Tree Surgery in Newport
Tree pruning
Pruning tidies up the ornamental trees planted in Newport front gardens decades ago, taking out dead wood and branches that now scrape the windows or the car.
Ask around Newport and the tree job people mention most is not a tree at all. It is a hedge: the conifer screen that has doubled in height since the semis went up, the privet that has crept a metre into the lawn, or the mixed boundary on an estate in Bettws or Malpas that nobody is quite sure who owns. Proper trees come into it too, especially in the older gardens of Caerleon and along the roads nearer the Usk.
T J Landscapes trims, reduces and replaces hedges and prunes and fells trees all over Newport, clearing the waste as we go. Tony and the team give free quotes and plain advice. Read about the full tree surgery and hedge care service, see our Newport landscaping page, or tell us about your hedge or tree.
Six kinds of work, and where each tends to fit in a city of estates, older villages and riverside ground.
Pruning tidies up the ornamental trees planted in Newport front gardens decades ago, taking out dead wood and branches that now scrape the windows or the car.
Crown lifting clears low limbs over drives and footpaths, a common need on Newport estates where cars park close under trees planted when the houses were new.
Felling suits trees planted far too close to the house, or willows and poplars on damp ground that have simply outgrown a suburban Newport garden.
Leylandii boundaries between Newport semis are our most frequent topping job, cut regularly to hold a height that suits both gardens.
Hedge trimming is the bread and butter of our Newport work, from neat privet fronts to long beech and hawthorn boundaries on the edges of Rogerstone and Langstone.
Stump grinding follows naturally when a hedge or conifer row comes out, leaving ground ready for new fencing, turf or a bed along the boundary.
Newport’s long estate hedges are full of birds in spring. Damaging or destroying an active nest is an offence, and the main nesting season runs roughly from March to August, so the easiest time for a big cut is late autumn and winter. Light trims in summer are often fine, but we check the hedge carefully first and stop if there is a nest.
Our Newport guide on hedge trimming and nesting birds covers the timing in detail, and hedge trimming: how often and when explains how many cuts a year each type of hedge needs.
Trees follow a slightly different calendar. Many garden species are best pruned when dormant, while cherries and plums prefer summer, so a Newport garden with both may need two visits a year rather than one. When should trees be pruned? lists the common ones, and what happens on the day a tree surgeon visits explains how we work once the date is set.
Many Newport semis were given a fast conifer hedge for privacy, and those hedges never stop. Once a leylandii has grown wide and brown on the inside, it will not green up again from old wood, so a hard cut back to the trunk leaves bare stems. The choice is usually between reducing it gradually, or taking it out altogether and putting something else in.
Where a conifer row comes out, we grind the stumps and can put up a new boundary straight away, as described on our fencing in Newport page. If you are torn, tree felling or pruning: how to decide may help. If a very tall hedge is causing a dispute with a neighbour, the council can advise on the high hedges rules.
We are just up the road in Pontypool, and our reviews on Google, Checkatrade and this site speak for the way we work.
We cut to a line, keep the base thick and leave the lawn and path swept, not covered in clippings.
If an old leylandii will not recover from a hard cut, we will say so before you pay for it.
Boards down, drier days chosen for the heavy work, and ruts avoided on soft Newport lawns.
Hedge out, stumps ground and new fence up, all by the same team, so you are never left with a gap.
The low ground near the Usk stays wet for much of the winter, and that affects tree work as much as it affects lawns. We lay boards across soft grass before carrying heavy rounds of timber over it, and we pick drier spells for bigger jobs so the garden is not left rutted. Willow, alder and poplar love that damp soil and grow quickly, which is why they so often end up too big for the plot.
In Caerleon the gardens are older, and so are the trees. Some streets sit in a conservation area, and some trees carry preservation orders, so check with Newport City Council before any work on a large tree there. Digging deep to remove a stump on historic ground can also raise questions, so it is worth asking the council about that too before planning a stump dig rather than a shallow grind.
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Local and practical guides to help you plan the work.
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T J Landscapes South Wales
24 Conway Road, Pontypool
Torfaen, NP4 6HL
We cover homes right across South Wales, from Cardiff and the coast up to the valleys and the Brecon Beacons.
Most formal hedges look best with a trim in late spring or summer and another towards autumn, but check for nesting birds before any cut in the nesting season. Heavy cutting back is best left for autumn and winter.
Yes, conifers can be topped, and it is often the best way to bring a Newport boundary hedge back under control. Reducing the sides is harder, because leylandii rarely regrows from bare brown wood.
It depends on where the boundary runs and what your deeds say. Many neighbours simply agree to share the cost. If there is a real dispute over a tall hedge, Newport City Council can explain the high hedges process.
Yes. Green waste goes with us unless you would like to keep logs or chippings. Our garden clearance in Newport service can deal with the rest of an overgrown garden at the same visit.
The length and height of the hedge, the size of any trees, access from the road, how wet the ground is, the amount of waste and whether stumps come out. A free quote after a quick look gives you the real answer.
Tell us which part of Newport you are in, how long and how tall the hedge is, or what the tree is doing. A photo or two makes the quote quicker.