As Director of Operations, Alan is not only an experienced arborist but also has built the business since 2005 and is the essential cog in our team. He is qualified in arboricultural techniques from NPTC and Lantra, and also has Royal Horticultural Society qualifications in horticulture. He has University qualifications in engineering, design and business management and has also completed an apprenticeship in heritage landscape construction.
Stewart has worked mostly in utilities, clearing lines for National Grid and has worked on railways throughout the UK. Chris is a careful and meticulous worker who can manage a project from start to finish, your trees are in safe hands when he is around. Is our apprentice ground worker. She spent most of her childhood helping her grandmother in the garden and has now devoted her life to plant-care.
Stewart has worked mostly in utilities, clearing lines for National Grid and has worked on railways throughout the UK. Chris is a careful and meticulous worker who can manage a project from start to finish, your trees are in safe hands when he is around. Is our apprentice ground worker. She spent most of her childhood helping her grandmother in the garden and has now devoted her life to plant-care.
Services
Tree removal is an essential part of responsible tree management. Trees can outgrow their locations due to changes to buildings or hard landscaping, and in urban areas can be self-seeded or poorly placed. Edinburgh Tree Surgeons are committed to maintaining the beautiful green environment of our city.
Pruning tree branches will shape the tree, reduce the height and thin the canopy. This works to let more light through allowing other areas of the tree to flourish. While pruning, we always routinely remove dead and diseased wood. This process, known as 'dead-wooding', reduces the risk of deadwood falling in high winds which may cause damage to buildings and vehicles, and helps the health of the tree.
When removing a tree or large shrub to ground level, a portion of the trunk, including the roof structure remains in the ground, this is call the stump. A tree stump can remain in the ground without causing harm, however you may wish to replant, lay lawn or other hard landscaping. We can also level and prepare areas of ground and lay turf or grass seed after removing stumps.
We can provide extra services such as chopping the felled trees into logs for firewood, cutting stumps or disks. Brash and branches into can be processed into woodchip for mulch or compost. For future expansion of our business we are interested in other businesses with industrial log splitters or small mills who might like to work with us.
If you are concerned about garden safety or liability issues to other properties or road users. We can provide a report with recommendations, so that your duty of care under the Occupiers Liability Act is covered. We can provide written tree reports, arboricultural impact assessments of proposed works and more in depth planning reports to BS5837: 2012.
Reviews (12)
Stefan Reis
Oct 19, 2021
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Edinburgh Tree Surgeons pruned a fairly out-of-shape tree and removed two old shrubs in my back garden. From first contact to quote and scheduling the work, to execution it was very efficient, excellent value for money and high quality. Could not have wished for a better job to be done and planning to commission some further work shortly.
Nicola Hall
Aug 31, 2021
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We asked Edinburgh Tree Surgeons to prune a medium-sized birch tree for us and we’re delighted with the result. They worked carefully to reduce the height and width of the tree but keep its natural shape. We were particularly appreciative of the way Harry and his colleague worked together to ensure that our neighbours’ plants weren’t damaged in the process.
Helen Stoneham
Jul 31, 2021
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Alan and his Team are super fantastic with a great sense of humour. This dark tall Leylandii trees over grew during Covid so they needed to be removed This is not an easy task because there is a car park with cars parking on the other side of the wall raising Health and Safety concerns. Alan went and politely went to the neighbours and the cars were moved so the tree removal equipment could be parked the other side of the wall
The team worked fantastically hard removing all the trees Later Alan and his team with the Stump Grinder which is essential to remove those tree stumps Alan uses the good
The team worked fantastically hard removing all the trees Later Alan and his team with the Stump Grinder which is essential to remove those tree stumps Alan uses the good
Katherine Burgoyne
Jun 09, 2021
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Alan's team did a great job pruning back some very tall and dense trees (bay tree, yew and a scots pine). They worked tirelessly for several hours, and left the trees looking great, carefully shaping them. The gardeners seemed knowledgeable and were really friendly. They did a great job cleaning up as well.
Andrew Buchan
Feb 14, 2021
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I had a fantastic experience with Edinburgh Gardeners. I needed a large tree cut down in my back garden and came across Edinburgh Gardeners online. I spoke to Alan and despite the horrendous snowy conditions, he was out at my house within a couple of hours and cut my tree down. Alan and his team also cut down another tree in my garden and did a great job tidying up afterwards.
I couldn’t believe how quickly the job was completed by this very helpful team. Their professionalism was exemplary and I would definitely recommend them to others
I couldn’t believe how quickly the job was completed by this very helpful team. Their professionalism was exemplary and I would definitely recommend them to others
Carole Muirhead
Dec 12, 2020
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Big Thank You to Alan and the team, they did a great job when removing a large Ash tree for our shared garden. Arrived ahead of time and such great team work, was very Impressed with how they worked, and cleared up fully before they left. Would highly recommend Edinburgh Gardeners to family and friends,and planning on using them again for some private work.
Rosemary Bowman
Dec 04, 2020
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Alan and his team did a fantastic job for us, pruning back an extremely large sycamore tree in the middle of a tenement back green in Edinburgh. The team were highly efficient and professional, good-humoured and friendly. This was not an easy job as space was so confined but all went smoothly in the hands of the experts. Very impressed! The site was cleared perfectly too. Thanks, folks!
Caroline Walsh
Oct 24, 2020
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Superb and cannot recommend enough. Edinburgh Gardeners are the most amazing team and worked wonders on my garden. They are hard-working, highly experienced, knowledgeable and full of helpful hints and advice. Nothing was too much trouble for them either. Tidy, efficient, excellent communication with Alan and a pleasure to work with. I will be using them on an ongoing basis now to help me with my garden. Excellent experience and would not hesitate to recommend them. Amazing service overall and I am really pleased with the work they did.
Maureen Runciman
Jul 21, 2020
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Claire Caesar
Jun 30, 2020
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Ali Scott
Feb 27, 2020
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Had a 50 foot plus Norwegian Spruce blown partially down in a recent storm. The problem tree got hung up leaning into a Birch tree about 30 feet off the ground. The Tree Surgeons provided a free quote then did all of the work and removal. They brought a large amount of equipment and the skills they showed was impressive. Would happily recommend them for projects and would be equally happy to use their services again.
Lucy Lawrie
Oct 14, 2018
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Huge thank you to Edinburgh Tree Surgeons who saved our little cat's life today, when he had got himself stuck up a 100 foot tree in woods near our house. After we called their emergency number, Edinburgh Tree Surgeons were here within 30 minutes (on a Sunday afternoon) and succeeded in performing an extremely challenging rescue, getting a very… frightened and distressed Sooty down from the uppermost, outermost, branches of this tree. An SSPCA lady also attended and said she had never seen a cat stuck so high in a tree before. Thank you so much, Edinburgh Tree Surgeons.
