Arboriculture is the care and management of individual trees. It covers the whole life of a tree, from planting and formative pruning through inspection, remedial work and, where necessary, dismantling or felling.

Trees respond differently to pruning according to their species, age, condition and time of year. Any cut is a wound, so the first question is not simply what can be removed, but what work is justified and how the tree is likely to respond.

Coastal Tree Care works across Weymouth, Portland, Dorchester and the surrounding Dorset area. We can inspect trees, explain the options and put together a practical Tree Management Plan where ongoing work is needed.

Where possible, the aim is to solve the problem without taking more out of the tree than necessary. That may mean removing deadwood, reducing selected limbs, lifting the crown for clearance or carrying out a measured crown reduction rather than removing the tree.

Trees are living structures. Their condition, the targets around them and the reason for the work all matter. If a tree has a defect, the decision should be based on the risk it presents and what can reasonably be done to retain it.

Some trees cannot reasonably be retained. They may be dead, structurally compromised, badly positioned or causing a risk that cannot be reduced adequately by pruning. In those cases we can plan a controlled dismantle or fell and discuss stump treatment or grinding afterwards.