Sep 5, 2015
Controversial and unneighbourly, or excellent coverage providing vital privacy – what‘s your view? We try not to get too involved in the arguments for and against these fast growers, but have found ourselves felling and hard pruning more and more Cupressus varieties...
Aug 5, 2015
We were sad to learn about the collapse of one of the oldest trees in England, in Leicestershire, following some bad weather. There was also some recent news about the impending death of one of the oldest Yews in Wales, but, like the periodical stories...
Jul 5, 2015
The small business that Andrew set up all those years ago has grown into a small, dedicated and team of climbers and groundsmen. We’re on the lookout for a new climber to join the team and continue with the training of two others who have started on the ground...
Jun 5, 2015
We know we’ve blogged about this before and we’re at serious risk of sounding a bit evangelical about it, but how great is it to be out and about in nature?! Of course, we spend out lives in and amongst it – with it all over us, most days – but when the heavy...
May 5, 2015
For the first 3 months of the year, many of us are trying to undo the excesses of the Christmas period! For lots of tree surgeons, it’s chance to take a well-earned rest, recover from working in the cold weather and put a bit of fat back on in readiness for the...
Apr 5, 2015
In the few days between Christmas and New Year, we took the opportunity to walk off the Christmas excess a bit and explore the crumbling veteran trees in the water fields at The Vyne National Trust property just outside Basingstoke. To their credit, the Trust...
