A branch hanging over a neighbour’s garden, a tree growing across a boundary, or limbs stretching dangerously above a driveway. Who is actually responsible for cutting them back? It’s a question I’ve been asked more times than I can count across Preston, Leyland, and the wider Lancashire area, and in many cases, the answer isn’t quite as straightforward as homeowners first…
A half-finished job with brash left piled on the lawn. A tree “topped” instead of properly pruned, now throwing up weak, unstable regrowth. Or a contractor who took cash upfront and simply never came back. I’ve turned up to fix all three of these more times than I’d like across Preston, Leyland, and the wider Lancashire area, and in almost every case, it came down to one thing the homeowner never got round to checking before the work started.
A raised paving slab you keep catching your foot on. A driveway with a crack tracking straight back toward the base of a tree. Or a patio that’s started to slope in one corner over the last couple of summers. This is a very common thing we’re called out for across Preston, Leyland, and the wider Lancashire area, and it’s usually a much more…
If a tree has come down on your property in Preston, Leyland, or anywhere else in Lancashire, you’re probably feeling a mix of shock and urgency right now. That’s completely normal. Storm damage is one of those situations where the decisions you make in the first hour matter more than at almost any other point in the process for your safety, for your legal position, and for…
For anyone who owns, manages, or maintains land in the UK, trees are a defining asset. Whether you’re responsible for a busy public park, a corporate office campus, a retail estate, or a school site, your trees add real value, to the look of the place, to the environment, and to how the…
For a lot of homeowners across Preston, Leyland, and the wider South Ribble area, tree root problems don’t arrive as a single dramatic event, they creep in slowly, and by the time they’re noticed, there’s usually a genuine question mark over whether the tree is actually to blame. This is one of the most…
There’s a specific moment a lot of homeowners and land managers across Preston, Leyland, and the rest of Lancashire end up in. Standing in the garden, looking up at a tree that’s clearly not right, and trying to work out whether it needs a trim, a serious reduction, or whether it…
Across Leyland and throughout Lancashire, our skyline is forever changing. One factor for this change is Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, most commonly known as Ash Dieback. This chronic fungal disease has devastated millions of trees across the UK, and unfortunately, many property owners in Lancashire are now finding themselves responsible for…
Cutting or pruning the wrong tree in Lancashire could lead to a lot more than just a neighbourly dispute, it can result in a criminal record and a fine of up to £20,000. Many property owners assume that because a tree is on their land, they have the absolute right to manage it as…
Across Lancashire, it is a frequent and unfortunate sight to see a homeowner hire a tree feller to tidy up an overgrown Oak, only to be left with a butchered, ugly stump that declines rapidly within two seasons. This issue rarely stems from a lack of effort, but rather from a total lack of…