Tree Services 

Throughout West Central Scotland

Our Story

Riverbank Tree Surgeons Ltd is  a small family business based in Hamilton, Lanarkshire. 

We are committed to providing a fully insured, fair, professional, and reliable service and we only use professional arboriculture techniques.

We have a strong ethical approach to our work, always being sympathetic to the environment and wildlife and we have been entrusted to carry out work on ancient estate lands and sites of special scientific interest.

We also work closely with residential clients, local authorities, property developers, property management companies and Ecologists to deliver the best service possible. We can also provide survey assistance for planning applications regarding trees on proposed development sites (BS5837).

If you would like to speak to us please give us a call or use the contact form on this site.

 

Best Wishes

Nick Cowan

What We Do Some of the services that we offer

Pruning

This is the most common tree maintenance procedure. Trees “in the wild” grow well enough naturally but landscape trees require a greater level of care to ensure aesthetics and structural integrity.

It is essential that an expert tree surgeon carries out pruning as incorrect pruning can create lasting damage or even kill a tree. No branch should be removed without a reason as each cut has the potential to change the tree’s growth.

Pruning is often carried out to reduce risk to property or life, to remove dead branches or to improve the shape of the tree. They can also be pruned to increase light penetration to the inside of the tree’s crown or to the ground below.
Routine pruning to get rid of diseased, weak or dead branches can be done at any time of the year with minimal effects to the tree.

Proper pruning is essential to develop a tree with a good looking shape and a strong structure. Appropriate pruning whilst the tree is young will mean less corrective pruning when the tree gets older.

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Pollarding

Pollarding is a method of pruning trees to control the shape and size of a tree. This is often used on trees planted where they may become an impediment if allowed to grow to their full size. This can be due to other trees or if there is a power line or other obstruction.

Pollarding involves cutting off the central leader of the tree and all lateral branches to the same height within a few feet of the tree crown and within enough clearance of the ground to prevent animals eating new growth. We also remove any lower limbs on the tree and any crossing limbs. We normally undertake pollarding whilst the tree is dormant either in winter or early spring.

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Crown Reduction & Thinning

Crown reduction is the selective removal of branches to reduce the density of the tree. There are a number of reasons that this may be desirable including letting more light through the crown to reduce shade below it and letting more air through to reduce the chances of the tree toppling during a storm. It is also useful when a tree has become too large or unstable but you don’t want the tree removed.

We do this by removing branches from throughout the crown (not only from the inner crown) to leave a crown with a balanced density. To avoid stressing the tree, we do not remove more than 30% of the foliage in any single year. We only remove the minimum amount of branches to achieve the desired effect.

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Tree Felling

Unfortunately, there are occasions when a tree has to be removed for safety reasons or it has become too diseased to save.

When this becomes necessary, it is very important that tree felling is planned carefully by qualified professionals using the proper techniques, the best safety equipment and chainsaw. Safety is paramount and the tree must fall in the correct direction. When felling a tree, Riverbank Tree Surgeons carry out a full safety audit to check there are no obstacles in the way and there are no dangers to the public. We also take into consideration the flora and fauna near the tree as nature conservation is very important to us. We also offer a stump grinding service which reduces the stump to the ground.

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Tree Surveys

We offer a tree survey service which includes;
a consultation with the client, an on-site assessment, full written report using a quality categorization cascade chart. Thereafter, upon request quotes for any recommendations to be carried out at a discounted rate (as always, these quotes are free and transparent with no obligation to choose us to carry out the work) a follow-up service for trees/ sites with recommendations that their condition be monitored.

Our surveys are carried out by a professional arborist who holds a BS5837 Tree Surveying & Categorisation certificate issued by The Arboricultrual Association.

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Address

Beechwood Avenue
Hamilton
South Lanarkshire
ML3 8HD


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