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...
🌸 Spring’s Quiet Fireworks: The Importance of Tree Flowers in the UK 🌸 At this time of year, gardens, parks and hedgerows across the UK begin to change almost overnight. Buds swell, branches soften, and suddenly trees that looked lifeless just weeks ago burst into...
Are you struggling with a tree that’s causing shade and nuisance? At Tree Maintenance Ltd, we recently helped a valued customer with a challenging tree situation.
Floods and storms effect trees in many ways, their effect is greatly influenced by many factors such as wind speed, wind direction, rain intensity and duration, location, water type tree species, age and health. Trees can adapt to changing conditions but this...
Have you ever wondered what training is required for someone to become a tree surgeon, or what skills are needed in order to get started in this interesting career? In this blog we aim to give you an insight into what training is required to become a skilled and...
As tree surgeons (or Arborists to give the correct term) we are often privileged to be asked to undertake some really interesting work. A particular example being at Hatherop Castle School when we were called in for tree surgery. We were tasked to replace a really old...
Once you have decided that your trees or shrubs need some attention, the next step is to contact a tree surgeon for advice on tree surgery and a quote. On arrival, the tree surgeon (or Arborists to give the correct title) will listen to your requirements and ask...
Fungi are one of the most amazing diverse organisms on the planet. They take many forms from slimes and toadstools to rusts and mildews. They can colonise some of the most inhospitable environments and cause diseases in plants, animals, insects and micro-organisms...
There are many species of tree that can be grown to make suitable hedges, but probably the most common ones we come across (in no particular order) are: Yew, Beech, Hornbeam, Hawthorn, Laurel, Holly, Pyracantha, Berberis, Thuja (Western Red Cedar), Leyland Cypress,...
If you’ve ever hired a Tree Surgeon to prune your trees or trim your hedges, or even if you’ve done these things yourself, you’ll have noticed that in no time at all a huge pile of green waste is generated, often much more than you might of imagined possible. At Tree...