TreeTonic

23/03/2026

Need tree stumps removed? Give us a call or a message today.

Our small machine will fit through most narrow garden gates

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07445497751

16/07/2025

A naturally formed prop on a yew tree. Found during a survey in East Lothian. (Camera soaked in the rain!🌧️)

06/06/2025

London street trees. Ginkgo and Elm species, looks like the hybrid ‘New Horizon’

06/06/2025

A stocky Manna Ash in Perivale!

23/05/2025

Down in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 again for some tree surveys. In London this time and made a detour to see one of Londons oldest trees.

The Cheapside Plane (London plane) listed on the ancient tree inventory with a girth of 4.47m.

Only had my slightly damaged mobile phone camera unfortunately.

It’s a big tree for its situation and a great example of the species survival in urban environments.

20/05/2025

Don’t Let Trees Delay Your Planning Permission!

Got trees on your site plan?

A BS5837 tree survey might be the difference between a smooth planning process or weeks of delays.

We work with architects and planning consultants across Edinburgh and beyond to provide fast, clear, council-compliant surveys that support your design proposals whilst protecting retained trees.

Need one quickly for an upcoming planning application ? Get in touch today

📝 BS5837 Reports
Arb Impact Assessments
🧭 Root Protection Area advice
📍 Tree constraints plan
Planting plans

➡️ Contact me on 07445 497751 or 0131 333 4443

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01/04/2025

Summers back!

23/01/2025

Almost exactly a year ago we were dealing with lots of storm damage around the central belt. Hopefully the high winds forecast don’t cause as much disruption this year!

12/08/2024

A top quality restoration job on this Ford County! Nice to see it revived and proudly displayed by her present day owner.

Scottish County Tractor Club member Fred is having a very successful show season and yesterday his beautifully restored 1184 was awarded overall Champion Tractor at Tarland Show. The tractor started its working life in Glen Tanar and Fred is pictured here with Kenny Hardie who drove the tractor back in the day!
Congratulations to Fred from all of us at the club 🏆

28/07/2024

Identifying invasive species.

Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens glandulifera).

The west of Edinburgh is a great place for finding invasive species at this time of year with its many waterways and diverse transport network. I spotted this on the north side of the airport perimeter along the banks of the river Almond. This is actually a very small patch compared to what I’ve seen during a recent trip to Perthshire.

This bad lad of botany doesn’t tend to get the same level of press coverage as its glamorous invasive counterparts Japanese knotweed or Giant Hogweed but still just as destructive to our native habitat and massively efficient in reproduction.

The genus name Impatiens, means “impatient”, which refers to its method of seed dispersal. The species name glandulifera comes from the Latin words glandis meaning ‘gland’, and ferre meaning ‘to bear’, referring to plant bearing glands. It was brought into Europe in the first half of the 19th century as ornamental plant.

The prolific seed production of each Himalayan balsam plant, with more than 2,500 seeds per plant that can remain viable for up to 2 to 3 years, enables easy transportation by water. When the seed pods mature, they burst upon contact, dispersing the seeds up to 7 meters away. This widespread dissemination of Himalayan balsam seeds is proving problematic for landowners and land managers.

Due to its vigorous growth, Himalayan balsam soon dominates and suffocates all other plants within its vicinity. On riverbanks this can cause major problems of erosion.

The lack of natural predators in the UK allows for the rapid establishment of dense colonies of Himalayan balsam, leading to detrimental effects such as a decrease in spider, beetle, and bug species within invertebrate feeding groups. Additionally, the high nectar production of Himalayan balsam may attract pollinating insects at the expense of native flowering plants.

Japanese knotweed is also present in one of the pictures and looks to be making slow progress against the Balsam in this location.

23/07/2024

Recent lapsed hedge reduction we did in South Queensferry.

Here’s how we get it looking perfect…

Step 1: Take a ‘before’ photo. Trim sides

Step 2: Cut a line into the hedge using hedge cutters at the desired height. For the perfect straight line try to cut at eye level (remember to wear safety goggles or a visor!)

Step 3: Remove the tops and touch up the edge with some secateurs. Take ‘after photo’ and show it off on social media!

Give us a message or call today if you want any tree or hedge work carried out.

We also carry out tree risk assessment surveys bs5837 tree surveys.