Removing ivy has its advantages and disadvantages. Ivy flowers relatively late in the year and so is an important source of pollen. It is popular habitat for wildlife. Birds like to nest in it. According to the RSPB, peak nesting
Reducing a Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia)
Here we show our work reducing a Rowan, also known as a Mountain Ash. In a normal sized back garden, the customer understandably felt it had grown too congested. It was taking too much light from the rest of the
Reducing a Eucalyptus
Here we show our work reducing a Eucalyptus in someone’s back garden. The tree had grown too big for the location, and ivy was starting to engulf it. As a result it was taking too much light from the gardens
Reducing lime trees
Reducing lime trees often involves re-pollarding, i.e. reducing back to stumps. This is standard practice for maintaining lime trees. This job was different. The owner of a well known pub on Victoria Park asked us to reshape their lime trees,
Pruning an apple tree
Here we show some restorative tree work, pruning an apple tree. We did this in winter when it was dormant. Over time apple trees can become overly congested. We have thinned the tree’s canopy by pruning back to significant branches,
Pruning a holly tree
Here are the before and after photos showing our work pruning a holly tree. The customer understandably felt the tree was getting too big for the front garden, taking too much light from it and the houses. Also, the (prickly)
Tree surgeon vacancy: part time trainee tree surgeon / ground person
LG trees have a tree surgeon vacancy for a part time, self employed ground person / trainee tree surgeon / second climber. We are a personal, professional tree surgery company based in Stoke Newington, London, with consistently good feedback from
Pruning an olive tree
Pruning an olive tree Here we have before and after photos of us pruning an olive tree, which is on the left in both photos. We also trimmed back the jasmine growing over the wall, removed it from the tall
Reducing a silver birch tree
Reducing a silver birch tree Perhaps the tree in your garden has got too big. It might be taking too much light from your garden or your neighbour’s. Its size might be starting to worry granny. We can help. In
Thinning out a tree’s canopy
Thinning a tree’s canopy Here we show one type of pruning: thinning out a tree’s canopy, in this case a sycamore, in order to allow more light to reach the gardens below. Another benefit is that the canopy will provide less