Ascent Tree Solutions

Ascent Tree Solutions is a Macedon Ranges arborist business run by Chris Mackenzie, who holds a Diploma of Arboriculture and has around 15 years behind him in the trade. Based in Kyneton, the business covers the ranges, the Central Highlands and out to Bendigo, taking on tree work for homeowners, rural landholders and commercial clients. The crew is qualified and the business carries full liability insurance, so clients are not left exposed when a large tree comes down near a house or boundary.

Tree removal covers everything from a dead or dangerous tree overhanging a home to a self-sown gum crowding a rural fence line or a tree that has simply outgrown its space. Where there is room the tree can be felled, and where access is tight the arborists climb and dismantle it in sections, roping down limbs to protect what is below before clearing the debris.

Tree pruning keeps established trees healthy and safe, taking in deadwood removal, canopy thinning, crown reduction and clearance pruning away from roofs, sheds and powerlines. For a valued tree with a weak union or a heavy limb, cable and bracing offers a way to support the tree and keep it standing rather than removing it, which suits mature trees that are worth holding onto.

Once a tree is down, stump grinding takes the stump out below ground level so the area can be replanted or reused. The business also treats elm leaf beetle, a common pest that strips the foliage from elms across central Victoria, and handles weed removal on overgrown blocks. Where a formal assessment is needed, arborist reports are prepared for council applications, development and tree-protection requirements.

Commercial tree services extend the same work to businesses, body corporates and property managers, and when a storm brings a tree or branch down, emergency storm damage work clears the immediate hazard. From its Kyneton base, Ascent Tree Solutions serves the wider Macedon Ranges, the Central Highlands and surrounding regional Victoria, including Bendigo, for jobs from a single prune through to full removals and ongoing property maintenance.