by Steve Brown | May 7, 2019
Tree Mysteries Explained Tree mysteries explained OR Question time?Recently a valued client got in touch with this photograph of a Prunus Amanogawa (Cherry) tree (futher down).Strangely, shoots had begun to grow out the side of the root stock and he queried what to...
by Steve Brown | May 1, 2019
Branch Pruning / Target Pruning Target pruning is how we prune trees in a way that enables them to heal.Pruning a branch causes wounding to any tree. Just like human skin, tree wounds will heal themselves if treated in the correct way.Here is an example of a Sorbus...
by Steve Brown | Apr 3, 2019
Wood Wide Web As an arborist I look to trees for guidance, lessons and better ways to live when attending to my human life.Research originally undertaken in Oregon in the last decade has discovered a Wood Wide Web directly beneath our feet! The Wood Wide Web is made...
by Steve Brown | Mar 13, 2019
Community Pruning I believe in using community to connect with our earth as a way to heal and create peace within our lives.The other Sunday I attended my village fruit tree pruning in our village orchard; one of two prunes undertaken each year, guided by Tom, an...
by Steve Brown | Feb 15, 2019
Time to inspect your trees! I love this time of year when I start to notice weird and wonderful fungal brackets growing on trees. Each bracket is different from the last and there are literally hundreds of different fungi growing on all species of tree across the...
by Steve Brown | Jan 15, 2019
Inonotus Hispidus Some days are often mundane and boring. During these times its important for me to stay open to possibilities. I consider myself lucky because when I spy some tree fungi my neuron’s light up into overdrive.I was walking through the grounds of St....
