Not a bad shout, maybe list some of the best species here? 
 

Lime leaves from Londons constant battle to remove suckers would be ideal if edible I should think. You might be best off getting hold directly of some of the larger contractors and see if they are willing to do it for some free publicity. Moving brash in whole form rather than chip is pretty labourious, but whippy straight bits such as lime suckers would be much easier than apple branches for example. 

5 hours ago, doobin said:

Not a bad shout, maybe list some of the best species here? 
 

Lime leaves from Londons constant battle to remove suckers would be ideal if edible I should think. You might be best off getting hold directly of some of the larger contractors and see if they are willing to do it for some free publicity. Moving brash in whole form rather than chip is pretty labourious, but whippy straight bits such as lime suckers would be much easier than apple branches for example. 

Yep' I know that one of the reasons that Lime trees are everywhere in towns is that back in the days of the horse and cart it was known as 'tree hay' and pollarding gave easy access to this resource.

6 hours ago, doobin said:

Not a bad shout, maybe list some of the best species here? 
 

Lime leaves from Londons constant battle to remove suckers would be ideal if edible I should think. You might be best off getting hold directly of some of the larger contractors and see if they are willing to do it for some free publicity. Moving brash in whole form rather than chip is pretty labourious, but whippy straight bits such as lime suckers would be much easier than apple branches for example. 

Thank you for your thoughts. Yes, lime leaves are perfectly edible for most animals. Unfortunately, our animals are pretty fussy and not many will touch lime, or only eat in very small amounts at the time (which is slightly frustrating). As for moving the brash, if there is a week's notice, I will be able to come and collect directly from the location. Any that won't fit on our flatbed van, can then go in the chipper.

I will try and add a list of species to the original post. Thanks again.

1 hour ago, Macpherson said:

 

Yep' I know that one of the reasons that Lime trees are everywhere in towns is that back in the days of the horse and cart it was known as 'tree hay' and pollarding gave easy access to this resource.

That is really interesting, great bit of historical information 🙂

did you not get your browse from Q gardens what has happened to that 

11 hours ago, daveatdave said:

did you not get your browse from Q gardens what has happened to that 

No, I can't remember when we would last have received browse from Kew (assuming that is what you mean?). We are currently paying a couple of suppliers to bring browse every week but it is a very heavy financial burden, and we want to try and be more sustainable as well. I have been in contact with various parks across London, including Royal Parks, but they just can't commit to a regular schedule and they do their majority of cutting and maintenance in the winter.

Sorry about commenting on an old post just wondering if zsl whipsnade are still accepting the specified green waste stated above. I used help out and give the zoo branches during the covid lockdowns. but lost the contact numbers for the people in charge of the enclosures