Tree surgery and landscaping in Chandler's Ford

Chandler's Ford was built into woodland, and it shows: mature oaks, pines and birches stand in ordinary back gardens, and whole roads around Hiltingbury and Valley Park are effectively wooded. Trees that size need crown reductions, thinning and deadwooding to stay healthy and safe, rather than waiting for a storm to decide.

All that canopy brings the follow-on work too: lawns starved by shade, moss where grass should be, beds that only grow what tolerates dry root-filled soil. There are answers to each: thinning to let light through, shade-tolerant planting, lawn renovation where it can win and honest advice where it cannot.

Between the trees it is classic suburban work: closeboard runs between neighbours, patios, driveways and hedges kept in shape.