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EMPIRE TREE & GARDEN SERVICES
Empire Tree & Garden Services provides a one-stop-shop for the complete arboricultural solution - uniquely combining the academic qualification, experience and operational elements to deliver a complete arboricultural and grounds maintenance service
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Operational delivery of tree & grounds maintenance solutions
Specifically qualified to the City and Guilds standards for the planning, management, supervision and delivery of ground, aerial and hazardous tree removal operations there is a full suite of certificates to demonstrate experience and competency in climbing, rigging and dismantling of trees right through to stump grinding and removal, traditional hedging and woodland management.
An active role as a Tree Council UK Tree Warden and membership of the Ancient Tree Forum (Cornwall) ensures broader environmental and ecological biodiversity enhancement is a fundamental consideration in producing arboricultural solutions for clients.
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WOODLAND MANAGEMENT
Woodland management provides for the regeneration of woodlands, enthusing and educating people about the ecological and financial value of woodlands and wood products.
Certification to the Department of Energy and Climate Change Biomass Supplier List enhances the value added to wood fuel generated from woodland management.
Mobile milling presents the opportunity to convert felled trees into valuable, usable lumber (see blog section for details)
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Tree Planting & Aftercare
Delivering the full range of services from site preparation through stock selection, planting, transplanting and aftercare in accordance with the British Standard 8545:2014
Trees: from nursery to independence in the landscape
Tree Planting and Transplanting
The British Standard 8545 is the professionals' guide for planning, designing, resourcing, producing, planting and managing new trees in the landscape.
The standard sets out how new trees can be successfully grown and planted so that they flourish in the landscape without excessive maintenance and it promotes the principle that successful new tree planting relies on the integration of careful design, nursery production and planting site management, into one continuous process.
All parts of the process are important and need careful consideration if new trees are to successfully achieve independence in the landscape.
Pruning and Aftercare
Post-planting management and maintenance is important if longevity in the landscape is to be achieved.
A full young tree management programme with budgetary provision should be in place for all planting schemes.
This management programme should be in place for at least 5 years.
Orchard Restoration
Old orchards have much value, in terms of biodiversity, amenity, food source, genetic, local distinctiveness and intrinsic worth.
In the UK, we have lost over 60% of our traditional orchards since the 1960s.
Veteran orchards are well worth saving; they often have high biodiversity, cultural, heritage and genetic value. With modern commercial fruit growers favouring small, shorter lived trees, it’s vital to safeguard our traditional orchards.
GROUNDS MAINTENANCE
Provided to the British Standard 7370:1991 guidance -
Grounds maintenance is the upkeep of land that has a recreational or amenity use.
- Provision of management plans and objectives, preventive maintenance and forward planning costs to enable effective budgetary forecasting and allocation of appropriate funds.
- Landscape design for trees in the hard landscape, grass areas, hard landscape areas, siting of furniture, planted areas, management of people and control of access to enable strategic planning.
- Consult, design and delivery of the proposed works to ensure a consolidated framework for effective maintenance of grounds enabling land owners to optimise planning objectives and priorities, staff resources for routine maintenance and to deliver improved efficiency and cost-effectiveness in ground maintenance applications.
- Utilising modern equipment which ensures efficiency and consistency to deliver best value for money output
- Environment Agency Licensed Waste Removal
Tree Shear
tree shears to suit excavators from 3 tonnes to 14 tonnes. Manufactured from high tensile steel with single cutting blade. Unique serrated fixed jaw grips the tree during the cutting process and enables the shear to be used for rehandling and processing of cut timber. Cuts or trims trees up to 450mm diameter in one pass.
High volume mulching mower
Ideal for fine cut applications, such as golf courses and large acreage mowing. The mower has been designed with three blades that cut with an overlap that prevents uncut strips.
Grab
Whole tree grab
General Purpose Bucket
The MultiOne bucket design enables good visibility to the cutting edge, making loading, grading, and dumping more efficient. Heavy duty steel construction includes slide wear bars on the bottom of the bucket, and the cutting edge is designed for bolton teeth.
Top soil grading
Top soil grading
High Hedge Finger Bar
MultiOne is a perfect attachment for hedge cutting, long hay mowing etc. The hydraulically operated boom gives excellent outreach. Thank to MutliOne driving system makes cutting the edges in straight profile very easy and fast.
High Torque Wire Rotary Brush
Log Splitting
Quickly & efficiently convert your felled tree into valuable firewood
Log Splitter
Timber and Stump splitters to suit excavators from 1.5 tonnes to 20 tonnes. Unique rotating cone action gives extremely efficient timber splitting characteristics. Will cope with all timber types including straight and twisted, stumps and roots. Two piece cone design with replaceable tip. Can also be used for handling/ positioning timber. Can be adapted for stump planing and ground augering.
Flail
A versatile, compact machine for cutting efficiently long grass and small scrub. A wide choice of cutting tools make it suitable for fine grass cutting as well as heavy duty application on professional demanding task. MutliOne best in class hydraulic output delivers top performances.
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Levelling a granite chip drive
Quickly and efficiently spread granite chip over large area
Levelling a granite drive
Stump planing
Small, medium or large diameter, soft wood and hardwood - Effortless removal of tree stumps - low impact, low intensity delivers efficient and safe site operation
Stump planing
Stump Planing
Timber Trailer
Tractor Mounted Flail
Narrow Access Stump Grinding
Bulk Dump Trailer
Compact Tractor
Unloading at a Licensed Waste site
Unloading at Licensed Waste site
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ArbTrak 150
Tracked chipper maximises efficiency and output by bringing powerful, reliable, productive machinery to the work site.
ArbTrak 150
UK designed and manufactured machinery with local dealer support to ensure reliability and consistency.
ArbTrak 150
4.7 ton per hour through-put and HSE "work quiet" compliant provides speed and efficiency with safety in the work-space.
MultiOne flail
Quickly and easily clear brash bramble and small trees
MultiOne flail
Quickly and easily clear brash bramble and small trees
MultiOne flail
Quickly and easily clear brash bramble and small trees
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CHALLENGING & TECHNICAL TREE MANAGEMENT
Empire Tree & Garden Services is proud to showcase our technical capabilities. Browse below to get a better idea of what we can provide to solve challenging and technical tree management solutions.
- Utilising modern equipment which ensures efficiency and consistency to deliver best value for money output
- In cooperation with SW Crane Hire for specialist lifting capability to suit most scenarios
Crane dismantle
No access tree removal with crane lift
Crane lift
Over mature Leylandii
Integrated staff and machinery operations to maximise output
ArbTrak 150
Tracked chipper maximises efficiency and output by bringing powerful, reliable, productive machinery to the work site.
ArbTrak 150
4.7 ton per hour through-put and HSE "work quiet" compliant provides speed and efficiency with safety in the work-space.
Precision dismantle
1 piece at a time, precision cuts and technical lowering
Precision dismantle
Precision dismantle
Chunk lumps
Clearing obstacles
Sensitive work sites
Sensitive work sites
Sensitive work sites
Sensitive work sites
Large trees in confined area
Precision felling
Wind-blown trees
Qualified Traffic Management and supervision
Wind-blown trees
Site Safety
Site Safety, Management of Health & Safety and staff welfare are legal requirements, a good measure of professionalism and an essential element of an effective team effort
Site Safety
Provision of suitable 'hard' or 'soft' site shelter is essential for the effective delivery of management, administrative and welfare facilities. Team briefing, access to information and readily available reference material ensures safe and efficient service delivery
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CHIPPER HIRE
From large tracked to small hand portable - a chipper for every situation
Latest addition:
Built to effortlessly get to all those hard to reach locations you can rely on this tracked chipper to get to the job in hand.
Insulated steel panels protect the powerful 34hp Kubota diesel engine, offering robustness and importantly, noise emission reduction. (HSE "Buy Quiet" workplace noise reduction campaign compliant.)
A wide 970x790mm indeed chute allows for bushy brash reduction and a 150x230mm wide letter box-style in-feed throat makes light work of heavily forked branches. This capacity reduces the number of chainsaw cuts per day, thereby increasing output, saving both time and money.
High ground clearance at 274mm allows for easy access to site over rough terrain.
Now available for hire in S Devon and Cornwall - ArbTrak 150 tracked chipper from Empire Trees
An ideal, cost effective and convenient solution for:
+ Sub-contract work to local SME Arb industry businesses providing the power and efficiency of a large machine when and where it is needed. Delivered to site as required and ready to work immediately. Available with operator which provides the option of having a highly skilled and experienced additional team member on site (climber, rescue climber, ground & rigging, PTI & QTRA qualified, first aid etc which provides manpower savings / cost reduction whilst achieving the requirements of safe systems of work) or, simply call in the machine for the part of the task that needs it thus presenting maximum flexibility and cost effectiveness.
+ Support to agricultural contractors and farmers in remote locations, for example, where hedge reduction creates a large volume of brash to be disposed of and burning is not appropriate.
+ Suitable for quick and easy removal of domestic tree arisings rather than 30 trips to the HWRC with a car full of branches.
Tracked Chipper
ArbTrak 150
UK designed and manufactured machinery with local dealer support to ensure reliability and consistency.
ArbTrak 150
Tracked chipper maximises efficiency and output by bringing powerful, reliable, productive machinery to the work site.
ArbTrak 150
Tracked chipper maximises efficiency and output by bringing powerful, reliable, productive machinery to the work site.
ArbTrak 150
4.7 ton per hour through-put and HSE "work quiet" compliant provides speed and efficiency with safety in the work-space.
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ACCREDITATIONS
Empire Tree & Garden Services Accreditations and Affiliations:
NPTC (City & Guilds) and LANTRA (awarding body for land-based and environmental training courses and qualifications) - a comprehensive suite of qualifications for Arboriculture, Tree Inspection & Grounds Maintenance
Licensed Practitioner of Quantified Tree Risk Assessment & Certified Professional Tree Inspector
Planning Portal "Smarter Planning Champion" and Cornwall council "Accredited Agent" scheme member
UK Tree council "Tree Warden" and member of the Ancient Tree Forum (Cornwall)
OFGEM Biomass Suppliers List Accredited for the production and sale of firewood and biomass pellets
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TESTIMONIALS
Scroll through the "Blog" section at the bottom of the page, find a project or task that most closely matches that which you might require and you will see photo and video records which provide a 1st hand look at a range of previous tasks. Should you wish to speak to previous / existing clients please contact Empire Tree and Garden Services to discuss.
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PLANNING REPORTS
& TREE SURVEYS
Planning reports for domestic and commercial developments are compiled in accordance with the British Standard 5837:2012 and draw upon extensive experience including successful representations to the Planning Inspectorate. Applications for work to trees subject to Tree Preservation Order (TPO) or notifications of intended work within a Conservation Area (CA) are in accordance with the British Standard 3998:2010. To date, ETGS has a 100% success rate with all planning and tree work submissions to Local Authorities - this is not as a consequence of only selecting the easy tasks!
ETGS has been awarded ‘Smarter Planning Champion’ status by the Planning Portal and is a member of the Cornwall council ‘Householder Accredited Agent Scheme.’ This confirms the commitment to follow best practice guidelines, ensures planning submissions are registered promptly on minimal checks and enables Local Authorities to validate and progress applications more swiftly.
Dynamic continuing professional development ensures accurate and appropriate advice is provided for legal guidance and dispute resolution for tree related issues.
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TREE HAZARD ANALYSIS
Tree hazard analysis and risk management plans are produced using the leading industry recognised processes
of Quantified Tree Risk Analysis coupled with the
Visual Tree Assessment method and qualified by the LANTRA Professional Tree Inspector certification.
QTRA quantifies the risk of significant harm from tree failure in a way that enables tree managers to balance safety with tree values and operate to predetermined limits of tolerable or acceptable risk.
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WHY CHOOSE EMPIRE TREE AND GARDEN SERVICES?
Next Level Service
In comparison to other service providers, you will find that the ability to survey, analyse, submit supplementary planning documents, deliver guidance for dispute resolution, execute the tree task and provide on-going assessment of risk management, all delivered at the highest industry standard, is a uniquely comprehensive arboricultural and grounds care package.
As a small independent local business Empire Tree and Garden Services is agile, reactive and customer centred. With all of the skills, equipment and qualifications of a much larger company, there are none of the additional costs associated with share holder dividends, executive salaries and pensions nor is there the unwieldy, impersonal corporate clumsiness.
Empire Tree and Garden Services places great value on retaining existing customers and prefers to look after the few rather than the many.
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Small Enough to Care, Big enough to Cope!
By drawing upon the known and trusted skills of an experienced cadre of specifically qualified sub-contractors, Empire Tree and Garden Services retains a small company status with the ability to surge capacity to compete for commercial tasks that would usually be undertaken by much larger firms.
The key to delivering success where the larger firms may fail is that senior / management staff from corporate entities rarely visit the 'coal face.'
With Empire Tree and Garden Services you will have all of the skills and experience of the CEO, the Quality Auditor, the Customer Relations Executive, the Health & Safety manager etc all on site, all of the time, focused upon your task.
Empire Tree and Garden Services places great value on retaining existing customers and prefers to look after the few rather than the many.
There are an abundance of low skill / low cost operations in rural areas. Whilst there may be occasions where low skill / low cost might be appropriate, please do not expect a "we'll beat any quote" response as this rarely provides true value for money.
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TERMS & CONDITIONS OF ENGAGEMENT AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES
CONSULTANCY SERVICES
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Standard Terms & Conditions of engagement - Variations may be agreed in advance should specific circumstances require. Acceptance by the client of a schedule of works at an agreed price will be deemed the commencement of a contract iaw the standard Terms & Conditions as published.
TREE RISK ASSESSMENT
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Standard Terms & Conditions of engagement - Variations may be agreed in advance should specific circumstances require. Acceptance by the client of a schedule of works at an agreed price will be deemed the commencement of a contract iaw the standard Terms & Conditions as published.
H&S POLICY STATEMENT
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This document sets out the General Policy and arrangements for the management of H&S
PLANT & EQUIPMENT HIRE
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This document sets out Plant & Equipment Hire Terms & Conditions
ARBORICULTURAL OPERATIONS
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Standard Terms & Conditions of engagement - Variations may be agreed in advance should specific circumstances require. Acceptance by the client of a schedule of works at an agreed price will be deemed the commencement of a contract iaw the standard Terms & Conditions as published.
BUSINESS ETHOS
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This document sets out the guiding principles for Empire Tree & Garden Services business ethos.
PRIVACY POLICY
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Data Protection Act 1998 and General Data Protection Regulation
RISK ASSESSMENT & MISSION STATEMENTS
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1 - Chainsaw - ground use
2 - Chainsaw - aerial use
3 - Rigging & dismantling
4 - Ride on mower
5 - Stump grinder & planer
6 - Wood chipper - tracked and trailed
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