Back garden, Kent
Pollarded pair
Two mature garden trees taken to a matched framework in a single visit.
Crown reductions, thinning, lifting and reshaping. Carried out to BS 3998, with the long term shape of the tree in mind.
"Tree needs cutting back" can mean a few different things. Here's what we actually do, and when each technique is the right call.
Whole canopy shortened evenly, natural shape kept. Right call when a tree's starting to dominate the garden.
Selected branches taken out of the inside of the canopy. More light and wind through, outline unchanged.
Lower branches removed to raise the canopy's clearance. 2.5m over lawn, 5.2m over road as standard.
Restoring shape to a tree that's grown lopsided or had bad work done to it before. Slower, more careful work.
BS 3998 says no more than 30% of a tree's canopy in one go. There's a reason.
The roots are sized to support the canopy. Take too much off the top and the tree puts out aggressive water shoots to compensate. Two years on it looks worse, has weaker structure, and the cycle repeats.
Need more than that off? We phase it over two or three visits a year apart. Or, if it's that out of scale, we'll suggest removal and replanting. We turn down jobs that ask for excessive reduction.
Reductions and pollards from recent jobs. Every cut considered, every framework left sound and ready to grow back well.
A few jobs from the last few months.
Two mature garden trees taken to a matched framework in a single visit.
A tall garden tree brought back hard without losing the leader, glass untouched.
Pollarded away from the roofline and chimney, with regrowth managed from here on.
A careful percentage off a big old crown, all worked from the ropes.
Free site visit, written quote within 24 hours. We'll tell you what the tree actually needs.