Health of Your Trees, How To Check… Dead or Dormant?
Firstly, it is important to always check the health of your trees. Brown leaves, brittle branches, failing to produce fruit and wounds in the trunk are just a few of the signs that your tree may be suffering in silence. Additionally there are more extreme issues can include but are not limited to; smell of rotten wood and fallen branches or branches that are coming away from the tree. Therefore, early intervention is key to ensuring the survival of the trees in your garden.
Ways To Check The Health of Your Trees
The way to check the health of your tree firstly is to scratch the bark on the tree. If it is showing green growth underneath, this is evidence that the tree is still alive and may just be in a dormant state. This can be a particularly useful technique in long Winters and cold Springs for checking the health of the tree/trees if they are late blooming. Alternatively, if the bark is brown and brittle, there is a high chance that the tree, or at least that part of the tree, is dead.
If your tree is dormant, one way to improve its health and growth is to apply a tree specific feed. This can help your tree to grow to its full size and to live longer.
How We Can Help!
Furthermore, if you are particularly concerned about your trees’ health and would like to have your trees assessed, ProHort Limited can provide you a tree survey. Designed to assess the general health of the trees, a tree survey is conducted by a qualified arboricultural surveyor. Upon completion of the survey, you will be provided with a detailed report stating the trees’ identity (common and Latin name), health, approximate age and estimated remaining contribution (i.e., how long the tree is likely to remain healthy). You can find out more about tree surveys on our service page!
If you would like to arrange for a feed to be applied to your tree, or for some expert advice from our arboricultural experts, why not get in contact? We look forward to hearing from you!
Are you having difficulty visualising your dream garden? Or do you have an idea in mind and would like to see what this could look like? Well, our CAD software can turn your visualisation into a virtual reality! So, get your dream garden using CAD today!
Here at Pro Hort, our CAD technology can create beautifully planned landscape designs. Our designers tailor these specifically to our client’s specifications and requirements. We have a talented in-house design team that will guide you through the design process. Also, they will discuss your requirements to help you to achieve your dream garden.
Garden Design using CAD vs Manual Design
We can edit CAD designs quickly as opposed to modifying manual designs.
We can easy edit and save CAD designs at the click of a button for future moderation and purposes. Therefore, meaning we are able to quickly add any alterations to your final designs if required.
CAD software saves time, accelerating workload and overall work efficiency.
This means that using CAD software allows for a quick turnaround. Meaning, it allows our team to handle larger scale projects with ease. Therefore, as a client you will have confidence in our designs.
It decreases the chances of human error. Producing overall better-quality and more realistic designs for clients and customers.
Our team produce CAD Designs to scale, which means your landscape gardeners have a more accurate plan to work from.
Our Landscape Design Team’s CAD Process
The team start by doing an onsite visit where they explore the initial garden design ideas further. Also, they will discuss any visual ideas that you may have.
Our team will proceed to measure your garden to scale. Furthermore, they will take plots of the land in order to get the correct gradients inputted into the CAD system.
Following this, we then create a base of the house in CAD. Consisting of: the measurements taken, to make the details as accurate as possible.
The team will then add any final features that are required to the design such as ground for structures/patio areas and leveling etc.
A visual walk through will then be provided of your new dream garden. Where, any finishing touches and modifications can be added to the design, during your CAD meeting with our designers.
For , check out our 3D Landscape Design Service. Alternatively, to make your dream garden a reality, get in touch with one of our friendly team. Or, why not like our Facebook page to keep up to date with our latest news?
Why Should I get a Tree Survey?
Specialised tree surveys assess certain characteristics of a tree. To assess, the tree must have a diameter of over 75mm. A tree survey will provide recommendations on any treatment required by the tree. Additionally stating whether the tree requires retaining on the site. The survey will also issue recommendations on requirements for any remedial work.
A tree survey can be a requirement as part of a planning application for a development project. This is particularly the case if the development will affect the surrounding landscape and trees situated within the landscape. Carried out for insurance purposes, tree surveys can be for both commercial and domestic clients.
What Information is Revealed from a Tree Survey?
To be suitable for planning applications, tree surveys should be conducted in line with British Standard 5837-2012. This will ensure that the survey carried out will be to the highest standard. Furthermore it must comply with relevant regulations.
The British Standard BS5837 defines whether certain trees should remain on the property and which ones need removing. The survey assesses information such as:
Life expectancy for the trees
Species of the trees
Ages of the trees
Measurements
Health
Tree Preservation Orders (TPO)
In some areas, obliged by law, you have to have a tree survey carried out. This is because the area might have a certain species of tree that needs protecting.
Made by the local planning authority, Tree Preservation Orders (TPO) protect trees or groups of trees. Due to factors such as location, amenity value or the fact they are a rare or good specimen.
If a tree is subject to a TPO, all works are prohibited without the planning authority’s written consent. These works include removal, topping, lopping, uprooting or any wilful damage.
On occasions, a TPO has been applied to a tree that does not fit the criteria. Therefore, an argument for the removal of the tree may present itself. Any written consent to complete works on a tree may be subject to conditions.
ProHort Ltd recommends that you should carry out a tree survey at least once every two years. If any damages were to occur (for example, a tree branch falling on your car) as well as possible injured individuals, claims against property may occur.
If you require atree survey, then get in contact with us today to find out more information.
With the severity of this winter’s storms continuing to affect the stability of many of our trees, it is becoming ever more prevalent that the changing climate is having an effect on the UK’s weather, causing post storm damage. With storms becoming more severe and erratic, the management and planting strategies for our woodlands will require adaptation to cope with these events. It is therefore essential that trees are strategically placed in the right places, to ensure our forests’ resilience to climate change.
Increasing climate change means that storms normally only seen in North-East Scotland have now spread across the UK. Woodlands that were considered safe are now suffering from damages and in some cases have been completely destroyed by storm damage.
Infact, after the most recent storms, it has been reported that 4,000 hectares of woodland were affected, this equates to an estimated 8 million trees. Many species of trees anchor roots, and woodlands shape themselves in a way to help them withstand the British weather, however it appears that further action is required to compensate for these worsening storms.
The 4,000 hectares that were reported to be effected, also included trees that are still standing adjacent to windblown areas. However, these will need to be felled, as they are now vulnerable due to their weakened root systems. With the more recently reported storms including storm Eunice and Franklin, this is an urgent point to be considered.
