Tree of the year!
This year’s Tree of the Year award goes to a stunning 1,000 year old oak in Liverpool. The Woodland Trust has decided that Allerton Oak in Calderstones Park will now represent the UK in a European competition. One of the other entries in the competition was a local tree, a 200 year old sycamore growing […]
Dog Blog
As regular customers will know my rescue dog Shelby often comes out and about to work with me. We always check before Shelby is permitted into a client’s garden and we understand if people do not want her to come out of the truck. However 99% of our clients are very happy to see Shelby […]
Kielder Forest
As holidays in the UK grow more popular 1000s of people flock to traditional locations like Devon, Cornwall and Pembrokeshire. However a visit to Northumberland a couple of summers ago not only provided a welcome break from hordes of people but also enabled me to visit Kielder Water and Forest Park, which is England’s largest […]
Non native trees
Continuing from last week’s post about native trees I have again used the Woodland trust website to provided a definition of non-native trees: Any species that has been brought to the UK by humans is called non-native. This means that species would not naturally live here if it were not for us intentionally or accidentally […]
Defining native trees
In these blogs I often mention native trees and I thought it may be time to define this, which I have done below from the definition provided on the Woodland Trust website. The term native is used for any species that has made its way to the UK naturally, not intentionally or accidentally introduced by […]
Nesting Birds
At this time of year the birds are nesting in our hedgerows and in order to protect them and their young there are laws in place. Sadly there are some unscrupulous people in our industry who will ignore these laws and if you see this going on it should be reported. The RSPB recommends not […]
Chelsea flower show
So the 2019 Chelsea Flower show is on this week, and this year for the show Forestry England is working with garden designer Sarah Eberle to create The Resilience Garden – which celebrates the forests of the future. The garden will suggest potential solutions to protect the nation’s woods and forests against a changing climate, […]
Promo Video
A new promo video is in the planning stages. Watch this space! Please feel free to comment if there is any aspect of tree work you would like to see demonstrated in the video. Here are links to some of our historical promo videos.
Forest Bathing
The Japanese practice of Forest Bathing is becoming more popular in the UK as a way to de-stress. It is quite simply being calm and quiet among the trees, here are some tips to enjoy Forest Bathing:What
Trees for dogs in Dedham
So here is our lovely dog Atlas having a nose around the canine parkour course at Dog Training for Essex & Suffolk in Ardleigh with logs for the course all supplied by Dedham Vale Tree Surgery. This is a superb dog training school with loads of innovative classes as well as regular obedience. We have […]