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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!

How to prune screening trees….

August 07th 2020

One of the most common reasons people need to plant trees in their gardens is screening. This can be screening from neighbours, or screening from a nearby eyesore or generally just because people fancy bringing a little p...

Buying Olive trees is no longer acceptable

August 05th 2020

2020 seems to be the year that many of the things we have grown up with are no longer morally acceptable. Take Olive for example, such a glorious tree, unrivalled in what it does aesthetically and so beautiful in structur...

Why is growth so slow and erratic this season?

It has been a formidable start to the growing season with the weather lurching from one extreme to another. We started off with an incredibly wet winter, then we had a dry warm March and April to get growth going before i...

What is the best way to water trees? Urban myths and natural processes explained!

I see a lot of different methods and ideas for watering trees and many times these are over thought. For all the right reasons we want the best for establishing our trees in the first couple of years after planting to giv...

How do I plant screening trees for privacy in containers?

April 22nd 2020

How do I plant screening trees for privacy in containers? It’s a question asked of us frequently but generally a tree confined to a life in a pot doesn’t work out well. Trees are big and complex organisms an...

COVID-19 Update

March 19th 2020

As the global crisis of COVID-19 continues to affect us all, here at Barcham Trees we continue to monitor and respond to all government advise as it is issued. Our main priority first and foremost is to all our colleague...

Best practice for community plantings

March 12th 2020

Case Study: South Luffenham Parish Council A small village in Rutland decided to convert the parameter of the Parish Recreational Ground to Carbon Offset tree planting. Using a mix of trees from instant impact ‘Med...

Barcham passes it’s external audit for ISO certification with flying colours!

December 09th 2019

We had our yearly external audit review for ISO 14001 last week and the assessor gave our Environmental Management System a clean bill of health. No non conformities to procedure and no recommendations for improvement. Th...

What are the best trees to plant for carbon offsetting?

November 15th 2019

When thinking of planting the best trees for the environment, think in terms of the ones that live the longest and get the biggest. The bigger the tree the greater the carbon store it locks away to mitigate the effects of...

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