Tree Surgeon News

Current pictures as Horsham’s ALP appliance also in attendance helping Tree Surgeons gain access #Crawley #SceneSafety pic.twitter.com/ …

The tree fell through the roof and into the first floor of the home in Bewbush, near Crawley, West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service said. Fire crews …

Large tree crashes into a house in Crawley causing major damage … with building control officers from Crawley Borough Council and tree surgeons.”.

… time the tree fell over while a woman in the second property was sleeping downstairs as her bedroom was being renovated. Tree surgeons are now …

Citizen science and tree health in the UK, Andy Gordon, Observatree Volunteer The first use of volunteers for monitoring tree health in the UK occurred in 1993, when a project was established to track the condition of amenity trees at several sites across five regions in England alone. Before that time no formal monitoring of … Read more

Tree surgeons worked around the clock to clear Walderslade Woods just last weekend for the huge clean up operation. Stranded vehicles were left in …

First pictures show the aftermath of a chaotic night of snow and hours of crippling delays in Chatham. Walderslade Wood Road is currently closed to …

Wrexham council responded quickly with tree surgeons. 24hr Co-op insurance will get back to me dad between 8 and 1 Monday. Fingers crossed.”.

ARB Show 2018 – A celebration of the science of trees. The ARB Show is the biggest pure arb trade fair in the UK. Celebrating the world of arboriculture. Arborists and visitors from around the globe will attend ARB Show 2019 over Friday 17th and Saturday 18th May.

Women in Arboriculture Core Committee member Bo Hammarstrand gives her thoughts on being a female arborist. A Swedish arborist working in the UK and Sweden, Bo has an impressive career in arboriculture. She is a self-employed contractor (Boel Hammarstrand’s Trädvård (Sweden) and Swallows Tree Surgery (UK)), an NPTC trainer and assessor, a regular international climbing … Read more

John Parker, chair of the London Tree Officers Association explains how biosecurity issues affect Tree Officers and how they are working to combat them.

Gerogi Ennis is a young arborist who competed in her first tree climbing competition in March 2018. We find out why she loves arboriculture

Talking about trees with University of Maryland Professor of Entomology Mike Raupp

After zigzagging its way across most of Europe for 15 years, elm zigzag sawfly (Aproceros leucopoda) has now been confirmed (read the official press release) in Britain following a discovery of the distinctive feeding traces in Surrey in 2017. Soon after the press release documenting the finding, and the significant media interest that followed, records of … Read more

We spoke to Shireen Chambers about the possible impact of biosecurity on our parks and woodlands.

Oriental chestnut gall wasp (OCGW) (Dryocosmus kuriphilus) is the most important insect pest globally of sweet chestnut (Castanea spp.). It is native to China and has been accidently introduced to other parts of Asia, North America and Europe. It is a regulated pest in the European Union. What has happened with OCGW in the UK … Read more

Raoul Curtis-Machin, Director of Horticulture at the Horticultural Trade Association, explains how Xylella has affected his members and who must take responsibility when it comes to biosecurity.

In the early 1900’s, the large, rather conspicuous gypsy moth was lost from the British list of breeding insects. A specialist feeding on bog-myrtle and creeping willow, it became extinct when the fens of Cambridgeshire and Norfolk were drained. However, 90 years later the gypsy moth was back when the European race was found breeding … Read more

Anybody visiting tourist resorts in the Mediterranean today will likely encounter large numbers of dying and dead palms. What is the reason for this ‘palmageddon’ in the Mediterranean? The culprit is a large Asian beetle called the red palm weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) – the most important pest in the World of date palm, coconut and … Read more