Liverpool Tree Care Services

Good couple of days working on big boundary trees at Reynolds Park,L25. Trees like this mature Sycamore clad in Ivy provide optimal habitat for nesting birds & promote insect life which the birds can feed from. Only trouble is, while we always encourage our clients to retain / manage the Ivy on big trees rather than removing it, it does make the tree climbing rather challenging, like climbing in a jungle 20m high ! Glad to say we're back working at full pace post lockdown after scaling down to a 2 Day week throughout the lockdown period, we've been inundated with incoming work over the past 3 weeks but we're managing to follow up all our local & regular clent enquiries, if we have not had the capacity to respond to your enquiry we can only apologise, when work surges so wildly we can only respond as best we can with the team we have !

Another beautiful tree saved ! - A mature Ash by Newsham Park, L6. We were contacted by the owner who was proposing to Fell the Ash due to the tree's proximity to the house, some minor damage to the stone garden path caused by Surface Root and the presence of significant Deadwood within the crown. Following our inspection of the Ash we found no visible conflict or threat present to the property, and the Ash - though at post mature stage, appeared healthy & in good condition. We offered an alternative option to Felling involving Crown Reduction to provide adequate clearance from the property and a thorough Crown Clean. We are pleased to say the client is very happy with both the finished result and the saving in cost for the work we carried out compared with the cost of Felling. Always a good day when we can save our City's beautiful mature trees from unnecessary Felling - If a tree is healthy & worthy of retention there are always management solutions to the conflicts they might present to persons or property. Only the inexperienced / unqualified or 'rogue' Tree Surgeon will advise Felling as the only option.

The theme of our last two weeks at work - Mature wind blown part-failed Ash with previous root plate decay(Honey Fungus) 'hung up' on adjacent Sycamores overhanging Redcourt Care Home, L18. Multiple high climbing line anchor points used in adjacent trees to safely assist the climber(s) & some exciting technical Section Dismantle work. Log sections retained on-site to create 'Habitat Piles'. Good day at the office !

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04s1jpw A brief BBC Radio interview with us today regarding the impact of yesterday's storm on our city's trees. Clip begins at 41:30

24/02/2017, Paul Salt - BBC Radio Merseyside Paul Salt brings you the news, sport, weather, travel and the day's talking points.

The UK’s trees are under threat from an increasing range
of invasive pests and diseases. Over the past decade, a
least a dozen tree pests and diseases have been found
here for the first time, or have become more damaging.
Trade, Transport, Travel, Tourism are the key entry
routes for Invasive Non-­Native Species -­ or INNS, the
acronym by which they are often referred to.
Research from the US and UK highlights the greatly expanded horticultural trade in imported exotic and mature species from around the world as the main ‘Trojan Horse’ for new pests and diseases – accounting for 70% of invasive introductions to the US and 90% to the UK. Below we look at Dutch Elm Disease - we have unfortunately felled a number of affected Elms(predominantly young coppice / multi-stem Elms regrown from previously felled single Elms) over recent months due to a resurgence of the disease. http://www.forestry.gov.uk/fr/hcou-4u4jcl

Dutch elm disease (Forest Research) The present situation regarding Dutch elm disease in Britain

The end of another busy week last week with 3 days work at St.Michael's Primary School,L17. And this week we're busy completing works at St.Paul's & St.Timothy's Junior School, L12 and Childwall Primary School, L16 before the summer holidays are over. No holidays for us apparently !

Good day working in the sunshine for Knowsley Safari Park clearing scrub plantation to create access into the woodland & brash prepared and piled ready for the resident Elephants & Giraffes to graze on !

3 good days in Lydiate Section Dismantling a Dead Large Beech adjacent to Highway & Overhead Power Line - Fungus : Meripilus Giganteus causing extensive Root Decay & complete Dieback of Crown

Perfect day(maybe the whole week...?) at the office ! Roll on Spring time...

A recent further 2x Days work on Phase 3 at St.Hilda's School, L17 - for Morgan Sindall Group

A recent review from a client following 2 days work we completed at a large block of apartments in L17 :

Mat at Liverpool Tree Care has been a great help overseeing all the tree care on a large property I manage in south Liverpool. From the initial meeting, I found Mat to be very knowledgeable, he was able to draw up a tree plan for the potential work to be carried out and took away the stress of planning permission by dealing directly with the Council and arranged the Tree Protection Orders, meaning peace of mind for me. After the submission was approved, Mat and his team quickly executed the work at the site in a very professional manner, clearing the site and all the waste with minimal disruption.
I highly recommend Mat and his expert Team, for quality, professional and friendly tree care, they really care about what they're doing. Thanks again and look forward to working with you again.
Alex Peckett
Grounds Maintenance Contractor

2x Mature Lombardy Poplars - Height Reduction @30% (Reduce risk of failure within confined domestic space)