Huon Valley Tree Care

Word of mouth built this business. Marcos Bakx owns and runs Huon Valley Tree Care, a qualified arborist holding an AQF Level 5 in Arboriculture with more than 12 years of hands on experience, and the work has arrived the way it does in a valley like this one, with one neighbour mentioning us to another. We are locally based and fully insured, and that reputation is the only advertising that has ever really counted for us.

Habitat creation is the work we would point to first. On a tree that suits it we cut hollows, nesting sites and other habitat features into standing timber, so something that might otherwise have come out whole keeps earning its place for the native wildlife that depends on old trees. It is specialised, it takes longer than a straight removal, and in this part of Tasmania it is often the better answer for the property and for the birds.

When a tree does have to go, we take it out under control, from a small backyard job through to a large removal in a difficult access area, and the clean up is part of the price rather than an extra line at the bottom of it. Where a tree is staying, our pruning follows the Australian standards for crown reduction, deadwooding, canopy lifting and formative work, so the shape you end up with suits the health of the tree as much as your view of it. We get around the Huon Valley through Huonville, Ranelagh, Franklin, Cygnet, Geeveston, Dover, Glen Huon, Judbury, Cradoc and Pelverata, through Kingborough at Kingston, Blackmans Bay, Margate, Snug, Kettering, Woodbridge and Taroona, and into the southern suburbs of Hobart at Sandy Bay, South Hobart, Fern Tree, Mount Nelson and Ridgeway.

A tree with a weak union or a split limb can often be saved. Cable bracing puts in a support system that takes the load off the fault, cutting the risk of a limb or the trunk letting go in a storm or a high wind and adding years to the safe life of the tree. For anything ongoing, tree maintenance covers regular inspections, minor pruning, storm damage clean up and general tree health assessments, pitched at what your property actually needs.

Quotes are free, and the first thing that happens is that Marcos comes out and walks the property with you: what he can see, what the options are, and a price on the one you settle on. Give us a call or send the form through and we will get back to you as soon as we can.