Sep 5, 2021
As for most people working outdoors, the weather forecast becomes a topic of regular conversation, having as it does a significant impact on what we can achieve and how we work. In the Winter, the cold and dark starts require the up-early personality of the lark…it’s...
Aug 5, 2021
As the world opened up and on one of the warm days in July, we found ourselves unexpectedly in Green Park in London, planning to spend 30 minutes over a quick sandwich.The park is a lovely space all year round but in the Summer the trees make a stunning natural green...
Jun 5, 2021
Spring time and the focus is on tidying the garden, pruning and planting. Hedge cutting and trimming is a year-round activity but it’s rare that we work on hedges of this size! This job involved three huge Leylandii hedges spanning several hundred meters of hedge line...
May 5, 2021
Urban trees offer huge benefits to cities and their inhabitants: From the aesthetic value of greenery and the biophilia effect – the positive mental health and wellbeing impacts of being near nature – to the now well-researched contribution that street trees make to...
Apr 5, 2021
In most roles, work experience is useful when you’re learning…there’s only so much you can get from a “full time” college course which actually only runs for three days in the week which also has to cover the essentials of basic tree identification, biology, soil...
Mar 5, 2021
Once the leaves are off the trees, we can really see the reach and stretch of the MEWP making the felling of this leaning Sycamore much safer and more efficient. There will always be a case for an experienced climber to work from the tree from a rope and...
