Tree pruning

Crown Reductions

Reducing the overall spread and height of a trees canopy with carefully selected pruning cuts in accordance with BS3998 (British standard for good practice and tree work). This will maintain a naturally shaped healthy crown of a more appropriate size.

Crown Lifting

Raising the canopy by removing the lower branches to give clearance to pedestrians, traffic, buildings and phone lines, whilst allowing more light into gardens.

Crown Thinning

Selective removal of secondary branches within the trees canopy, to allow more light through the tree and reduce the sail effect during high winds.

Fruit tree pruning

Maintenence pruning, thinning and shaping to give your fruit trees the best chance of a bumper crop.

Confier reductions + trimming and shaping

Evergreen conifer trees such as Leyland cypress (cupressoocyparis leylandii), Lawson's cypress (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana) and Western red cedar (Thuja plicata) are popular choices in British gardens. Sometimes grown as stand-alone trees, but often planted as a boundary hedge, they can make an excellent fast growing and dense screen providing good privacy and plenty of good sheltered nesting sites for birds. These trees can grow very tall and bushy and outgrow a small garden quite quickly so it is important to keep on top of them with regular maintenance. An annual autumn trim is usually enough to keep most conifers in check. With regular trimming the foliage can be maintained very tight and in neat shapes using hedgecutters.

If a conifer has been neglected for a few years then a reduction may be needed to prevent the tree from blocking available natural light into the garden. It is always best to carry out this kind of work during the autumn and winter months when there's no chance of disturbing any nesting birds.

Get in touch if you want advice on what can be done to your conifers to keep them at their best.