Complete Habitat Management
With 30 years experience in tree surgery & woodlands, we provide services throughout Cornwall and Devon to maintain, manage and care for the outdoors, whilst enhancing biodiversity. Whether it's your trees, an entire woodland, your garden or wild spaces, our work will ensure a healthy ecosystem and a manageable, visually inspiring natural environment to be enjoyed by you and future generations.
We are fully insured to take on all major tree surgery with public liability of up to £5,000,000
We'd love to tell you about our own 4.5 acre woodland wildlife project in the heart of Cornwall or find out more about our management plans and diary of progress.
We'd love to tell you about our own 4.5 acre woodland wildlife project in the heart of Cornwall or find out more about our management plans and diary of progress.
What We Do......
Tree Surgery
Fully qualified and insured to undertake all types of tree surgery. Whether, coppicing, pruning, felling a tree or managing its health, we aim to ensure its carried out sympathetically to the surrounding environment and to benefit biodiversity in your area. Initial quotation will provide advice on pests and diseases and how any work will impact the trees health.
Woodland Management
Woodland management for biodiversity & conservation. Thinning of woodlands with a holistic approach for all woodland communities. We include the key tree species, woodland structure, age diversity and regeneration. We cover veteran trees and their associated habitats as well as surrounding influences to isolated woodlands. Including producing habitat management plans. Woodland planning & planting. Vegetation & invasive species management.
Woodland Planting
Our woodland planting specialises in the supply, planting and management of new woodlands. We pride ourselves in the woodlands success, ensuring the least amount of failures. We understand the natural look of a variable and mixed woodland whether creating groves or small groups but importantly, no straight lines! As well as the initial planting we offer a 5 year management plan for its future health and vitality.
Invasive Species Management
We offer invasive species surveys, habitat surveys & practical management solutions. Whether you require eradication of an invasive species or simple management, we will come up with an action plan that is sympathetic to the surrounding environment and will restore the natural habitat. We can cover marshes, lakes, scrub, river banks & woodlands.
GALLERY
OUR TEAM
Nigel Powell BSc (hons)
Owner, Woodland Manager & tree consultant
Our senior Arboricultural consultant, surveyor and tree surgeon. Nigel has 30 years experience in the field, expertise in environmental science and is passionate about how all tree work impacts the trees health and associated wildlife. Nigel is an Arboriculture Association Professional member and QTRA registered.
Angie Cruse
Owner and Woodland Manager
Angie has 20 years experience managing and appraising property and grounds. As well as working hard here in the UK's woodlands and wetlands since 2016, Angie has spent ample time volunteering in conservation abroad. Angie continually studies habitat management in conservation, a competent botanist and NVC site assessor, specialising in indicator species.
The Fleet
& Machinery
Our fleet of vehicles and machinery includes: A 4x4 Isuzu D'Max truck. A 4x4 Isuzu D'Max tipper truck. Pasquali 50hp Alpine Tractor. Tajfun 4.5t Forestry winch. A Forst TR6 tracked chipper. 1.7T Digger. All forestry, climbing & rigging equipment. We have introduced numerous rechargeable battery tools and have the very best in Atco/Honda garden machinery. Tsurumi/Honda engine water pump and Japanese tripod ladders.
Team Support
Arborists and Specialists
We have an additional team of tree surgeons and specialists in their field, who are operational on request. Experts who are passionate about the environment and loyal to our ethics, including environmental and ecological support. We are always knowledgeable, friendly and enthusiastic to be out in the environment no matter what the elements throw at us.
ABOUT
Biography
Nigel and Angie found each other in 2016 and it was all about trees from the beginning. Its why they grow stronger together. With Angie’s love of the Carpathian forests, expertise in “leave no trace” experiences and her ideals in coexisting with nature, meeting Nigel with 30 years’ experience in forestry & arboriculture and a degree in environmental sciences is where their journey began.
The revelation came after being so fraught by the natural world being constantly degraded by human activities such as deforestation and development, understanding that neglecting to manage the environment can be just as harmful to the most diverse and species populated habitat.
Without our management many habitats will eventually disappear. Grasslands scrub over and eventually become overcrowded woodland, so the most diverse of habitats are not this final stage. The most species diverse are ‘successional’ habitat and therefore, without disturbance of coppicing and thinning for example, they will eventually disappear and become full canopy deciduous woodland. Without management a closed canopy can leave the ground flora bare without layers and light, or be taken over by invasive plants like Rhododendron ponticum for example.
An intermediate amount of disturbance is key to the most naturally populated habitat. We will always encourage management than clearance and any clearance will be sympathetic to the surrounding environment. We believe your enjoyment of the outdoors greatly relies upon the biodiversity. You are our client, wildlife our companions. Our guardianship is key. .
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