Tree & Arboricultural Services
From individual tree works to larger commercial and contracted arboriculture, our experienced team provides professional tree services for schools, local authorities, businesses, estates and other organisations.
With over 10 years' experience and NPTC-qualified operatives, we have the skills and specialist equipment to undertake everything from routine pruning and tree maintenance through to more challenging removals and vegetation clearance.
Our arboriculture team works closely with our wider grounds maintenance operation, allowing us to take on projects involving trees, hedges, scrub and surrounding vegetation rather than treating each element as a separate job.
Whether you have a single tree that needs attention or require ongoing tree works across multiple sites, we'll be happy to visit, assess what's required and recommend the most appropriate approach.
Whether it's a single problem tree or part of a larger clearance project, our qualified arborists can carry out safe and controlled tree felling and removal across commercial sites, schools, estates, public spaces and other locations.
Trees may require removal because of disease, decay, storm damage, structural concerns, development works or simply because they've become unsuitable for their location.
Where space allows, trees can be safely felled from ground level. In more restricted or sensitive locations, our experienced climbers can carefully dismantle the tree in sections, using specialist rigging and lowering techniques where required to protect surrounding buildings, surfaces and vegetation.
Our tree felling services can include:
- Individual tree removal
- Sectional dismantling in restricted areas
- Dead, dangerous and damaged trees
- Storm-damaged tree removal
- Commercial and contracted tree works
- Site and vegetation clearance
- Processing and chipping of arisings
- Log removal where required
- Stump grinding following removal
With our wider grounds and vegetation management capabilities, we can also deal with the clearance and reinstatement of the surrounding area where the tree removal forms part of a larger project.
If you have a tree you're concerned about or simply aren't sure what work is required, get in touch and we'll be happy to take a look and advise on the most appropriate approach.
When a tree has become too large for its surroundings, is encroaching on buildings or simply needs its size carefully managed, crown reduction can provide an effective solution without removing the tree.
Our qualified arborists carry out professional tree and crown reduction, selectively pruning the canopy to reduce its overall height and spread while retaining the tree's natural shape and structure.
Tree reduction can be useful for:
- Trees growing too close to buildings or structures
- Overextended or heavily weighted branches
- Managing the overall height and spread of a tree
- Improving structural balance
- Removing damaged or weak growth
- Reducing excessive overhang
- Managing mature trees within restricted spaces
Rather than simply cutting branches back indiscriminately, our aim is to achieve a balanced and sympathetic reduction, making appropriate pruning cuts while considering the long-term health, appearance and structure of the tree.
Whether you have a single tree that's becoming difficult to manage or require crown reduction across a larger site, we'll be happy to assess the trees and recommend an appropriate level of work.
From a single stump in a restricted space to larger stumps and commercial clearance projects, we have specialist stump grinding equipment to suit a wide range of sites.
Our Rayco RG37 Trac Jr tracked stump grinder gives us the power and manoeuvrability to tackle larger and more demanding stumps efficiently, while our smaller pedestrian stump grinder allows us to access tighter areas where larger machinery isn't practical.
Our stump grinding services can include:
- Individual tree stumps
- Large and mature tree stumps
- Multiple stump clearance
- Restricted-access locations
- Commercial and development sites
- Schools and public spaces
- Estates and larger properties
- Stumps within grassed and landscaped areas
- Site clearance ahead of landscaping or reinstatement
Stumps can be ground below the surrounding ground level, allowing the area to be reclaimed and prepared for grass, planting, landscaping or other works.
More Than Just Grinding the Stump
Where stump removal forms part of a larger project, our wider grounds and land preparation capabilities mean we can continue with the next stage.
This can include clearing the grindings, importing soil where required, levelling, ground preparation and grass seeding or turf reinstatement, leaving the area ready for its next use rather than simply leaving behind a hole filled with stump grindings.
Whether you have one awkward stump or a site containing multiple trees and stumps that need clearing, get in touch and we'll be happy to assess the access, stump size and most practical approach.
Tree and vegetation works can generate a considerable amount of material, so being able to process, clear and responsibly remove the arisings is an important part of completing the job properly.
Our arboriculture team can chip branches and woody material on site, significantly reducing its volume and allowing it to be efficiently handled and transported.
Our service can include:
- Wood and branch chipping
- Tree surgery arisings
- Hedge and scrub clearance
- Green waste collection
- Commercial site clearance
- Large vegetation clearance projects
- Removal of arisings from site
Where appropriate, wood chip can be retained on site for suitable reuse, or removed along with other green waste.
Green waste removed from site can be transported to an authorised recycling facility for processing and composting, helping ensure the material is handled responsibly rather than simply treated as general waste.
Combined with our tree felling, pruning, stump grinding and vegetation clearance capabilities, we can manage the whole process from cutting and clearance through to removal of the resulting material.
Not every tree needs reducing or removing. Often, selective pruning is all that's required to keep a tree safe, well balanced and suitable for its surroundings.
Our qualified arborists can assess individual trees and carry out the appropriate pruning work while considering the tree's natural form, condition and location.
Crown Lifting
Crown lifting involves selectively removing lower branches to increase clearance beneath the tree.
This is particularly useful where trees overhang roads, footpaths, car parks, buildings and other areas requiring safe access, while allowing the main canopy and natural shape of the tree to remain.
Deadwood Removal
Dead, dying or damaged branches can present a risk where trees are located above footpaths, roads, playgrounds, car parks, buildings and other frequently used areas.
Our arborists can selectively remove deadwood and unsafe branches, helping manage the tree while reducing the risk of falling limbs.
Crown Thinning & General Pruning
Where appropriate, we can also carry out crown thinning and selective branch pruning to manage overcrowded, damaged or poorly positioned growth without unnecessarily reducing the whole tree.
Tree pruning and crown maintenance can be undertaken for individual trees or as part of a wider programme of arboricultural works across schools, commercial sites, estates and public spaces.
Not sure which type of pruning your tree needs? Get in touch and we'll be happy to assess it and recommend the most appropriate work.
From individual hedges to long roadside, estate and field boundaries, we provide professional hedge cutting using both conventional arboricultural equipment and specialist tractor-mounted machinery.
Our teams can select the most appropriate method for the site, whether that's careful cutting around a property or efficient tractor and sidearm flail hedge cutting across much larger areas.
Our hedge cutting services can include:
- Commercial hedge cutting
- Tractor and sidearm hedge cutting
- Roadside and highway hedges
- Estate and field boundaries
- Schools and commercial sites
- Large and overgrown hedges
- Regular programmed maintenance
- One-off hedge reduction and clearance
Specialist Tractor Hedge Cutting
For longer hedgerows and larger sites, our modern tractors and sidearm flail equipment allow us to work efficiently while achieving a clean and consistent finish.
Our tractor hedge cutting capability is also available as a specialist service to other grounds maintenance, landscaping and arboricultural contractors who may not have the machinery required for larger-scale works.
When a Hedge Needs More Than a Flail
Where hedges contain larger limbs, trees or heavy woody growth, our arboriculture team can work alongside the tractor operation using chainsaws and specialist tree equipment where required.
This combination means we can tackle more challenging and heavily overgrown boundaries rather than simply cutting around anything the tractor can't manage.
Whether you need a single large hedge brought back under control or regular tractor hedge cutting across multiple sites, get in touch and we'll be happy to discuss the most practical approach.
For overgrown, neglected or difficult-to-access areas, we provide vegetation and site clearance using a combination of our arboriculture team and specialist grounds machinery.
From brambles and dense scrub through to small trees, stumps and heavy vegetation, we can select the right equipment for the site rather than relying on one method of clearance.
Our clearance services can include:
- Overgrown vegetation and scrub clearance
- Bramble and woody growth removal
- Small tree and sapling clearance
- Chainsaw clearance
- Flail mowing
- Cut and collect mowing
- Stump grinding
- Excavator-assisted clearance
- Chipping and removal of arisings
- Clearance ahead of construction or landscaping
- Clearance ahead of ground preparation and seeding
People & Machinery Working Together
Some sites need more than simply sending in a flail mower.
Our arboriculture team can tackle trees, limbs and heavier woody vegetation, while our tractors, flails, collector mowers, stump grinders and excavators can deal efficiently with the surrounding ground and vegetation.
This combination allows us to take on larger and more challenging clearance projects, including sites that have been left unmanaged for a considerable period of time.
Clearance Is Often Just the Beginning
Where vegetation clearance forms part of a wider project, we can also continue with the next stage.
Our land preparation capabilities include cultivation, stone burying, levelling, ground preparation, grass seeding and wildflower establishment, allowing us to take an area from heavily overgrown ground through to a completely new use.
Whether you need an overgrown corner cleared or a larger site brought back under control, get in touch and we'll be happy to assess the area and recommend the most practical approach.
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