A garden with a small round building in the centre, flanked by two large trimmed trees, with houses and a cloudy sky in the background.

When is the best time to prune trees?

If you want to improve the structure and appearance of your treasured tree, you’ll need to become a tree pruning pro.  One essential part of being a master in tree pruning is knowing when to prune your trees, as different types of trees have their ideal pruning times throughout the ... Read more

Topics: tree management, tree pruning

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Person in an orange jacket is attaching yellow cables or sensors around the base of a large tree in a wooded area, likely setting up equipment for sonic tomography to assess the tree's internal structure.

Why professional commercial arboriculture is important

Commercial tree services manage the amenity (looks good!) and risk (ain’t gonna cause problems!) from trees in locations such as streets, parks, gardens, schools, churches, and playgrounds, as well as alongside roads, railways and adjacent utilities including electric cables and telephone lines.. Commercial tree surgeons are the masterminds behind these ... Read more

Topics: risk assessment, tree management, tree pruning, tree removal

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A two-lane road bordered by tall trees and a wooden fence, with cars driving and a speed limit sign on the left, evokes the charm of scenic carriageways while ensuring travellers comply with section 154 regulations.

So you’ve had a section 154 notice…

Section 154 of the Highways Act 1980 (‘the Act’) gives the highway authority powers to require tree removal, or the cutting back of trees, shrubs and hedges that obstruct or endanger highway users. As you can see in the example below the conifers on the right were obstructing the speed ... Read more

Topics: highways, law, legislation, section 154, tree law, tree management, tree pruning

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A person in a high-visibility jacket attaches electronic sensors and cables to a tree trunk, using sonic tomography technology with a monitoring device mounted nearby.

WHAT IS sonic tomography?

Tomography is the imaging of sections of a subject using a tomograph. The result is a tomogram, an image showing a cross-sectional view, a slice. In arboriculture, a tomogram shows a slice through a tree’s stem and roots, and when this slice is mapped using ultrasound it is called a ... Read more

Topics: professional tree inspection, risk assessment, tomography, tree management

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Man wearing a helmet and orange "Tree Surgeon" shirt stands on a cherry picker by tall trees next to a large industrial building under a partly cloudy sky.

Boundary pruning at an industrial unit

We were asked by a local printing firm to find a cost effective means of managing vegetation growing over the boundary fence, making contact with the building, and dropping lots of leaves in their guttering. This is an example of the commercial tree services we provide for industrial clients.” With ... Read more

Topics: industrial, mewp, tree management, tree pruning

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