and small trees in gardens, parks, nature reserves and many other locations.

Outlined below are some of the more common tasks we undertake for domestic and business customers.

Tree trimming, pruning and removal

We remove a tree in pieces small enough to be manageable, often pruning tree limbs by hand and lowering to the ground using ropes, but also sometimes by use of cranes. This avoids damage to the surroundings and to property at ground level. We can also grind the tree stumps to permit the planting of replacement trees or seeding of lawns. Alternatively they can be treated with herbicide to prevent sucker re-growth.

Tree removal is also known as Dismantling/Sectional felling

Tree coppicing

This is cutting a tree to ground level to allow re-growth. Coppicing trees is a traditional form of woodland management for species such as hazel, chestnut and oak.

Tree crown lifting, reduction and thinning

Tree crown lifting is the removal of the lower branches of tree to allow easier access beneath the tree e.g. to allow lawn mowing, or to improve views under the tree.

Tree crown reduction is the reduction of the overall dimensions of the tree by shortening branches back to appropriate growing points while leaving as natural a shape as possible. This tree trimming is often done to reduce the extent of a tree that has outgrown its space, and as an alternative to complete removal.

Tree crown thinning reduces the density of foliage, by cutting tree limbs to remove weight from the crown. This may also be done to improve air circulation within the tree and has the effect of temporarily allowing more light to pass through the tree.

Tree pollarding

The tree is cut at a level which allows re-growth above animal grazing level. This is generally not recommended for trees not pollarded previously because it may initiate decay in the large wound. Not to be confused with "lopping & topping" at high level.