WHEN IS A TREE SURGEON REQUIRED?
Knowing if you need a tree surgeon can be simple. Is there something worrying you about your trees?
Perhaps you’ve noticed some changes to the health of your tree? The leaves are a bit sparse, the tree looks wilted, it may have strange growths or oozing. Or, it could be that your tree is growing too large for an area. A bit too tall for your comfort. Or tree branches are getting a little too close to structures.
Sometimes people are concerned about trees blocking the light in an area. Moss growing in the grass, or shade on the greenhouse.
It may not even be you. Maybe your neighbours are worried about a tree and need some reassurance. Or maybe your insurance won’t cover a tree close to your property?
The reasons to get a tree surgeon can be numerous and widespread. There are a million reasons someone may want work carried out or tree advice from our team. Whatever the reasons we’re here to help you find solutions.
At Epic Tree Care we listen to your concerns, and provide balanced and informative advice. Helping you to make the best decision for both yourself, and the trees for which you have charge. This is no simple tree lopping or tree topping service. At Epic Tree Care our tree surgeons in Moray work hard to make sure that you and your tree get the best care. Helping you thrive in your favourite space, not just in the short term.
Tree Surgeon Services
Trees can easily outlive both us and you, so they deserve respect and care. Epic Tree Care focus on making sure they continue life in the best condition possible. While making sure their caretakers can continue to appreciate them for are that they bring. Including their fantastic ecosystems, food source, decorative features, bird feed hanger. As well as windbreak, medicine and everything else they can be over their lifetime.
With attention paid to tree pruning seasons, wildlife impacts and garden care, we work very hard to make sure that Epic Tree Care’s contribution to the tree world is a positive one. This is all we do and we take pride in being exceptional at it. You and your trees can trust that we will do our utmost. Making sure that every aspect of your tree care and experience will be easy, comfortable and the best quality.
Lets face it, North East Scotland isn’t exactly the most comfortable of growing conditions for most trees anyway. Our customers at the coast like Cullen, Portsoy and Portnockie especially can all see how tough the few trees managing can have it. We certainly don’t need to make it any harder! Our tree surgeons in Moray and Aberdeenshire are here to tackle any job, both large and small.
Experienced and friendly Service from locally based Moray Tree Surgeons
There are a huge variety of tree related services our tree surgeons in Moray can help with. These include;
- Assessing tree safety
- Assisting with tree health issues
- Helping maintain trees in restricted spaces
- Professional tree removal – no matter how difficult the spot
- Diagnosing tree health issues
- Introducing light through or around trees
- Permissions and work recommendations for TPO protected trees
No matter what your concern is, our knowledgeable tree surgeons will be able to assist. Determining the best course of action by assessing each tree on a case by case basis.
Contact us to book a free, no obligation consultation from one of our skilled tree surgeons in Moray and Aberdeenshire.
Tree Surgeon Moray
Epic Tree Care are based in Keith. Right on the boundary between Aberdeenshire and Moray, making us perfectly placed. If you are looking for reliable, experienced, qualified, insured, friendly local tree surgeons in Aberdeenshire, you’ve found us!
At Epic Tree Care we are very lucky to have exceptionally skilled tree surgeons and arborists working with us. All offering experience, knowledge and a wide range of services for the protection and maintenance of trees.
In the world today we are becoming increasingly more aware of the importance of the natural environment. Trees have such power and significance for cleaning our air, absorbing harmful chemicals and even absorbing excess heat from our atmosphere, This isn’t even considering the amenity value, impact on ground conditions, wildlife and our reaction to them mentally.
Trees are such an essential part of our ecosystem. We believe that every tree is important and should be cared for, nurtured and looked after throughout its lifetime. From the early stages of growth and development, into maturity and during old age.
With the specialised knowledge and experience of our tree surgeons, we can always guarantee that your trees are in safe hands. Continuing to grow and positively impacting your environment for many years to come.
Contact us to arrange a site visit from our team of skilled tree surgeons in Moray and beyond.
Tree Surgeon Moray
Based in Keith, Epic Tree Care provides forestry and tree surgery services to both commercial and domestic property owners. We have worked with local authorities, councils, conservation groups like Scottish Natural Heritage, and an ever increasing, lovely group of residential home owners.
From small urban gardens to large rural woodland estates, parks and public spaces, all tree related spaces are fantastic and present their own interest and challenges. When we say no work too big or small, that’s because not only can we do it, we revel in it. Small trees and small spaces are often the most complex and interesting as the tree can have a huge impact on the space. Pruning and Tree removal in Moray & Aberdeenshire can be interesting and high impact in many unusual ways. Larger areas come with their own challenges of course…. We are very lucky in tree work, it is rarely the same day twice and never boring.
Operating throughout Moray, Banffshire, Aberdeenshire, Keith, Elgin, Huntly, Inverurie, Banff, Turriff, Buckie, Fochabers. As well as many more areas around the Moray and Aberdeenshire counties of Scotland.
Testimonials
Trevor Bower2024-06-24I needed to thin an overcrowded small copse at the bottom of my garden. I am so glad I chose Epic Tree Care, as right from the beginning with the visit from Elaine to advise what the best solution would be, to the work being carried out by Jason and his team everything was excellent. The friendly men on site worked professionally and efficiently and with care to avoid any unnecessary damage to remaining trees and fences. They left the site clean and tidy, overall a pleasant experience. I would strongly recommend this company.Gale Solomon2024-06-13Great service with good tidy up, helpful and friendlyRosemary Carroll2024-06-04I recently bought a new home that had very tall, very unkempt hedges and a few rotten and self-seeded trees. Clive and Elaine's team were amazing from start to finish. Elaine came out to assess the job first and I told her my budget. She worked with it to get the maximum amount of work from it, and gave a timescale for the job to be completed by. The team appeared on time at the job and were polite, happy and very informative. They went over the job list to make sure I was happy. Then they got to work. Everything was done to an incredibly high standard. The equipment itself was very impressive. The professionalism of the team was really lovely to see. They even paused at regular intervals to tidy up around them! After they were finished, apart from a couple of pieces of twig that the wind caught, there was no evidence of them having been there! Three trees, one huge laurel type hedge cut back and a whopper of an evergreen hedge completely removed, roots and all, and all done in one day... An absolutely brilliant team. I won't need you again probably, but if I did I wouldn't hesitate to call, and I'll happily recommend you all day long. A trusted and reliable team and a truly epic service, thank you guys!Debra Whelband2024-05-23This company is to be commended! They have all the necessary equipment to make the project as seamless as possible, not to mention the safety gear provided to the staff. Jason was calm, polite and very approachable. Nothing was a problem. They removed a mature Sycamore in poor condition to a habitat stump for the birds and a Crown raise and sympathetic thin of mature Elm tree, which now looks amazing. I enquired about keeping the chippings from this tree and Jason advised to keep it if I had a place to spread it as hard wood timber makes great mulch. Be aware you need to leave it for 12 months if you want to used it around flowers/plants etc. They worked seamlessly and left the place immaculate. Considering the amount of shrubbery this was no mean feat. The costing was very reasonable and to my mind money well spent. Your business model is great!Lisa Rose2024-05-08Very efficient and professional service,excellent communication and friendly staff. Would highly recommend Epic Tree care.Alistair Law2024-05-01excellent advice delivered by a very nice and pleasant and knowledgeable young girlJulia Wright2024-04-02Epic Tree Care have pollarded our big sycamore. They have done an excellent job, very quick and so careful of the surroundings that nothing in the garden was damaged despite the tree being surrounded by borders, sheds and garages. Thank you, guys and thank you, Elaine for the excellent customer service, it has been a good experience from the beginning to the end.Lee Halsall2024-03-20Efficient , professional and affordable . They have the right equipment to carry out any felling and trimming leaving hardly a trace that they’ve been .A Webster2024-02-22Big thanks to Epic Tree Care for their exceptional service in removing a tree and stump from my garden. Their professionalism, efficiency, and tidy work were top-notch. Highly recommend their skilled team for anyone in need of tree services!Rhona Watson2023-11-05Carefully assessed the work to be done and promptly quoted. Agreed dates for the work to be done and came when they said. Carried out the work exactly as agreed. Team was organised and hard working. Tidied up well once the work was completed. I was particularly impressed with the stump removal and the care taken to make sure I was happy with the finished shape of the trimmed trees. Cost seemed high until I saw how many workers were in the team, what work was actually involved, how much wood had to be disposed of and the amount of equipment involved. I was completely satisfied with the work done and wouldn't hesitate to recommend them.
We operate with £5 million Public Liability Insurance and £10 million Employers Liability Insurance.
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Inspection
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Professional Tree Inspection | Lantra Professional Tree Inspection |
| Lifting Equipment | City & Guilds NPTC Level 3 Thorough Examination of Arboricultural Equipment | |
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Base
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Woodchipper | Lantra Woodchippers |
| Stumpgrinder | Lantra Stumpgrinders | |
| Chainsaw | City & Guilds NPTC Level 2 Chainsaw Maintenance and Cross-cutting | |
| Chainsaw | City & Guilds NPTC Level 2 Ground Based Chainsaw Operator | |
| Chainsaw (200-380mm) | City & Guilds NPTC Level 2 Felling Small Trees up to 380mm | |
| Chainsaw (over 380) | City & Guilds NPTC Level 3 Felling and Processing Trees over 380mm | |
| Windblow | City & Guilds NPTC Level 3 Severing Uprooted or Windblown Trees using a Chainsaw | |
| Assisted Fell | City & Guilds NPTC Level 3 Assisted Fell Operations | |
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Working at Height
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Rescue | City & Guilds NPTC Level 2 Tree Climbing and Aerial Rescue |
| Chainsaw | City & Guilds NPTC Level 2 Using a Chainsaw from a Rope and Harness | |
| Chainsaw | City & Guilds NPTC Level 3 Aerial Tree Pruning | |
| Chainsaw | City & Guilds NPTC Level 3 Aerial Cutting of Trees with a Chainsaw Using Free-fall Techniques | |
| Rigging | City & Guilds NPTC Level 3 Aerial Tree Rigging | |
| Utilities | Utility Arboriculture | City & Guilds NPTC Level 3 Utility Arboriculture Basic Electrical Knowledge |
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Machinery
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Chokerman – Skyline | City & Guilds NPTC Level 2 Forest Machine Operations – Chokerman |
| Base Skidder | City & Guilds NPTC Level 2 Forest Machine Operations – Base Machine with Skidder | |
| Forwarder | City & Guilds NPTC Level 2 Forest Machine Operations – Base Machine with Forwarder | |
| Mulcher | City & Guilds NPTC Level 2 Forest Machine Operations – Flail/Mulcher | |
| Felling | City & Guilds NPTC Level 2 Forest Machine Operations – Felling | |
| First Aid | First Aid | Emergency First Aid at Work + Forestry |
Frequently Asked Questions
This is without a doubt the most common question we hear. When most people think “surgeon” they visualise someone dressed in surgical gear performing their medical miracles in sterile operating rooms. In the case of tree surgeons, however, the title has to do with the fact that, like their medical counterparts, the tree surgeon physically intervenes to address a situation by taking corrective action on the body, in this case, the body of the tree. That may entail removing a branch, pruning the tree to promote more robust growth, excising a diseased area or other similar activities.
Not really. They are two terms used interchangeably to describe the same job. “Arborist” is more of a technical term, while tree surgeon is a more informal term.
Technically, yes. As long as the tree is not protected by a Tree Protection Order or located in a Conservation Area, and as long as the person cutting down the tree is the landowner or has permission from the landowner to do so. That said, with few exceptions you will still need to obtain planning permission to remove a tree. In addition, there are a slew of regulations related to things like working on a tree that overhangs your property.
The bottom line is that it’s always better to call a pro because they can obtain permission for you, they’ll adhere to all relevant laws and regulations and they’re insured in case something happens during the process of removing the tree.
Diseased trees often have discoulored leaves or leaves that wilt. There may also be visible growth of fungus. If a tree is infested there may be holes in the bark, chewed leaves, sawdust on the ground around the trunk or thick webs. If you see signs your tree is diseased or infested your first call should be to Epic Tree Care.
In most cases, it depends on where they are located. If they are located near the street, near a property line or next to a house or other structure they will likely need to be removed. If, however, the dead tree is located away from most human activity it may create valuable habitat for local wildlife or add to the aesthetic character of an area. The best thing to do is to call Epic Tree Care and have one of our arborists assess the situation.
Not necessarily. In some cases, the disease can be successfully treated and the tree saved. A lot depends on when the disease is detected. If it is detected early the survival rate is pretty good. But if the disease in question has spread too far it may be too late to save the tree. But you cannot simply cut it down yourself because you think it’s beyond saving. You’ll need to get planning permission to cut it down and the local authority will likely want input from a professional tree surgeon before making their decision.
Technically, yes. But it would be in everyone’s best interest if you discussed the matter with the neighbour before reaching for the chainsaw. Once neighbourly relations take a turn for the worse it can be devilishly difficult to save them. Besides, communicating your concerns and intentions shows respect. But that’s not the only reason to delay cutting back a tree. It could be that the tree is covered by a Tree Protection Order (TPO). In which case altering it in any way without prior planning permission approval could lead to serious sanctions. In addition, the tree may be located in a Conservation Area. In which case planning permission will be required before anything is done to it.
That depends. If the customer wants to keep it in the form of wood chips or logs they will need to tell us ahead of time and that will be accounted for in the quotation. If the customer has no use for it we will dispose of it responsibly in compliance with our waste carry license. However, it should be noted that any wood cut from a tree that’s hanging over your property from a neighbour’s yard belongs to the neighbour by law. They can decide to either keep it, turn it over to you or have us dispose of it.
Trees can be worked on at any time of the year. That said, the ideal time to work on most trees is between the time they drop their leaves and the time they sprout new leaves in the Spring. Why? Because fewer leaves means the tree surgeon has easier access to the tree. Also, birds tend to nest in the warm weather months and this can make working on a particular tree problematic.
Still, not all trees are best served by working on them after they’ve dropped their leaves. Cherry trees, for instance, are best worked on after they have already flowered while walnut trees take best to pruning when it is done in the Summer. In order to determine if your trees need work and when would be the best time to carry out that work, get in touch with Epic Tree Care and we’ll have one of our arborists perform an assessment.
Absolutely not. Our tree surgeons will make sure your property is clean and tidy before they leave. There may, however, be instances when things end up looking less-than-great for reasons that are beyond our control. For instance, if there has been a lot of rain the ground around the worksite might be left muddy.