• Ancient Tree Forum

    The Summer Conference The Ancient Tree Forum is the only UK organisation focused solely on the welfare of ancient and other veteran trees.  They believe there should be no further avoidable loss of these trees through [...]

  • Tree stump bench carving

    I was recently asked by some clients to convert their large tree stump into a bench seat.  Having never tried my hand at chainsaw carving, I said I've give it my best shot!  The [...]

  • Artist’s bracket fungus

    Here's the latest addition to our tree fungi gallery.  This specimen was found recently on a sycamore in a Weymouth garden. Ganoderma applanatum is commonly known as artist's bracket fungus because you can [...]

  • Portland Bats

    Dale is an active member of the Dorset Bat Group. The group is made up of volunteers with a shared passion - we all love bats! Our role is one of helping to record and protect the [...]

  • Ancient ash tree

    The Coastal Tree Care team have been planting young, native trees, shrubs and hedging this week for PS Renewables (a solar farm installation company). Many planning authorities will stipulate the requirement for new [...]

  • Hog Cliff National Nature Reserve

    The Coastal Tree Care team is currently engaged in some scrub clearance work for Natural England at Hog Cliff National Nature Reserve, near Maiden Newton. The work involves removing extensive overgrown areas of [...]

  • Scrub management

    One of our specialities at Coastal Tree Care is scrub management; often for corporate clients or conservation bodies, but also for private clients in rural and suburban settings. Our team are experienced in [...]

  • Native hedgerow planting

      20 dumpy bags ready for action... Connor and Dan start the native hedgerow planting Mega mulching! As the planting site was almost 350 metres [...]

  • Scrub bashing

    As we approach the end of the Portland Living Landscapes project, we have just started to tackle a substantial area of scrub management over a former landfill site. The intention is to remove [...]

  • Dorset Wildlife Trust

    We have recently increased our manpower commitment to the Portland Living Landscapes Project, managed by the Dorset Wildlife Trust. As the project nears completion at the end of 2014, our team are removing [...]