Jul 5, 2020
Practical tree surgery encompasses a wider range of works than some people might first imagine. As well as pruning and felling trees, we provide tree health assessments and tree reports which set out a foundation baseline of the condition of your trees, and a...
Jun 5, 2020
Pollarding continues to be a great way to keep a growing tree in situ, maintaining the crown size at a manageable level and retaining a green feature and all the benefits of having the tree. It’s expecially useful for urban trees and those in small garden...
May 5, 2020
While we were coming back from the New Forest in the Summer last year, we stumbled on Furzey Gardens https://www.minsteadtrust.org.uk/pages/category/furzey-gardens, almost by accident. Furzey Gardens is the social enterprise of the Minstead Trust, working...
Apr 5, 2020
Who would have though just a few short weeks ago that we would have made so many changes in our lives. We very much hope that you and yours are well and coping with the new emerging order. Like so many others, most of our team members are furloughed at...
Mar 5, 2020
It’s increasingly the case these days that we are occupied with storm related tree works in the first quarter of the year; this also appears to be a result of climate change, and seems to be a predictable weather pattern that we now, to some extent, plan for as a...
Jan 5, 2020
This month, we’re returning to a the theme of training in the business. Since we started, we’ve had a rolling programme of training and been pleased to support the career development of a number of young tree surgeons through a mix of formal apprenticeships,...
Dec 5, 2019
Like most tree surgeons, it’ a bit of a hazard of the job that wherever we go on holiday, we’re drawn to looking at the trees! Whether we’re trying to identify unusual ones, marvelling at huge ones, exploring gardens full of native ones, remarking on how much...
Nov 5, 2019
We start very early in this business so that we’re packed up with all the right equipment and heading off to the customer’s site efficiently and on time. There’s no doubt that the dark and cold of the Winter mornings demand quite a high level of can-do...
Oct 5, 2019
For some years, the Health and Safety Executive has been pushing for steps to be taken to reduce the risks of falling to climbing tree surgeons working in the crown of a tree from a rope and harness. Very sadly, there have been a number of fatalities from...
Sep 5, 2019
There has been a great deal of media interest in the last 18 months over the programmes of urban tree felling initiated by some Local Authorities, with experts, campaigners and people on all sides of the debate arguing hard for and against felling the trees in those...
