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Degree qualification's in arboriculture and environmental management plus over 25 years of high quality experience means we are ideally suited to provide you with the expert approach you need.
What is arboriculture ? Arboriculture is 'urban forestry' - i.e. the managment of trees and woodland in the urban environment.
In practise this means assessing, inspecting, surveying, planting, tree surgery, cable bracing, treatments, dismantling - felling, planting, timber use, soil-remediation, pest and disease control, timber conversion and on-ward use or sale of the products - whilst complying with the statutory laws that involve trees - it is a lot more than just tree-surgery.
Arboriculture has moved on from the days when you had to rely on a 'tree-surgeon' who has only basic chainsaw proficiency certificates (NPTC's). A modern tree company employs arborists who are qualified in arboriculture - not just 'NPTC's' - and are also professional and have ethics. The days of relying on a bloke-with-a-chainsaw for advice are long gone.
Thankfully the modern approach is also cheaper - it is a win-win situation !
For further advice and general information contact us on 01935 862115
or the arboricultural assocation at - www.trees.org.uk Tel 01242 522152
About us Westend Tree Services (WTS) has been established for more than 25 years and is headed by Brynley Andrews who created the business out of a desire to provide Somerset and West Dorset with a top quality tree company. WTS was the first company to achieve Arboricultural Association Approved Contractor status in Somerset & West Dorset. Also, Bryn A. is the first arborist in the same area to attain a degree in arboriculture, become chartered environmentalist & ISA certified arborist: a clear demonstration of committment to a truly high quality approach. These credentials and qualifications are your quality assurance.
Prices: We give keen free competitive quotations and guarantee to match any like-for-like quotation.
Standards: We offer the highest standards of practice and abide by the rules and ethics of the Arboricultural Association and Institute of Chartered Foresters - among others. Our work practical standards are mainly derived from British Standard 3998 (2010) Tree work - Recommendations. No tree company we know of applies higher standards.
Jeffs Magnolia - maintained by us since the 1980's
Anybody up there ? Click on the above picture for our consultancy page
Above: October 2011: pollarding a diseased Oak beside a country road
Old pictures of our work sites up to about 2007
Above: Ancient Oak drops primary branches in an Academy school - a proper inspection is required
Recent videos of a job that involved dismantling three mature trees in a confined space
Traditional Somerset cider orchards have now almost completely gone. Like most others this edge of village site is ear-marked by the owner for development. A major loss to the county and the environment.
Above are two short video of a recent job where we dismantled one Ash & two Poplars in a confined space on a newly completed building site.
