At Trees n Gardens, tree surgery is at the very heart of what we do! Our professional tree surgery services ensure that your trees remain healthy, safe, and beautiful. From crown thinning and deadwood removal to full tree felling, we approach each job with precision and care.
Complete Care for Your Trees
We provide complete tree care services across Warwickshire, Worcestershire, the West Midlands, Gloucestershire and the Cotswolds.
Our experienced team is equipped to handle trees of all sizes and conditions, using the latest techniques and equipment. Whether you need to address a hazardous tree, improve light and space, or simply maintain the natural beauty of your garden, trust us to provide expert solutions tailored to your needs.
Healthy, Happy Trees
We use the correct procedures in line with industry best-practice to ensure that your trees remain healthy, safe and look good too. Trees are often a focal point within your garden and we appreciate how important it is to be sympathetic to the needs of the tree, as well as the home-owner.
We provide a complete tree care service. Everything from pruning smaller trees and shrubs, shaping and reducing larger mature trees through to complete felling and removing where required. We are licensed to climb and perform aerial work in your trees.
Professional Arboriculture Advice & Tree Planting
We will advise on the best times to work on your trees and shrubs. Correct timing is crucial for the on-going health of your trees when considering pruning, shaping and reduction works. We will discuss the extent of works that you may require and balance this with the needs of the tree for it's on-going health.
We also offer professional advice on planting new trees. We especially love this part of our job, providing a complete service from initial discussions, sourcing the appropriate type and size of trees required through to planting out and on-going care for your new garden companions.
The Green Way
Once we have completed the work for you we can either remove all unwanted green/tree waste and dispose of it in the correct manner off site; composting or mulching wherever possible or we can shred all green/tree waste on site putting this in to your borders and flower beds to enrich the soil.
Log Processing and Splitting
We can also cut up any useful size timber produced from the work and leave you with a pile of logs for your fire or wood burner or we can remove this from site if you prefer. We can also split the larger trunk rounds for you to logs of a manageable size and provide advice on storing and seasoning. Please click here for more information.
Tree Preservation Orders and Conservation Areas
A tree preservation order (TPO) is a part of town and country planning in the United Kingdom. A TPO is made by a local planning authority (usually a local council) to protect specific trees or a particular area, group or woodland from deliberate damage and destruction. TPOs can prevent the felling, lopping, topping, uprooting or otherwise willful damaging of trees without the permission of the local planning authority. Conservation Areas afford similar forms of protection as TPO’s but apply to entire geographic areas, rather than specific trees or woodlands.
We are experienced in working with local councils and other bodies with regard to TPO’s and working in Conservation Areas. We will ascertain whether your tree(s) have TPO’s, what you are able to do with them and manage the process with the planning officer for you should you wish to have any work done on these trees.
Tree Terminology
Here are a few of the commonly used techniques and terms in tree surgery:
Crown Reduction
Reducing the height and width of the tree canopy("Crown") whilst maintaining and improving the appearance of it's natural shape. This is usually referred to either as a percentage - i.e. reduce by 25% or detailed as measurements - reduce height by 3M and width by 4M.
Crown Cleaning
Often the crown (top, leafy part) of the tree harbours dead or broken branches. Crown clearing is the removal of these – important for tree health, appearance and of course, safety of those passing beneath the tree.
Crown Thinning
This is the process of reducing the density of the tree canopy or branch structure. We remove the secondary or smaller branches. This then lets more light through the canopy of the tree and can help reduce shady areas in your garden, encourage lawn growth and stimulate fresh growth of surrounding shrubs and plants.
Pollard
This is a form of crown reduction that reduces the size of the tree canopy in size and weight. It is often used in residential areas to minimise leaf drop and to keep a tree to a certain size. It involves the removal of the upper branches of a tree and promotes a dense head of foliage and branch structure It is only suitable for certain species of trees such as Lime and Willow.
Target Pruning
This technique involves the removal of specific branches from the tree. It is often required to remove limbs that are dangerous, perhaps overhanging a conservatory, garage or pathway. The term target pruning actually relates to the final cuts that are made when completely removing a limb – close to the main stem of the tree but just outside of the branch collar. This ensures that the tree will “heal” properly and this cut does not leave unsightly tears in the bark or allow infection into the collar.
Dismantling or Felling
This is the complete removal of a tree. It is often necessary to remove the tree in sections, rather than simply felling it. This involves the arborist using rigging and lowering equipment to ensure no damage is caused to the surrounding conservatory, green house, garage etc. By rigging and lowering the damage to the lawn or other surface beneath the tree is limited, compared to simply dropping the limbs to the ground that may bounce and damage property or leave dents in the surface beneath the tree.
Stumps - Removal or Chemical Treatment
Once a tree has been felled this will leave a stump. Often this is left as it is, perhaps used to put a plant or ornament on. If you do need this removed to allow for a new shrub or tree to be planted, or wish to turf over where the tree stood, we offer a few solutions.
We can grind out the stump to a sufficient depth to allow for replanting or turfing.
We can, in some cases, remove the entire stump and the majority of the root network to ensure no epicormic re-growth, or, to prevent damage to surrounding paths or lawns, we can chemically inject the tree with special pellets that will kill off all growth, including root systems, meaning that the stump will rot away over time. These pellets are perfectly safe for the environment, pets and wildlife.
