Natural variations

Posted on February 22, 2024 by andrewadmin

I received a number of pictures from a concerned dog walker this week. Alarmed by the appearance of the bark on this Silver Birch, she asked me if there was anything to be worried about. I reassured h... Read More

Ideas about root damage

Posted on May 24, 2023May 24, 2023 by andrewadmin

On a weekly basis, I have to try and explain that peoples’ perception of tree root damage is flawed...... Read More

To Prune or Not to Prune?

Posted on October 22, 2019October 22, 2019 by andrewadmin

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Leave that tree alone!

Posted on October 10, 2017 by andrewadmin

A few days ago I had one of those surveys where I spent as long dispelling commonly-held misunderstandings of trees as surveying them! Whether its a certainty that Ivy kills trees or an insistence tha... Read More

The myth of Ivy

Posted on June 1, 2017 by andrewadmin

Not a week goes by when I don’t deal with Ivy in trees.  It is one of the most commonly misunderstood interactions between one plant and another despite the fact that the interaction of Ivy with tr... Read More