Urban Pruning

At Ash Tree Services our consultant arborists are fully qualified and continue training to maintain there skills to a very high degree knowing when to crown clean, crown thin, raise or reduce. It is important that almost all urban pruning that is done is a corrective structural pruning that is for the long term benefit of the tree and its environment.

Urban pruning, its merits and requirements, is one of the most vexing debates in the world of tree care. To many ‘so called’ tree care companies simply hack and chop away at trees in the urban environment due to pressure from clients and from a lack of knowledge. In actual fact it can be more dangerous to cut away good wood from a vigorous tree than to leave well enough alone. New shoots can grow and be structurally unsound where a tree has been pruned for the sake of it.