Take a look at the lush greens of Bedford and it is clear why trees are so loved here. However, even with these impressive symbols of nature, they sometimes need a little love too. When the cue comes for the tree surgeons to enter. Get more details.
Imagine: you begin by having a cup of tea and in the midst of morning tea drinking, you see a tree struggling, flaring its branches out like a wild hair day. You call the experts, they come as if by magic and they tend to the tree with the precision of a jeweler.
Indeed, these professionals are more than just chainsaw experts, and might make you grin when you hear their title, tree surgeon. Performers in the treetops, creativity and technique working together to keep Company of Giants healthy and strong.
Think about one of those sun drenched mornings, tree care team brings in tree shovels. They’ve spent more of their share on climbing grand old oaks and brisk sycamores. Managing balance on the ground and high in the trees is all in a day’s work for them.
Take Keith as an example, lets say that. Reading old tomes, every tree has a story, he says with infectious enthusiasm. Keith might discuss about the secret lives of trees, disclosing details on how yews can live for centuries and keep secrets from the past.
Of course you will be curious for the tools of their trade. Wearing ropes, pulleys, and an array of saws, they are prepared for any task. Seeing an arborist with a pole pruner is poetry in motion, graceful and gritty. However, you will find me firmly on the ground, thanks.
It is like tightrope performance in their work among branches. You may joke, not knowing their job is as predictable as our British skies. And true enough, as trees, unscripted, don’t obey the falling branches, the defiant roots.
It’s hardly reckless despite the spontaneity. It’s essential to have safety gear (helmets, harnesses, a cheeky pair of spike boots with attitude to bring). These guys are urban explorers of the leafy kind so that our trees will remain splendid.
The environmental aspect is not to be forgotten. This is the occupation of these specialists, busy planting new life and preserving the old. Their aim is to be in harmony with nature. This isn’t like a simple chop off; it is about cautious planting, careful nurturing, and sometimes the only remedy possible is a gently removal when appropriate.
And Keith has tales aplenty like when he dealt with a threatening limb headed for dangerousmmission over a quaint Bedford home. Though for him it was normal, for the family it was avoiding having an uninvited green guest move in.
Bedford based tree surgeons are adepts at being adaptable, addressing problems quickly and, as such, develop a number of skills. And give one ascending the heights a nod of respect, when you see one. Beauty and functionality is being crafted from above.
That, in a nutshell, is one glimpse into an adventurous world. If you require some help with tree care remember to keep an eye out for those Bedfordian champions patrolling the canopy. A quite remarkable bunch, wouldn’t you say?