Tree Surgery and Cutting for Ash Dieback Management at Wapley Bushes Local Nature Reserve

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Dodington Parish Council awarded a contract to TEIGN TREES & LANDSCAPES LLP for tree surgery and cutting works to address Ash Dieback Disease at Wapley Bushes Local Nature Reserve.

The contract involved two parts: Contract 1 – Tree Surgery, which included monolithing 19 mature ash trees in the Ancient Woodland (C2) and approximately 50 semi-mature ash trees in the Centenary Wood (C3) to 6 metres height with coronet cuts, chipping smaller brash and leaving larger cut wood on site as habitat; and Contract 2 – Tree Cutting, which involved clear-felling approximately 550 ash trees in the ash monoculture areas of Centenary Wood, cutting stumps close to the ground, chipping smaller brash and stacking larger cut wood on site as habitat.

The contract value was AUD 18,198.