eco-friendly Tree Pruning on the Sunshine Coast
Our qualified arborists safely prune and trim unruly trees across the Sunshine Coast and Noosa.
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Signs Your Trees Need Pruning
Branches looming over home
Branches too close to powerlines
Branches unevenly distributed
Promote healthy tree growth
Maintain or regain a more aesthetic appearance
Enhance property safety
Tree canopy is blocking sunlight
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Our Tree Pruning Process
Whether you live in Noosa or the Sunshine Coast, our licensed arborists help your trees live healthy and vibrant lives. Here’s what to expect from our professional tree pruning service.
1.Assessment and Inspection
We first assess your tree’s health, size, and location. Then, we check for hazards such as proximity to power lines, buildings, or other trees that could complicate the removal process.
2.Planning
Once the assessment is complete, we create a detailed plan for the tree pruning. This plan includes what pruning methods are necessary to achieve the required outcome, which equipment will be used, and how the debris will be managed.
3. Pruning
If the branches are higher than we can safely cut with a chainsaw or pole-saw from ground level, our team will generally utilise a climbing technique to access the tree.
Ropes will be remotely set from the ground and then a climber will ascend up the rope to begin the work within the tree. If necessary, a variety of rigging techniques may be utilised to safely lower branches over any assets. Another technique we may use is an EWP (Elevated Work Platform) or Cherry Picker, which do have their limitations but are certainly necessary at times.
4. Clean-up and Disposal
Our arborists will take care of all clean-up or at least provide the option to. This includes the removal of branches, logs, and other debris. Generally the branches will be turned into usable woodchips. Depending on the size of the logs, they can be chipped, retained as firewood, milled or removed.
Why prune trees?
Pruning keeps your trees looking and feeling healthier for longer. We do this by cutting off unwanted elements including:
Diseased or decaying sections
Damaged or weakened growth
Dead or unproductive limbs
Branches or debris posing a fall risk
However, it’s not as simple as lopping off any area that looks dodgy. We first assess your trees’ location, vitality, vigour, size, condition and structure before proceeding to make a plan of action.
Any cuts made create wounds that the tree must then compartmentalise and seal from. This process diverts the tree’s energy and resources away from growth and can leave it more vulnerable to disease, pests, and decay if not done correctly.
The pruning cut
When pruning, our primary focus is to reduce the amount of surface area we’re opening up, that the tree then has to compartmentalise (seal up), while still achieving what we had initially set out to do. We achieve this by carefully pruning branches to eliminate the chances of bark tear (usually with a 3-step cut method) followed by a careful cut back to the branch collar.
We use reduction cuts to guide young tree growth, reduce a tree’s height, or to make a large branch smaller.
Reduction pruning may be used when a tree has grown too close to structures or powerlines. This technique helps lower the tree’s height and width while keeping its overall shape and strength intact.
Reduction cuts require a keen arborist’s eye, since they are more likely to cause tree decay if not done correctly.
Types of Pruning
Every situation is different and often calls for one, or a number of different pruning methods. Types of pruning we use:
Deadwooding
Removal of deadwood that can be at a greater chance of falling. Deadwooding allows the tree to more efficiently compartmentalise, so it can put more energy to growth and also reduces it’s susceptibility to disease
Reduction Pruning
Aims to reduce the height or spread of a tree while using a very specific cut called a “Reduction cut” that takes a branch back to another union or suitable growth. Reduction cuts are often confused with “heading cuts” which are often larger cuts and generally don’t allow for further growth of the section cut. These cuts are made only in very specific situations as they increase the trees susceptibility to disease and decay.
Other types of pruning we employ include Crown Thinning, Selective Pruning, Formative Pruning, Remedial (restorative) Pruning, Crown Lifting, Pollarding and Structural Pruning.
Pruning vs trimming - what’s the difference?
Tree pruning improves the overall health and safety of your trees, whereas tree trimming is performed to improve their cosmetic appearance.
Tree pruning eliminates dead branches and areas of the tree that are diseased or infected. Pruning also keeps you and your property safe since it reduces the risk of weak branches falling in inconvenient places.
Tree trimming gives you more control over the appearance of your trees, bushes and shrubs. It’s used to influence the direction they grow and to improve the overall evenness of the branches.
Tree Removal FAQS
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The best time to prune a tree is during its dormant season, generally late winter. Reason being is that the tree is not actively growing, which reduces sap loss, stress and retains their stored energy for the growing season.
In saying all that, we prune trees all year round!
Up here on the Sunshine Coast everything grows bigger and faster than it is supposed to, which also means our plants and trees are (generally speaking) more able to cope with pruning throughout the year.
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Over-pruning can increase susceptibility to disease, pests and environmental stress, ultimately weakening the tree.
Sometimes, situations necessitate this practice, whether it be for safety, storm damage, or even where the alternative is complete removal. The result generally means the tree has a reduced life expectancy.
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These terms are used interchangeably at times; however, pruning focuses on improving the health and structure of trees and plants.
"Cutting Back" generally refers to removal of part of a plant or tree to control the size or shape, or to regain control of some overgrown vegetation.
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Yes, in certain situations pruning can have incredible benefits.
For example, a tree may be affected by a pest or disease that requires a heavy prune to remove all diseased/affected foliage or branches.
A storm damaged tree may have a large, torn-out branch, and a simple prune may significantly reduce the amount of woundwood, which in turn, reduces likelihood of disease and pest species.
Trees undergoing retrenchment generally benefit from a gradual reduction prune to reduce the stress and increase longevity.
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of country, particularly the Kabi Kabi people and Jinibara people and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.