Charlotte King
Punctual, reliable and efficient! They have done a great job with cutting our hedges and trees down and back. Would recommend! And would use them again! Thank you
Cowden · Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Tree surgery and landscaping across the Kent borders.
A family run firm, City & Guilds and NPTC qualified. Everything from one overhanging limb to a whole plot cleared, with a free quote first.
A reputation built on recommendations
Their words, from our Facebook page. Here is what sits behind them.
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Qualified to make the cut
City & Guilds and NPTC. The standard every cut on your property is held to.
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Fully insured
Ropes, saws and a chipper working next to your house and your neighbour's fence. Covered.
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A free quote, no obligation
We come out, look properly and give you a price. Leave it there if you want to.
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Residential and commercial
One garden tree on Monday, a site cleared for a contractor on Tuesday.
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It leaves with us
Brash chipped, timber on the truck, borders raked and the path swept.
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Family run
The same people quote it, climb it and sweep up. No office in between.
Tree surgery
Climbing, cutting and clearing. Every one of these has a page with the detail on it.
Straight felling where there is room, sectional dismantling where there is not.
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Crown lifting, thinning and deadwooding, cut to the British Standard.
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The whole crown brought in evenly and finished at growth points.
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Flat faces, a level top and every cutting taken away.
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Ground out below the surface so you can turf, pave or plant over it.
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Windblown trees and hung-up limbs made safe, then cleared.
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Brambles, scrub and self-seeded trees off an overgrown plot.
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Seasoned hardwood off our own work, delivered locally.
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Landscaping
What happens after the tree comes down, and plenty that has nothing to do with trees at all.
Laid on a compacted sub-base with a fall, so water leaves and the slabs stay flat.
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Treated frames, joists at 400mm centres and air underneath.
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Posts set deep, gravel boards down, old concrete dug out and taken.
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Ground prepared properly before a single roll of turf goes down.
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Overgrown borders cut back and everything taken away the same day.
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Bare root hedging in the dormant window, planted to live.
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How we work
In the tree
Down in pieces, not in one go
Where a tree stands over a roof, a greenhouse or a boundary, it comes down in sections, roped and lowered. That is slower than felling and it is the reason nothing lands where it should not.
On the ground
Hedges cut to a line
Flat faces, a level top and a slight taper so the bottom of the hedge still gets light. Then the cuttings come out of the borders and off the lawn, which is the half people forget to ask about.
Before we go
Nothing left behind
The chipper comes with us, so brash is dealt with on site rather than stacked in a corner for you. Good hardwood gets rung and split for firewood instead of chipped.
Free quote, and no pressure after it
Ring, text or WhatsApp. A photograph of the tree with something next to it for scale tells us more than a paragraph, and often gets you a price the same day.
How a job runs
Four steps, and the second one is free.
Get in touch
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Call, text or WhatsApp
Tell us what the tree is doing, or send a photograph. A picture usually says more.
The quote
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We come and look
Free. You get a price and a method in writing, after somebody has seen the tree.
Permissions
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We check what is needed
A protected tree, or any tree over 75mm in a conservation area, means telling the council first. We will say if yours is likely to be one.
The day
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The work, then the clear up
We turn up when we say. The arisings leave with us and the ground is raked.
Recent work
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Felling
Mature oak taken down over a front garden
Felling · Sectioned and rung on the lawn
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Felling
Trunk rung down beside the truck
Felling · Timber cut to a size two people can move
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Climbing
Roped out along a limb
Climbing · Dismantled over a house
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Climbing
Conifer taken down in sections
Climbing · Crown off, then down the stem
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Hedges
Laurel run cut square
Hedges · Faces flat, top to a line
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Hedges
Access track reopened
Hedges · Before and after
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Stumps
Stump left ready for grinding
Stumps · Cut low and flush
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Firewood
Hardwood rounds off a day's felling
Firewood · Rung, ready to split
What people have said
Three recommendations on our Facebook page, word for word.
Questions we get asked
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There is no price list for tree work, because no two trees are the same job. What decides it is the size, what is underneath, whether it can be felled or has to be climbed, and how far the chipper has to be from the tree. The visit is free and the price you get afterwards is the price.
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Yes, fully insured. It is the first thing worth asking anybody who turns up with a chainsaw and a chipper, and worth asking us too.
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Always, and it is included rather than extra. Brash goes through the chipper, timber goes on the truck, borders get raked and paths get swept. If you burn wood at home, tell us at the quote and the logs stay with you instead.
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Sometimes. A Tree Preservation Order, or any tree over 75mm diameter inside a conservation area, means the council has to be told before work starts, and the responsibility sits with the tree owner. Your council will confirm it in a phone call.
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Yes. Residential and commercial both. Schools, estates, farms, landlords, builders and managing agents are all ordinary weeks, and work can be scheduled outside opening hours where that is what it takes.
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We are based in Cowden and work across the Kent, Surrey and Sussex borders. Edenbridge, Tunbridge Wells, East Grinstead, Crowborough, Oxted, Lingfield, Sevenoaks and the villages between them are all regular. If you are a bit beyond that, ring anyway and we will tell you straight.