Landscapertalk

[penfold]

most i know give me there tree work and i give them any leads or jobs i come across that will suit them

 

As somebody who has a gardening business although i did an nc in arb at houghall college in durham after doing an hnd in horticulture but specialising in arb at askham bryan college matt, you'll be pleased to know this is how i work. I still do smaller trees myself as it means i can keep my hand in and i also totally agree with you on most gardeners not knowing an epicormic from an aesculus especially since the recession bit and all the brickies who were laid off have started driving around with their lawnmowers and chainsaws from b&q in an estate car doing jobs for a fiver an hour or whatever:mad1:

[MattyF]

I Looked at a big beech about 6 months ago that some idiot had rotavated and then turfed up to the trunk,some soil moved and leveled for good measure and you could see severed3" roots stick out the corners of he turf...thing is this was from a very reputable company maybe that every one would recognise this garden proably cost 20K + and was based around the tree.....now it will probably get meripilus in a few years have to be felled and the client will be wondering wtf went wrong...i didnt have the heart to tell him at the time though.. but the desighner and workers should of known better if they are so called horticultralists

[penfold]

sometimes the blokes doing the rotovating are the horticultural variety of brash bitches and just put their head down and get on with the job they are given. Unfortunately a designer will probably not even have a clue with regards to what is being planted or what is being retained plant wise.

[ukminch]

It's not something that I've ever had to do so never really given it any thought until now. How would you go about turfing up to a tree, or would you just not do it.

 

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[MattyF]

In an ideal world no you would not,especially on root sentitive trees like beech, but some people have this bizare idea that trees should have grass up to the trunks if i did the last thing i would want to do is rotavate around and in to the drip line of a tree.... My groundy is doing some turfing next week he was a landscaper for 5 years i have told him not to rotavate in to the drip line and mulch what is....any way its his gig so im staying out of it!

[Charlieh]

Matty have you had a bad relationship with a landscaper in the past that has left you very bitter?

 

do you need to tell the group, let it all out

 

 

i have just bought myself an argos hedge cutter (dont ask) might go and do some renegade landscaping work

[ukminch]

Yep always difficult, at the end of the day the customer knows what they want, and somebody will do it for them. Mowing and foot traffic are supposed to be one of the worst things for a tree I believe.

[MattyF]

SSSHHHuush charlie dont let out my secret......

[Simon Rotheram]

On the other hand, if you have trained and experienced arborists and landscaper guys working for the same company and/or on the same site in certain situations this would prevent things like excavating roots. On many occasions knowledge in both is priceless, especially on jobs like installing Cell web where we can advise and install and insure corners are not cut (or roots!) through the negligence of the landscaper!

[Steve Bullman]

there will always be a certain amount of cross over between the 2