Tree surgery for north London from LG trees, a company based in London N16
Here’s a recent example of our work pruning a sycamore tree in Hackney. It had grown too big for the location and was taking too much light from the owners’ and neighbours’ properties. The job was: It had been several
Here’s a recent example of our work pruning a Liquidambar in Islington. We’d reduced it twice before, so this was the second time reducing it back to the previous reduction points. We also removed the grape vine that had got
Here’s a recent example of our work pruning a plum tree this April. We’d reduced it before, in 2022, so the job was to remove and reduce four years of regrowth, reducing back to previous reduction points. The trick is
Here you can see the results of our pruning a pear tree. It had been reduced before. So our approach was to reduce back to previous reduction points, maintaining smaller branches. We took the after photo from a bit nearer
Here we show the results of our pruning a cabbage palm. These trees are originally from New Zealand. They can grow to about thirty feet, which is about the height of a three storey building. This particular one was probably
Here we show our work pruning a pine tree. They provide year round colour and privacy, as well as being popular with the birds. They also give welcome shade from the summer sun, and can smell good. Click here for
Here we show our work pruning wisteria. It is very hardy, and grows quickly. Properly maintained, it can be magnificent. Left unchecked, it can quickly get out of control. In some cases it can grow through closed windows, and clog
Here we show our work pruning an ash tree. It was early May, and the tree was about to come into leaf. Ash grow back relatively quickly and will take a pollard. This is a heavy reduction, removing all leaf
Here you can see our work pruning 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 from below), the
Here we were pruning 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