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Welcome to the Barcham Trees blog area. Here you will find lots of interesting information about trees including planting tips, pruning tips, selection tips, nursery information and much, much more!

Updated environmental policy

Please see the attached PDFs to see our updated environmental policy ...

Does your tree hydration bag fail to empty?

I’ve been using the same Tree Hydration Bag for ages and this year its stopped emptying on its own. This is probably due to the fact I have filled it with river water and bits of detritus have clogged it up from wit...

Having leaf issues?

Every year is a challenge for a tree! The animal kingdom has evolved around the plant kingdom and leaves are predated on by mildews, blotches, insects, birds, grazing mammals and even us. Without leaves supporting the hu...

Trees for paddocks

April 17th 2018

As you may have read in the last couple of years, there is now new research that highlights Sycamore trees (Acer pseudoplatanus) as the cause of Atypical Myopathy, a mysterious and often fatal illness of grazing horses. T...

Always Trees!

April 13th 2018

Sometimes you just want to get away for a break with the family but work always follows you with trees! Walking back to our room last night I was hit a glancing blow on the back of my shoulder by a coconut. It started it...

Biosecurity update

March 07th 2018

We formalised our strict biosecurity policy six years ago after it become very apparent that imported trees were responsible for several new pests and diseases in the UK, primarily Oak Processionary Moth and Ash Die Back....

Which British native tree is often overlooked?

February 22nd 2018

January and February have got to be the dullest of horticultural months! Not a lot to get excited about apart from the promise of the Spring. I walked a local park to me on the weekend and saw a tree that is often forgot...

Exciting development at Barcham!!

January 10th 2018

BARCHAM PLANS FOR ARBORETUM Barcham Trees, the Cambridgeshire nursery which has provided more than a million instant-impact trees for the urban environment in Britain, has been given the go-ahead by East Cambridgeshire...

What price for biosecurity?

November 06th 2017

The tree and plant industry is waking up to the threat biosecurity has on our countryside and cities. The following video explains principles that should be adhered to combat this threat, principals we have already in pla...

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