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A rare beast in Surrey

A rare beast in Surrey

A rare beast indeed and on two counts. Firstly this veteran English Oak is part of the largest remnant of veteran trees left in Europe. With the possible exception of Greece, Britain has the highest population of ancient trees in Europe. They are important for the...

Bad year for Poplars

Bad year for Poplars

Well, it has been a bad year for Poplars this year.  This large, quick growing tree is often planted when screening is needed in a relatively short space of time and may be found in many municipal parks and gardens; its Achilles heel is that its wood is unable to...

Basements & Trees

The increasing value of properties in London has made the cost of moving up the property ladder nigh on impossible for all but the super-rich. Extensions seem to be the only option left, however, in central London increasing the footprint of your house up or out is...

Urban Browning

Urban Browning

Following a recent pre-development survey, I was just doing a bit of my normal “google research” and came across what, in my opinion, is a very stark image between an urban public park and adjacent residential areas – the large sterile park with (brown) grass clipped...

English Veteran Trees

English Veteran Trees

If you were to ask the man on the Clapham omnibus which tree sums up the British countryside and history, the answer must surely be ‘an English Oak’. This tree has featured in every part of our cultural heritage from pub signs to place names and, as is in this case,...

DAA Wins Valley Gardens Commission

Brighton & Hove City Council is undertaking a major re-structuring of the famous Valley Gardens in the centre of the city and overlooked by the Royal Pavilion. We are proud to have been invited to help resolve the tree issues for this major project. Most of the...

Urban Tree Survey

Urban Tree Survey

The NHM (Natural History Museum) is currently conducting a nationwide ‘Urban Survey’ of trees found private gardens. Most of the trees growing in our towns and cities are found in private gardens and information on their distribution is very limited. NHM hope to find...

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