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This piece of wood was cut down and, as you can see, the centre of it is rotten – which is known as heartwood rot. While some people may associate the term with a stale relationship, heartwood rot is when a tree has a fungal infection that causes the centre of the trunk and branches to decay.

Q: I am building a new home (knock down/rebuild) and need to remove some trees however we’re having issues with Council regarding determining which trees are on boundary lines. Please could you help!

We know how it goes. Kids hear “nature lesson” and then we hear “YAWN”.

With a background working in parks, gardens and reserves, and now trees, Jason has pretty much always been passionate about working outdoors. Occasionally he also works for Shellharbour City Council as a civil labourer and has had various labour jobs for the past few years, so he’s super strong – as can come in handy in this job!

It was a cracker of a day to celebrate all things trees for National Tree Day 2019, which once again saw Bohmer don his ‘Tree Whisperer’ costume to engage kids and their families to teach them about all things trees. First stop was Woonona Public School to celebrate National Schools Tree Day, then onto meet the community at the South Coast’s popular Coledale Markets for some tree art and craft plus the chance to take home your very own seeds and potting mix to plant in the garden.

We received a call from the SES to say that a branch from a Liquid Amber Tree had fallen into someone’s granny flat during the wild winds earlier this year. Luckily no one was hurt, however we removed a branch that had fallen over the top of a stained glass roof and, thanks to more meticulous work by the team, no glass was broken.

So Autumn is certainly here to say hello – the water’s still at a decent temp (great to get in the last of those surf or pool swims) and the weather is up to its usual wild ways.We’re super passionate about safety in our largely unregulated industry – which includes protecting you, our awesome customers and community, from potential harm caused by trees to your home during wild weather. We work directly with the SES, councils and insurance companies (we’re the ones they can call in the middle of the night to tackle a fallen tree or branch caused by wild weather – lucky we love our job hey?!) so we see firsthand the damage that can be caused to homes and properties at this time of year.

So here we are after another mammoth year of caring for trees across the South Coast of NSW and beyond. Thank you to all our amazing customers, clients and community who choose our trusted and proudly local family business to take care of their trees – we look forward to another year of achieving amazing things with you.

He’s a local legend! Here’s one of the many reasons we adore what he does in relation to all things Indigenous Culture and why he’s our ‘go to’ man for any questions we have about native species of trees or ‘the bush’ that needs an expert opinion and advice.

It’s been a wild few months of weather on the South Coast of NSW recently, with some stunning Summer’s-in-the-air sunny days by the beach followed by cold and damp feroucious wind attacks. And we might be a small, family business but the nature of our work means we’re up in the middle of the night responding to calls from the SES to take on trees that have fallen onto homes, cars or streets and clearing debris to make things safe for everyone to ‘get back to normal’ in the morning.

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