Tree Surgery
Trimming, reducing and reshaping garden and boundary hedges.
A hedge that is trimmed regularly stays dense and manageable. One that has been left for a few years gets tall, wide and bare at the bottom, and needs a harder cut to bring it back.
Cutting the sides and top back to the line, keeping the hedge dense and tidy.
Taking an overgrown hedge back down to a manageable size. Some hedges respond well to a hard cut; some conifers do not regrow from old wood, and we will tell you which yours is before cutting.
Hedges along a road, a lane or a neighbour's garden, kept clear of paths, sightlines and the boundary.
All the arisings collected and taken away.
Our work
Every photograph here is Treemac247's own, taken on the job.
Everything else we do
Taking a tree down safely, whether it can be dropped in one piece or has to come down in sections.
Learn more →Reducing, thinning, lifting and shaping trees so they fit the space they are in.
Learn more →Clearing fallen trees and making storm-damaged ones safe.
Learn more →Grinding out tree stumps below ground so the space can be used again.
Learn more →Clearing overgrown ground, scrub and saplings, and taking the green waste away.
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Pleached trees planted along a fence or boundary for privacy: a clear stem below and a flat, leafy screen above.
Learn more →Common questions
It can, but not if it would damage an active nest. Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 it is an offence to intentionally take, damage or destroy the nest of any wild bird while it is in use or being built. So trees and hedges are checked first, and work near an active nest waits.
Read the full answer →There is no single legal height, but the council can step in. If a hedge is two or more mostly evergreen or semi-evergreen trees or shrubs, over two metres tall and affecting your enjoyment of your home or garden, you can complain to the council once you have tried to settle it informally. A fee may apply.
Read the full answer →Before you ring
They can, but you have to check for active nests first: damaging or destroying a nest in use is an offence. If there is one, that part of the hedge waits.
Talk to them first. If it is two or more mostly evergreen or semi-evergreen trees or shrubs over two metres tall and it affects your enjoyment of your home, the council can consider a high hedge complaint once you have tried to settle it informally.
Horsham · Crawley · Southwater · Billingshurst
Call us on 0330 043 8871, or send a few lines about the trees through the quote form and we will get back to you.
