Tree Planting Jobs, London and the South

Tree Planting Jobs, London and the South

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Whilst It’s been pretty much business as usual for the workforce at Gristwood & Toms throughout the past nine months, the last couple of weeks have been frustrating. A number of our staff have been forced to isolate due to COVID-19. Thankfully, at the time of...
New Stump Grinding Team at Gristwood & Toms

New Stump Grinding Team at Gristwood & Toms

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Our Arboriculture groundwork teams work across much of the country serving local and borough councils. Stump removal is a service that is becoming increasingly called for. So much so that in one of our larger London contracts a team is now working full time. In order...
Tree Planting Season in Full Swing

Tree Planting Season in Full Swing

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Our tree planting contractors in London have been kept busy over the past month and this trend is set to continue throughout the season. We’ve just completed work at Mill Hill Park in Barnet where we planted 26 semi mature trees.  The size of the tree is determined...

Hedges Protect Children

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Planting hedges, including instant hedges, around playgrounds adjacent to busy roads can reduce children’s exposure to traffic pollution, according to a recent study. Various schools have planted instant hedges around their playgrounds to protect children from toxins,...

Bulk Tree Planting on the Agenda

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The Conservative party have pledged to plant 30 million new trees by 2025. Let’s hope a lot of them get planted in our cities, because trees in towns don’t just help reduce CO2: they lower the risk of death from cancer and heart disease, according to a report released...

Return of the Elm

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Potentially good news for tree planting contractors. The elm tree, which was virtually wiped out in Britain 50 years ago, could return to the English countryside, according to a new report. More than 20 million of the trees were lost to Dutch Elm Disease in the 1960s...