Here you can see our work reshaping two high profile holly trees in a north London conservation area. Although perhaps not immediately obvious due to the angle of the before photo on the left above (looking up at the trees
Reducing an oak tree
“Reduce back to previous reduction points, maintaining shorter branches; crown clean (remove deadwood and epicormic shoots); remove all cuttings”. That’s what we’d agreed with the customer. It was a relatively big task: two days for three men. Two climbers in
Reducing a Eucalyptus tree
Eucalyptus trees thrive in London’s climate. Being evergreen, they provide year round colour. They also grow fast, and grow back relatively quickly after being reduced. Here we show our work reducing a Eucalyptus tree on Tufnell Park Road. It had
Re-pollarding lime trees
Lime trees are often maintained as ‘pollards’. This is where a tree has grown too big for the location. It is then fairly heavily reduced by pruning back to bare stumps. The tree then produces new shoots from those stumps.
Reducing a London plane tree
Here we are reducing a London plane tree. Q: What is London’s most common tree? A: This is, after extensive planting during Victorian times. They are easy to find in London’s roads and parks. They also produce fine filaments that
Reducing a willow tree
Willows grow back relatively quickly. We’d reduced this one two years previously. Here are the before and after photos showing our work reducing a willow. Someone else had pollarded this tree (cut back to bare stumps) before we got to
Reducing a bay tree
Here are the results of our work reducing a bay tree in a back garden in Islington. Bay trees can grow to 12m / 40 feet / four stories tall with the same width. Therefore it makes sense to keep
Removing ivy
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