Tree surgeons

Choosing a tree surgeon

We are aware that certain firms advertising themselves as tree surgeons, are operating in the borough. These companies appear to be operating without appropriate insurance or qualifications and are calling door to door, looking for work.

Anyone can buy a chainsaw and advertise themselves as a tree surgeon. Placing an advert does not guarantee quality of work, nor does it mean they are qualified at all. Choose your tree surgeon carefully. Poorly done work can harm the tree, cause future maintenance issues and put people and property at risk. Reputable tree surgeons do not need to tout for work by dropping leaflets or calling door to door. Please do not use any firms who advertise tree work in this way.

A competent tree surgeon will:

  • have employers liability and public liability insurance and will be happy to provide evidence. Reject any contractor who does not have appropriate qualifications. This is compulsory: tree surgeons must hold NPTC certificates (or ‘tickets’) for chainsaw use. Ask to see proof of these.
  • be aware of the laws around Tree Preservation Orders and Conservation Areas. You could be liable for prosecution if you hire them to do unauthorised work.
  • provide a written quotation. Reject them if they don't.
  • not pressure you into carrying out unnecessary work, or into making a decision
  • not ask for cash payment upfront. Any firm that does this is a rogue trader. Do not use them.
  • will be able to provide references of their other work. Online reviews are not always a reliable source.
  • should be familiar with current best practice. Ask if they know what BS3998:2010 is and reject them if they don't know.

Further information is available from the Arboricultural Association

The firms listed below have from time to time carried out arboricultural work on preserved trees in the London Borough of Harrow. This list of Contractors is for your information and guidance only and must not be considered as a recommendation by the London Borough of Harrow.

Tree surgeon Contact details Address

Akers and Brown

Tel: 01582 866576

Mob: 07958 719048

raybrown42@o2.co.uk

7 Cemetery Road

Houghton Regis

Beds

LU5 5BZ

Arbormaster Tree Services

Tel: 020 8429 9273

arbormastertreeservices@yahoo.co.uk

4a Whittington Way

Pinner

HA5 5JT

Artemis Tree Services

Tel: 01895 821623

www.artemistreeservices.com

West Hyde Nursery

Old Uxbridge Road

West Hyde

Rickmansworth

WD3 9XY

Barkland Tree Specialists

Tel: 01784 457111

Mob: 07956 332898

barklandtrees@aol.com

Vermeulens Garden Centre

Horton Road, Stanwell Moor

Staines

TW19 6AE

Boward Tree Surgery Ltd.

Tel: 01895 633226

andrew@bowardtree.co.uk

St. Leonards Farm

New Year Green Lane

Harefield

Uxbridge

UB9 6LX

Broadleaf Tree Services

Tel: 0800 9993028

Mob: 07979 693371

simonkelly007@hotmail.com

46 Sullivan Crescent

Harefield

Middlesex

UB9 6NL

Burnley’s Tree Services Ltd

Mob: 07852 169278

www.burnleystreeservices.co.uk

50 Wigram Way

Stevenage

SG2 9UX

Haywards Tree Services Lt

Tel: 01895 675572

Mob: 07961 109926

trees@haywardsmowing.co.uk

Haste Hill Nursery

Fore Street

Pinner

HA5 2ND

Heritage Trees Ltd

Tel: 01895 443688

admin@heritagetreesltd.co.uk

www.heritagetreesltd.co.uk

Unit 3b, Orchard Cottage

Thorney Weir

Thorney Mill Road

Iver, Bucks

SL0 9AN

Paul Marshall

Mob: 07884 156030

c.paul.marshall@talk21.com

Arbutus Tree Care

43 Heathfield Rise

Ruislip

HA4 7NF

A. Miles Tree Services

Mob: 07979 098 871

amilestreeservices@outlook.com

www.amilestreeservices.com

 

Myers Tree Services

Tel: 0800 0858 756

info@myerstrees.co.uk

www.myerstrees.co.uk

6 Oxford Drive,

Eastcote,

Middlesex,

HA4 9EZ

Red Squirrel Tree Surgery

Tel: 020 3509 0108

Mob: 07957 140179

www.redsquirrelts.co.uk

info@redsquirrelts.co.uk

97 Adelaide Grove

London

W12 0JX

J. Simmonds Tree Surgery

Mob: 07759 226906

simmobywood@hotmail.co.uk

75 Leamington Crescent

Harrow

HA2 9HH

Tree Care

Tel: 020 8993 1443

www.treecare.co.uk

office@treecare.co.uk

Rosebank Works

Rosebank Way

London

W3 6TT

Urban Forestry

Tel: 01923 268066

Mob: 07976 829668

UrbanForestry@aol.com

Bedmond Bungalow

Bedmond Road

ABBOTS LANGLEY

Herts WD5 0RP

Keith Weyman

Tel: 01923 236375

keithweymantrees@hotmail.co.uk

16 Golf Close

Bushey

Watford, Herts.

WD2 2DF