Author: David Ross

Connick Tree Care celebrates 30 yearsAn interview with Mike Connick, Managing Director of Connick Tree Care. Q: 30 years is a long time, you must have seen many changes? A: “Yes that is true but from the very first day in business my vision was to create ‘great looking trees that fit their environment’. 30… Read More

Thorpe Park, based in Chertsey, Surrey is an entertainment park claiming the ‘Biggest, Fastest, Tallest’ and, no doubt, scariest rides. Health and Safety is naturally paramount. This doesn’t just apply to the rides, but also the trees. Paul Roberts, Arboricultural Consultant at Connick Tree Care, undertakes an annual health and safety tree survey to trees… Read More

10 Christmas tree facts to think about as you decorate your tree 1.  1000 years ago in Northern Europe Christmas trees were hung upside down from chandeliers! 2.  The first documented use of a tree at Christmas was in the town square of Riga, the capital of Latvia, in the year 1510. 3.  Candles were originally used to… Read More

It’s a common mistake. The wrong tree planted in the wrong place. It’s hardly surprising that this happens. It’s not an easy decision to make. Hours can be spent at garden centres looking at trees and wondering which one to choose. We’re now entering the perfect time to plant trees. The leaves have fallen in… Read More

This tree is damaged; but how? Perhaps you’ve noticed damage to trees like this when you’ve been out walking in the park. Here, the bark has been stripped from the trunk, but you might also notice damage to branches too.  If you thought this looks as though the trees been chewed, you’d be right. What… Read More

The Lansdowne Youth Centre is a small community project providing a relaxed atmosphere for young people in the Clapham and Stockwell area of Lambeth, where they can learn and develop through film and documentary evenings, discussion groups and other social activities. The centre has recently been refurbished but the outside still needed a bit of… Read More

Woodland learning Not even the drizzle could dash the smiles on the Hilltop Primary School children’s faces as they proudly introduced their Enchanted Garden to Crawley VIPs. Originally the site was open grass grounds except for a mature oak and mountain ash. The School approached Rob Demel of Luna Projects and asked if he would… Read More

Wildlife Ground Care magazine featured in their Summer edition an article on Connick Tree Care’s latest delivery from Lister Wilder, a TW 240TDHB with its 270-degree rotating turntable. This takes our company ‘fleet’ of Timberwolfs up to five. With projects ranging from skilfully pruning small apple trees to extracting fallen timber from roofs of storm… Read More

We recently had to tackle a large tree with severe decay in Petersham Road, Richmond, Surrey. You can see from the picture that the tree was: Overhanging the road Close to the house Affecting the historic adjacent wall Had a large heavy limb leaning towards the property These factors meant that the job had to… Read More

According to the Met Office ‘December 2013 was within the top ten stormiest months and is arguably the stormiest calendar month since January 1993’. All of our trees took a real pounding during the winter period and sadly many of those that had some kind of weakness didn’t survive. The majority of the trees that were… Read More