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Software to help protect forests from storm damage is being released today by Forest Research, the research agency of the Forestry Commission.

The latest version of the computer-based tool ForestGALES uses data about the trees and the site (species,

Yesterday while doing some minor tree pruning my expensive Fiskars Telescopic pruners broke. These were less than 2 years old. On investigation I noticed that the whole mechanism was driven by a thin nylon rope which had snapped internally. I am not

The "extraordinary level of conservation" of genetic data in the tulip tree remains largely unchanged since the dinosaurs, a study suggests.

The species' genomic change is about 2,000 times slower than in humans, making it a "molecular fossil", a tea

The career of a tree surgeon presents a series of challenges. An effective tree surgeon requires the physical assets of strength and dexterity. He needs to be a specialist in operating and maintaining his machinery and, finally, the wherewithal to ne

Tree Top Services is a family run business based in the heart of Wiltshire. Turf and landscape gardening has been a family trade for generations. However, with an ever competitive market we decided to diversify in the early 90's and master the art of

We sell large trees and hedges throughout the year but I have to face the fact that there are problems buying and selling in extreme weather like we have at present. There are obvious difficulties with transport but more subtle, long term problems wi

I am so happy, at last It is here. First time online launch.

I truly think that in the Future it will be used on many project.

What is the tree water maizer?

A device that found to have massive impact on young trees growth.

It made from recycled plastic

I have been up since 6am, unable to sleep due to the intense winds battering the landscape. I have been listening to people's bins being blown over, bottles flying along the road, branches cracking, chimneys howling (not falling, thankfully) and gree

Hi all, hope the last few weeks were good for you. Lots of things are happening for me and some things takes too long.

The internet is amazing tool for information, as you know, think about all things that happening in many arrabs countries thanks to

The Chosen Trees

Two shapely and proud Small-leaved Limes, ( Tilia cordata ), stand in the middle of a small field at Duncannon, Stoke Gabriel, Devon. Overlooking the Dart Estuary, these trees formed part of a Devon hedge which was removed many years

A Plane Tree in Paris.

Paris has a close relationship to trees far beyond the scope of understanding to similar aged cities of equivalent size and importance.

The vast woodlands surrounding the expanding Paris boundaries have expanded outwards as the c

The hornbeam is one of my favourite trees. Some folk feel that the beech is more delicate and refined but I love the deeply veined leaves of the hornbeam with their sumptuous deep brown colour at this time of year.

The wood is as tough as they come. I

There is little existing guidance or methods available to place a realistic value on a garden. Currently a value can be determined on the land; either by way of ‘comparative’ valuations by Estate Agents (a method of valuation that helped cause the cu

Trees are rarely valued properly, there are numerous factors to take

into consideration and as such the real or financial value of a particular tree is hard if not simply impossible to ascertain. Following on from work carried out by D R Helliwell and