Dedham Vale Tree Surgery achieve Safe Contractor award

Safecontractor approved tree surgeons in Colchester, Manningtree, and Ipswich

SafeContractor accredited tree surgeons – what is it and how does it benefit you? Dedham Vale Tree Surgery has recently been awarded the SafeContractor accreditation by Alcumus. With over 30,000 members to date, SafeContractor is “helping build a better working world for everyone”. What is SafeContractor and how does it benefit our clients? SafeContractor was founded in […]

Emergency call out to a fire-damaged tree at Wrabness Woods

Emergency tree work at Wrabness woods.

It was another busy weekend for Dedham Vale Tree Surgeons. We were called out to Wrabness Woods to assist the local fire brigade after they had been unable to extinguish a fire before too much damage was done. Vandals had set fire to a Sweet Chestnut tree at the popular destination for walkers and nature […]

Drought in Trees in the Dedham Colchester area

Tree removal in Ardleigh high street

We were sorry to see this one go. It had stood in Ardleigh high street for many years. The current climate situation has stressed a huge amount of older trees and forced them into decline. Lack of water has resulted in them defoliating their canopy earlier and earlier every year to reduce the amount of […]

Quick 1 hour job to pop a light up

Cherry picker hire service with operator changing a light in Mistley.

We had a call from an elderly gentleman in Mistley who had frightened himself climbing up a ladder to try to change a light. Sensibly he called us and we arrived the next day to get him up to the height he needed in a safe and speedy manner. He was very pleased and left […]

New narrow access stump grinder

Narrow access stump grinder for stump removal in Colchester, Manningtree, and Ipswich

Say hello to our new narrow-access stump grinder. It’s narrow enough to fit almost any width space including most typical garden gate sizes. What makes this machine even more impressive is its power-to-weight ratio, meaning it is light enough to lift up steps, over fences, and any number of other garden obstacles. Dedham Vale Tree […]

Team chill and a drink to toast the hard working week

Relaxing after a hard days tree work in Suffolk.

We love our job and we love working hard, but sometimes it’s nice to toast a hard week and have relax. This is the full team of Dedham Vale Tree Surgery minus one guy because of a family commitment. We like to go to our local pubs which is either the Marlborough head or the […]

Single day rental in Hadleigh to help paint a customers house

Cherry picker hire in Hadleigh, Suffolk.

A customer called us up because he needed to paint the front of his house. A ladder wouldn’t reach and it wouldn’t have been safe. Scaffolding was too expensive so he turned to us a Dedham Vale Cherry Picker Hire. We Turned up and set up the cherry picker safely for the customer. By the […]

Hintlesham Hall Golf Club Timber Extraction

Timber extraction at Hintlesham Hall.

We have embarked on a large project at Hintlesham Hall golf club felling and extracting large decaying trees that are invasive to the native setting of the Hintlesham valley. The weather has been extremely testing but the guys at Dedham Vale Tree Surgery have muscled through and persevered to get the job done. When we […]

It’s feeling Festive!

Christmas spirit at Dedham Vale

Here at Dedham Vale Tree Surgery, we are already starting to feel the Christmas spirit as we notice more and more of our lovely customers for our tree surgery services in Essex and Suffolk have their Christmas decorations up. If like me your Christmas shopping is not yet complete, what about considering a Forestry England […]

Working with cranes

Removing overhanging tree from caravan with a crane.

At Dedham Vale Tree Surgery we consider ourselves pretty lucky to be for the most part doing a job we love. Some days are always more fun than others. Sometimes it isn’t so good because of tough weather conditions, whilst other days are amazing. This week we had one of the amazing days out in […]