It was an incredibly proud moment when it was announced that Connick Tree Care had won the Customer Service Award at the Reigate & Banstead Business Awards evening on 6th June 2019. Reigate and Banstead Awards Ceremony Paul Harvey, Managing Partner at Morrisons Solicitors LLP, sponsors of the Customer Service award as well as the [...]

What can Local Authorities and Organisations with tree stocks learn from Cavanagh v Witley Parish Council? In January 2012, a 25-30m Lime tree fell onto a bus that was being driven along the A283. Sadly, the driver of the bus was seriously injured, resulting in 13 days recovering in intensive care. The bus driver, Mr [...]

Connick Tree Care is delighted to be a Reigate & Banstead Business Award Finalist. Along with three other local businesses, Connick Tree Care has been chosen as a finalist for the Customer Service Award. Reigate & Banstead Business Awards Reigate & Banstead Borough Council wanted to celebrate the diverse range of successful local businesses and [...]

It’s a sad fact that this most loved of trees, symbolising strength, morale, resistance and knowledge, is being attacked and destroyed by a vicious caterpillar. These caterpillars are not only a threat to Oak trees, they are a health hazard for humans, pets and wildlife too. What is Oak Processionary Moth? The caterpillars, of the [...]

Thirty years on and still loving what we do! Digging through our old photo albums, we came across this picture taken in 1988.From left to right: Ben Morris, Russell Jarvis and Mike Connick. The opportunity for a reunion thirty years later, 2018, was too good to miss. Ben Morris is now the Senior Arboricultural and [...]

We hope your journey wasn't delayed due to the 68 metre long vehicle transporting a transformer weighing 143 tonnes. The journey started on Friday 17th August at 7pm from Tilbury Docks in Essex, stopping for 24 hours at Clacket Lane Services before resuming its journey and finally reaching the destination, a substation in West Weybridge [...]

Raising funds for YMCA East Surrey Early on 2nd of August 2018, 12 enthusiastic mountain bike riders left Minehead, West Somerset to cycle the iconic 125 mile Coast to Coast route through Exmoor, Dartmoor, with a plan to arrive 3 days later in Plymouth, Devon. The event was organised by YMCA East Surrey to raise [...]

The number of people who suffer from allergies is increasing every year. As recently as one hundred years ago, allergies were so uncommon that they didn't even have a name.  Allergy sufferers, particularly those sensitive to pollen from flowers, trees, and grasses, often see an increase in symptoms such as sneezing, stuffiness, and even difficulty [...]

Diseases imported from Europe are attacking our trees Ash Dieback, also known as Chalara, was first confirmed in the UK in 2012. The disease is caused by a fungus called Hymenoscyphus fraxineus. Infected trees can be recognised by a loss of leaves, the crown of the tree dying and lesions on the trunk. To estimate the [...]

This year alone we've seen attacks in London, Barcelona and Marseille where terrorists have used vehicles to cause indiscriminate death to innocent passersby's. And, just last week, there was a similar attack in New York City. Leading Italian architect and urban planner Stefano Boeri suggests that carefully distributing trees in the most vital and open [...]