Caring for your trees…
Our team of qualified arborists will write up a detailed, professional specification of works, potentially with photographs, as an application, or notice of intent to submit to the local planning authority if works are recommended on a tree carrying a Tree Preservation Order, or located in a Conservation Area.
Hugo says: ‘… much in the way of tree surgery, or pruning works, is poorly thought out with little scientific back up. Subsequently, trees will spiral into decline and ultimately fail. I can’t stress enough the importance of a competent specification with guidance, or consultancy, so as to get things right! We will compile a specification to meet with your brief and importantly, protect your trees, as we recognise the importance of this vital resource’.
BRACING - This bifurcated Green Ash, located alongside an historic wall, required a complex ‘rigid brace’ system (with 4 x 20mm threaded bolts inserted using a 22mm wood auger to a depth of 1.2m) installed to assist the structural compromise. A precision task which has to be right first time. Additional crown pruning was carried out and a dynamic brace fitted, too.
Maintenance Reduction Works to a late mature Atlantic Blue Cedar; an impressive specimen of great stature. Sadly, a significant portion of the upper crown had failed creating a canopy imbalance. We gained local authority permissions to carry out a selective end weight reduction of up to 3.0m to suitable secondary growth, using our large mobile elevated works platform, in order to provide a more compact crown. Great work from two of our arborists, Darryn and Harvey!
Several riverside Poplar fells were carried out, in one day.
Occasionally, we are called to take care of emergency works; here a massive limb has split from the trunk, and a riverside tree has collapsed into the marina.
Below is The Tolkien Tree in Oxford’s Botanic Gardens, which dropped two limbs in 2014 when visitors were nearby. Thankfully no one was hurt, though sadly, the famous Black Pine was deemed unsafe, so removed as a matter of urgency. This majestic old beauty can be seen failing in a video link, although be advised, viewing is not for the faint hearted: https://vimeo.com/108059963 Thanks to The Tolkien Society and Oxford Botanic Gardens.
