Crown Lifting is an excellent way of allowing more winter sun into the garden space, without affecting the overall shape and size of the crown. It is also beneficial, where trees hang low over pavements/footpaths or where branches are prone to touching down on roof tiles (usually noticeable in high winds!). We have a number of techniques in place, utilizing rigging/lowering equipment which allows us to remove branches that are directly above roofs without even touching, let alone damaging the building! A Crown Lift can often be combined with a Crown Thin to allow more light through the tree, again, whilst retaining the shape and size of the crown.
The most important aspect of Crown Reduction is ensuring that the amount that the tree is reduced by is relevant to the size of the original crown. The Arborist Tree Care team works very hard to ensure that when we reduce the crown of a tree – it is always to appropriate growth points. It is our aim to keep the tree in as much of a ‘Natural’ form as possible, and a bad crown reduction (or a pollard) can jeopardize this permanently. So, we always try to select growth points to reduce to that are in keeping with a tree in its natural form i.e. Trunk – (narrowing to) Boughs – (narrowing to) Branches – (narrowing to) Shoots – (narrowing to) Leaf Formations. Have a look at some examples of our work...
When we suggest a crown thin as an appropriate measure – it is usually because the crown is very dense and there is not enough light penetrating through into the rest of a garden space. This usually means that other bedding plants and ground cover (lawns) are not growing evenly. A Crown Thin basically aims to remove internal branches, crossing branches, branches that mimic each other and are very close, and dead branches (usually that have been super-seeded by those that have reached the crown). Crown Thinning is a good, common place tree maintenance practice. Have a look at some of the Crown thins we have done, and what a difference they can make!
In some cases, it is very easy to spot a tree that is in decline, and remedial action can be sought. Unfortunatly, this is not always the case and can require the eye of a specialist – to determine the condition of a tree, its stability, whether it is suffering from a disease (and the diseases implications) and ultimately its safety. It is not always the case that a tree of this nature be felled immediately, as there are other remedial actions that can lighten the crown, reduce danger aspects, and sometimes help the tree to regain stability. In most cases, however, Trees of this nature need to be removed and we have many techniques in-hand that we use to safely work on such trees.
With a bit of ingenuity and a lot of precision – we manage to get our specialized pieces of machinery/equipment into the most unusual places! We are especially good at dealing with trees that have limited vehicle access, by getting our tracked woodchipper to the base of trees and processing all the brash on-site. The major benefit of this to the client is that we only make two trips across lawns/lovingly created garden beds etc – and alleviate the pressure/damage caused by dragging handle-able sections of the tree through the garden. The time (and effort!) saved in taking the machinery to the tree (and not the tree to the machinery!) can help to keep the overall cost to the customer down. The Arborist Tree Care team can create unique opportunities for our unique ‘Creative Innovations’ projects - especially when dealing with Limited Access sites – You’d be amazed at some of the seemingly unrealistic/impossible places we have managed to access.
Pollarding is first and foremost done in the interest of safety, and is usually done to trees that were originally planted as hedgerow or boundary trees. It is not a practice that the Arborist Tree Care team particularly enjoys – simply because the end result is usually a stark, drastic and bare resemblance to a tree, permanently changing it from a ‘natural’ form more often than not never to regain it. Wherever possible we would rather you let us look at ‘Crown Reduction’, ‘Crown Thin’ or ‘Felling’ And ‘Re-Planting’. Taking a positive aspect, Pollarding is a great way of reducing the height of conifers planted as hedges, Poplars planted as boundary trees, and previously pollarded Limes.
We aim to re-use every part of the trees we work on and, wherever possible, reduce our carbon emissions to a minimum, whilst providing a first class service. We aim to retain trees in their natural form as much as possible. Ours is an urban forest, where there is a constant trade-off between aesthetics, light and space, conservation, and most importantly, safety. At Arborist Tree Care we always work to harmonise these aspects.
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