Our Service

Our services around the whole devon area, which are shown below, will be carried out to the highest professional standard as all our arborists are NPTC qualified, and either academically or professionally trained or both. We have full public liability insurance cover to £5 million. We have a strong Health & Safety culture and carry out a comprehensive risk assessment and equipment safety checks as part of any work we undertake.

Crown Reduction

This process involves reducing the size of the trees’ overall canopy by pruning the branches evenly throughout the crown. Dangerous deadwood and crossing branches are removed or pruned during the process to minimize the possibility of pathogens and disease infecting the tree.

Crown Thinning

Crown Thinning is the selective removal of inner branches evenly throughout the trees crown. It is an effective method of allowing light to travel through the crown without altering the trees’ natural shape. As with Crown Reduction, all dead wood and crossing branches are removed during this operation.

Crown Lifting

Crown Lifting is the removal of selected branches and limbs from the lower part of the trees crown, lifting the crown’s overall height and also allows more light to penertrate through the lower crown.

Felling

Occasionally a tree may need to be removed completely. Felling a large tree in a restricted area will normally require the tree to be climbed and dismantled in sections. Other times when space, safety and trees form and allows, a tree may be felled in the traditional forestry sense of the term, by bringing the tree to ground using practised methods to ensure a safe, controlled and calculated fell.

Hedge Trimming & Reduction

Regular hedge trimming maintains the hedge to look ‘tight and full’ and can avoid the need to cut back heavily. If left neglected, cutting back heavily can result in a bare and unpleasant looking hedge-line, which may take some time to fully recover. Hedge maintenance may also include the reduction in hedge height when left neglected and overgrown.

Pollarding

Pollarding is a woodland management method, but has in recent years found its way into the practice of arboriculture. The process involves the removal of all branches and most limbs, resulting in the remainder of only the trunk and occasionally a framework of the major limbs. After a tree has been pollarded the tree is given some time to re-grow, after which the process may be repeated.

Branch & Limb Removal

Sometimes it is necessary to remove certain branches of a trees crown, without fully reducing, thinning or lifting the crown. An example would be if a large branch or number of branches had extended over a neighbouring boundary. This process involves removing as little live growth as possible to ensure the health and stability of the tree.

Deadwooding

As a tree grows it is natural for some branches to die back, for safety reasons it is advisable to have your tree regularly inspected and cleared of any deadwood especially in public areas.

Fruit Tree Pruning

As well as pruning fruit trees to keep their size and shape under control, this practice is carried out to stimulate the formation of flower and fruit buds. In most species of trees, pruning should be done early in the season or whilst the tree is dormant throughout the colder months. Careful attention to pruning and training young trees will also prevent injury from weak crotches that could break under snow or fruit load.

Tree Planting

Tree planting is a very important and essential aspect of the tree professionals job to ensure they uphold the curator roel for maintaining and improving the continuity of tree cover within the landscape / urbanscape.

Fallen Trees

When a tree falls down it is usually due to the trees age or health, or the result of bad weather, or a combination of all three. Should you have a fallen tree that requires removal we will come to inspect the tree and begin work to remove it for you as soon as we can. Depending on the size and the location of the fallen tree, safety must be the immediate consideration and we will endeavor to treat these emergency cases as priority.

Tree Health Assessment

Even an apparently healthy tree may contain hazards. An initial inspection will identify areas that need attention for immediate and long-term safety considerations. Should you have concerns regarding a tree’s health, a member of our team can inspect and assess its condition and will advise on the best course of action.

For more information on our services please contact us.