subject: What Tree Surgeons Do [print this page] When asked what tree surgeons do most of us will smartly - and quite correctly - answer "tree surgery"! However, what that actually entails will leave many scrabbling around, mumbling something about "looking after trees" or "chopping trees down" so this article explains exactly what a tree surgeon does and how they can help.
Tree Surgery
Yes, tree surgeons do tree surgery. They do many other things as well, but in its more explicit form tree surgeons perform tree surgery. Tree surgery entails quite a few things, such as making sure that a tree's crown gives enough light through to the ground below, while also pollarding, which involves cutting trees back to their skeletal form so that they may regrow in a healthier way. And that's what is arguably the main purpose of the" tree surgery" part of being a tree surgeon: ensuring that trees stay healthy and that if they do fall victim to disease of the ravages of age then these conditions can be managed effectively.
Giving Advice
No, not the sort of advice as to which horse you should back at the 3.10 at Kempton, but advice on how to deal with tree growth and legislation. A major part of being a tree surgeon is understanding what the regulations surrounding a protected tree means, so that if you want to chop it down what are the implications and how flexible are those laws. Another a couple of sectors a tree surgeon can help are property insurers and mortgage sellers, as both will want to know the risk attached to a property. Of course, tree surgeons also give advice on woodland management and how to organise tree planting schemes so that they can be as successful as possible.
Tree Removal
For most people, removing trees is the most likely reason they would hire a tree surgeon, as this is a large job and is recognised as one you would certainly need professional help on. Not only that, but a tree surgeon makes sure that the task is carried out in a safe manner that minimizes the risk of danger to anyone or thing nearby, while also doing so effectively by ensuring that there is very little of the tree growing back and the whole scenario needing to be repeated.
Clearly there's a lot more to being a tree surgeon than just "tree surgery", so when you have a project that you're unsure about, you now know that there's a whole raft of ways you can involve their expertise.
