by Steve Brown | Jul 2, 2019
A Thank You Anyone in business knows it doesn’t come without its difficult days.So I breathed a sigh of relief when my eyes fell upon this yesterday.Here is the first piece in a range of furniture we are creating, all made from trees we have felled locally.Designed...
by Steve Brown | Jun 21, 2019
Sectional Dismantle of Sycamore This week we removed an Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore) tree from a Church car park.We used a sectional dismantle method.Checo, Operations Manager, climbed the tree with rope and harness, removing thin, leaved branches initially with...
by Steve Brown | Jun 11, 2019
Spalting Checo, Operations Manager at Newcastle Tree Services and Jack, Founder at Turned Studios pictured milling and processing a huge Fagus sylvatica (Beech).We ended up with some huge milled planks which we will be making dining tables with, and 180 bowl blanks...
by Steve Brown | Jun 4, 2019
Origins of Name – Douglas Fir Steve Brown, Founder, standing next to a section of a Douglas Fir from Canada, displayed in the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow.This tree is named after the Scottish Botanist David Douglas who introduced it into...
by Steve Brown | May 28, 2019
Root Pruning The manager of an elderly care home contacted me with a complaint from a residential next door neighbour. The roots of a Betula pendula (Silver Birch) tree were exposed and growing across the neighbour’s lawn causing trip hazards for her children and an...
by Steve Brown | May 14, 2019
Tree Hazard Assessment Have you ever wanted to assess and diagnose your own trees? Just like a doctor in a hospital or surgery, we all have the ability to identify, examine the symptoms and diagnose the fungi, disease and pests attacking our trees.12 years ago I began...
