Crown lifting Bournemouth, Poole & Dorset
Low branches in the way? Crown lifting removes the lowest branches to raise the base of the crown, giving you headroom and light underneath without taking anything off the top of the tree.
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Crown lifting in short
Crown lifting is the removal of a tree's lowest branches to raise the height of the crown above the ground. It is used to clear lawns, paths, drives, roads and buildings, and to let more light into the garden under the tree. The height and spread of the tree stay the same. It is specified as the clearance you want, for example "lift to 3 m over the lawn".
- Typical clearance
- 2.5 m over lawns and paths, about 5.2 m over roads for lorries
- Standard
- Cuts to BS3998, no more than the tree can take at once
- Good for
- Walkways, drives, parking, mowing, views and light
- Permission
- Needed for TPO trees and in conservation areas
- Combine with
- Crown reduction or thinning
Why lift a crown?
Lifting is one of the gentlest kinds of tree work, and one of the most useful.
Branches that hang low over a path catch people's heads, scrape vans and block the mower. Over a road or pavement they can be a legal problem: the owner has to keep the highway clear. And under a heavy, low crown, nothing grows.
Lifting takes off just those lowest branches, cut back cleanly to the trunk or to a larger branch. On young trees we lift gradually over a few years so the tree keeps enough leaf to grow well. On mature trees we avoid cutting very large lower limbs, which leave big wounds; sometimes a partial lift or a reduction of those limbs is better.
Crown lifting questions
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