Rare lichens have been found thriving across a valley thanks to traditional farming practices. A lichen survey carried out at ...

"Brutal pollarding" of a tree during nesting season has enraged residents. A row in Colney Road, Dartford, had canopies chopped back in recent weeks as part of planned works undertaken by Kent County ...

One afternoon in the not too distant future I’m going to get out front and pollard my golden privets. It’s a good thing I garden with clothes on, pollarding can be painful. Pollarding started out in ...

A plant that's cut back close to ground level and results in the production of young, vigorous stems has been subject to a process called coppicing. If that process takes place further up the trunk, ...

Over the winter Dublin City Council (DCC) is going to trial a more intensive pruning regime, known as pollarding, for around 250 trees throughout the capital. Pollarding is a method of pruning that ...

Most arborists insist that pollarding is horticulturally incorrect. However, most of us who pollard trees in our home gardens are not arborists. Horticulturist Tony Tomeo can be contacted at ...

February is the month to prune evergreen and deciduous trees. General rules to follow are to prune dead and diseased wood first followed by removal of other wood to shape or thin as necessary. Always ...

The pollarding operation is taking place this week in East Street, Osney Island. Staff working for Complete Tree Services are thought to be carrying out the work on behalf of Oxford Direct Services, ...

Much has been written about crape murder and the practice of “topping” trees. Unfortunately, at this time of year, the work of tree hackers, both professional and layman, is evident just about ...

The National Trust is reviving the ancient practice in Leigh Woods in a bid to conserve the woodland for years to come Trees in woodland above the Avon Gorge in Bristol are to be pruned for the first ...