ABOUT Gervis Tree Services main goal is to facilitate and manage your trees optimum growth and wellbeing. We want your trees to provide as much value to you and the environment for as long as possible. Where feasible we strive for environmentally positive actions with the principles of permaculture as the foundation. Many outputs of tree work can become another input to increase ecological and tree health. We are able to use the mulch to create a better living environment for the tree as well as increasing soil health. We can use the branches/logs to create habitat, biochar, cultivate mushrooms and many other uses. SERVICES Specialist Tree Pruning Imagine the best haircut you’ve ever had. You felt pretty good afterwards right? Maybe even a few years younger? Trees feel the same - they just don’t shamelessly stare at their own reflection on shop windows like you do. We’re experts in a number of pruning methods that increase a tree’s health, lifespan and structure. Safe to say, if trees could walk, they’d be lining up for a GTS prune. Ethical Tree Removal ​For us, removing a tree is like amputating a leg. If we can, we’ll offer specialist pruning or other remedial options to save the tree. We’ll even look at how we can modify or recycle it to create a habitat. Occasionally, a tree will present a risk to people, buildings or the environment and has to be removed. Rest assured, we’re very tidy with a chainsaw and can operate in confined spaces. Consultations Do you have garden design and tree selection or maintenance questions? we can help. We can give you some more understanding of what’s presenting in your trees and give you some clarity on what’s an issue and what's normal. We will also give you a clear understanding of what would be the best action plan for your garden and specifically the pillars that hold up the space, your trees. We hope to dispel the bad, support the good and take only the actions required with your trees. Tree reports Construction projects often require a few key pieces of paperwork before getting the go ahead. Things like tree health and structure reports, risk assessments, impact assessments and tree management plans. We can provide these reports and where needed, supervise the work carried out near trees of importance. Tree planting ​There’s nothing worse than planting a young tree only to see it fail. Proper root structure, planting depth, hole structure, soil health, mulch cover, mycelium inoculation… all these things should be considered if you want your tree to thrive. We can help with the entire planting process to give your trees the best possible chance at surviving and thriving. Habitat creation ​We want the land to be humming with native wildlife well into the future, so we help create new habitats using a bit of Arbor-magic. Without giving too much away, we carefully carve out hollows in living or dead trees and sometimes attach these hollows to existing trees. This creates a strong, realistic, temperature stable nook for our furry, feathery, and buzzy friends. Supports & Bracing ​Occasionally a tree will present with cracking or bark inclusions which make it brittle and dangerous. A bark inclusion is where the tree trunk grows in a Y shape poorly and the junction of the two limbs is at risk of cracking open. We can often keep trees intact for longer by using remedial pruning, bracing and support systems. Tree maintenance Regular maintenance means stress-free trees and safer, more beautiful environments for us all. All trees are different and require tailored approaches. We’ll sit down with your tree and ask it a few questions. Species? Health? Stage of life? Structure? This will inform our strategy and help us give your tree the best possible life.