Helping Trees Through a Heatwave With another spell of hot, dry weather affecting much of the UK, it's not just our lawns that are beginning to look thirsty. Trees, particularly those in gardens and urban areas, are also feeling the effects. The good news is that...
Why Is My Box Hedge Turning Brown? Few plants are as closely associated with the British garden as Box (which also happens to be one of a small club of native trees and large shrubs). Whether clipped into neat hedges, elegant topiary balls, spirals, or intricate...
Ash Dieback – Where Are We Now? 🌳 Over the past decade, Ash Dieback has dramatically changed the British landscape. Most people will now have seen Ash trees with thinning crowns, dead branches, or entire sections of woodland where the trees are clearly struggling. It...
So what is going on? Every year, around this time, we start to see the same two things happening in gardens. Fruit trees are suddenly shedding young fruit, and people are wondering whether they should be getting the secateurs out. If you’ve noticed small apples,...
Caring for Young Trees A Small Investment Now Will Pay Dividends Later 🌳 Following on from my earlier email encouraging tree planting, it felt like a good moment to revisit something just as important: what happens after the tree goes in the ground. Planting a tree is...
Trees and Boundaries: A Straightforward Guide for Homeowners 🌳 When it comes to trees and boundaries, this is one of the most common sources of confusion we encounter. Who owns the tree? Who is responsible for it? And what can you legally do if branches or roots are...
The Hidden Life of Trees: Why Bugs Matter More Than You Think 🐞🌳 When we look at a tree, we tend to notice the obvious: the shape, the leaves, the blossom and perhaps the shade it casts on a warm day. But what we don’t often see is the extraordinary world of insects...
Tree Work and Nesting Birds Working Responsibly During the UK Nesting Season 🐦🌳 As gardens and landscapes burst back into life each Spring, trees and hedgerows quickly become busy places, not just for gardeners and tree teams, but for wildlife too. Tree work...
Honey Fungus (Armillaria species) is a common fungus that exists frequently on dead plant material, but has the ability to become parasitic on the living roots and lower stem of many sorts of plant.