Caring For And Protecting Your Trees

Caring For And Protecting Your Trees

Once a tree has been planted, it takes appropriate and consistent consideration, support and upkeep to protect it on an ongoing basis. The most ideal approach to secure the survival of a tree is to prevent damage from occurring. Appropriate planting, upkeep and...
The Essentials Of Tree Wellbeing

The Essentials Of Tree Wellbeing

Tree maintenance and care can be a daunting task. Trees are often confronted with extreme conditions, risk of infestation and damage, and will likely need inspection at one point or another. Because of this, it’s imperative to know the basics of tree health, what to...
Why And How Trees Develop Issues

Why And How Trees Develop Issues

Tree disease and infection is a near unpredictable and frustrating thing. When looking to understand the basics of prevention and management in relation to these issues, knowing the different types of causes and risks that contribute to them is essential. The numerous...
The Risks And Benefits Of Mulching

The Risks And Benefits Of Mulching

Once in a while it’s interesting to determine what’s to extreme, insufficient or spot on for our trees. Take mulching, for instance. It’s an unquestionably essential requirement for legitimate tree support, however, when mulch is excessively high and...
The Main Indicators Of A Diseased Tree

The Main Indicators Of A Diseased Tree

How can you tell when a tree has disease or infection? Disease within a tree is most commonly identified through indications of disease seen in the crown, on foliage or stems of a tree. While determining and managing such issues can be an intimidating thing,...
Why Your Arborist Should Refrain From Using Spikes

Why Your Arborist Should Refrain From Using Spikes

Is your tree care specialist using spikes to climb while pruning your trees? Ouch! Climbing spikes are sharp steel spikes on the climber’s leg held by calfskin ties and cushioned backings. A tree care specialist should only utilize them to get to trees if they...
Why Your Trees Add Value to Your Life

Why Your Trees Add Value to Your Life

Trees are a beautiful thing. Aesthetically they provide us with so much joy, if it be from the flowers and colours they produce, or the fruits they bare. They offer benefits beyond measure, yet are commonly neglected by most. Everyone knows that trees filter the air...
Ways You are Loving Your Trees to Death – Mulch

Ways You are Loving Your Trees to Death – Mulch

It’s hard to imagine that as society becomes more aware and proactive about saving our environment, we could be damaging the trees that we are working so hard to save. With the influx of information that we have it can be difficult to determine where we can help. One...
Ways You are Loving Your Trees to Death – Pruning

Ways You are Loving Your Trees to Death – Pruning

It’s hard to imagine that as society becomes more aware and proactive about saving our environment, we could be damaging the trees that we are working so hard to save. With the influx of information that we have it can be difficult to determine where we can help. One...
Bumpy Maple Leaves? Gall Mites Might Be The Problem

Bumpy Maple Leaves? Gall Mites Might Be The Problem

Have you seen these bumps on your Maple trees? (Hope not!) Red, unattractive bumps, or ‘galls’ luckily do not cause damage to your trees, but sure look like they do! These red protrusions are caused by an insect such as the Bladder Gall Mite, or a Spindle Gall Mite...
Why Prune a Tree?

Why Prune a Tree?

A question I have been asked is ? If trees don’t get pruned in the forest, then why do we do it in the city??. So why prune a tree? That is a great question but it starts with an inaccurate premise. Trees in the forest do get pruned yet instead of a person doing...
Reasons for Tree/Branch Failure

Reasons for Tree/Branch Failure

We hope that this in depth guide will help you understand exactly what you need to consider to protect yourself in the event that there is tree or branch failure. We also would like to provide you with 6 ways to protect yourself in case of tree branch failure as to...
The Neighbour’s Tree

The Neighbour’s Tree

The one variable in most of these situations is the reasons why the customer is interested in the neighbour?s tree to begin with. Perhaps the neighbour?s tree has branches that are flapping on the roof.  Perhaps the neighbour?s tree is creating too much shade. ...
Top 7 Ways to Maintain Soil Quality

Top 7 Ways to Maintain Soil Quality

Maintain soil quality for your trees simply by following this guide. The tendency when evaluating the health of a tree is to look into a tree?s canopy and see if anything looks a little bit off.  This approach makes sense because oftentimes the buds, leaves, and...
Let the light through!

Let the light through!

Now that the season of spring and summer is upon us, most of us can’t wait to get out in the sunshine, start up the BBQ, have some evening cocktails in the garden., top-up on that Vitamin D! Our gardens feel the same, they need the sunshine to thrive so at this time...
A Simple Guide to Tree Surgery Terms

A Simple Guide to Tree Surgery Terms

Tree Surgery Terms – A Glossary You may know that your trees need some attention, but might have no idea what needs doing or what to ask for… Rest assured that in your first consultation with us our expert tree surgeons will talk you through exactly what needs doing...
Tree Surgeon V Arborist – What’s the difference?

Tree Surgeon V Arborist – What’s the difference?

Tree surgeon, Arborists, Arboriculturist, Local gardener… it can be confusing to know which is right choice when all you want is to find someone who can help you with your tree care needs. How do you know where to start and does it really matter? Firstly, the term...
Show your trees some love – 3 ways to maintain them

Show your trees some love – 3 ways to maintain them

The amazing varying shade of colour the way in which they purify our air, the homes they provide for our wildlife, and not forgetting the natural shields they form for our houses to keep out unwanted interest. As an arborist (tree surgeon) I am regularly asked to...