Professional Tree Cutting Service or Stump Removal Cost

When you need professional help for the trees in your garden

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Trees certainly add the beauty of your garden and as well as providing shade from the heat of the sun and a home for wildlife, they also help in the prevention of erosion, utilize the carbon dioxide in the environment and replenish the oxygen.

Despite all of these benefits that you derive from trees in your garden, sometimes it becomes necessary for a tree to be cut down and removed or remedial measures need to be taken promptly from a safety point of view. Some of the factors that may necessitate your hiring tree cutting services and possibly incurring tree stump removal costs as well, are:

  • If the roots of the tree are causing some structural damage to your home.
  • If the branches of the tree are extending over the perimeter of your property and onto a road and causing potential danger to motorists.
  • If the tree is dead or diseased, has been struck by lightning or has become so old that branches are in a dangerous state and likely to cause serious injury or even death by falling from the tree.

In any of the above situations, it is time to call in the professional tree surgeon for tree cutting and tree stump removal.

Using a tree cutting service

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This image of a professional at work comes from https://www.billybobtreecuttingservices.org/

When one or all of the factors highlighted above hold sway, it is a natural indication that the time is ripe to seek the professionals in the business of tree cutting services. It is far safer for you and probably cheaper in the long run to choose a reputable local firm for tree surgery, tree felling and stump removal.

One of your major concerns is bound to be the cost implication, and how it is going to affect your bank account. Though most of the landscaping companies will give you their estimate, it is advisable that you use certain criteria to make your own estimate in order to assure yourself that the quotation is reasonable. Some of the criteria you need for your personal estimate are:

  • The location of the tree has a very significant impact on the total cost of the project. In considering the location as one of the criteria, emphasis should be placed on such factors as how accessible is the tree to the landscaping company, will the company encounter electric wires and other dangerous obstacles along the way?
  • The size of the tree which include its height, the width of the trunk and the number of branches also has very significant impact on the overall cost. Smaller trees cost less to cut down than large trees.
  • The health of the tree is also used as a criterion for estimation. Trees that are dead will cost more because of the potential hazards to the operators in felling and removing them.

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Topiary, Turning Hedge Trimming Into Art

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Topiary is the creative way of hedge trimming to produce pieces of art by clipping and cutting trees, shrubs and plants into specific well-defined shapes. It dates back to Roman times and the famous gardens but as with most other pieces of art, it is hard to designate a specific date when this practice began, however most experts believe that it has been greatly influenced by Persia and artful Persian pleasure grounds. It also has roots in Far Eastern cultures of China and Japan.

Although topiary could be literally practiced on any plant, in order to produce a long-lasting piece of art and for the ease of practice, plants used in topiary should have specific features most notably been evergreen. To give more material to work and create minute shapes, it is better to use plants with small leaves and needles thus the species that are commonly used are arborvitae, European box, holly and bay laurel.

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A picture I took of Topiary at National Trust property, Lytes Cary Manor in Somerset, UK

There had been a decline in the practice of topiary in the 18th centaury but mid 1800 is noted as the revival. In North America, it was Walt Disney who had a taste of creating his cartoon characters in Disneyland and brought topiaries into public attention. They also use some frames for the growth of shrubbery in the desired form and size that later will only need some trimming.

There are famous Topiary gardens and displays in the world such as Town of Topiary in Tasmania, Australia; Royal Palace located in Bang Pa-In, Thailand; Levens Hall, Stiffkey, Great Dixter Gardens and Canons Ashby all in England; The Tsubo-en Zen garden in Netherlands; Ladew Topiary Gardens, Hunnewell Arboretum and Columbus Topiary Park at Old Deaf School all in United States. You can create your own topiary if you have some intuition and the material to work with. There are some great photographs and lots of information at Early American Gardens web site. Continue reading

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