Pruning & crown work
Most trees do not need to come down. They need the right cuts, in the right places, at the right time of year — and then leaving alone for a few years.
Crown reduction takes height and spread off a tree while keeping its natural shape. Crown thinning takes selected branches out of the middle to let light and wind through. Crown lifting removes the lowest limbs to clear a path, a drive or a window. Deadwooding takes out what has already died before it falls on something.
All of it is cut to British Standard 3998, which matters more than it sounds. Bad pruning — topping a tree back to stumps, tearing bark on the way down, cutting flush to the trunk — creates decay pockets that kill the tree slowly and leave you with a bigger bill in five years. Proper cuts heal.
Fair questions
- When is the best time to prune?
- Most broadleaves are best cut in late autumn or winter when dormant. Some — cherry, plum and birch among them — are better in summer to avoid bleeding or disease. We will tell you if it is worth waiting.
- Will it grow back thicker?
- Badly cut trees respond with dense weak regrowth. Properly cut ones do not. That is the whole argument for BS 3998.
- Can you just take the top off?
- Topping is bad practice and we will not do it. There is almost always a reduction that achieves the same thing without wrecking the tree.
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