Spitting Chips

Spitting Chips has been providing professional tree care right across Canberra since 1990, which puts around 35 years of local experience behind the name. Run by Peter Hodges from a base at Lyons in the capital's inner south, the business has built its reputation on the unglamorous things that actually matter: honesty, reliability, turning up when promised, and putting the customer first. The team describes its aim as building a relationship with clients based on trust and transparency, through open communication and genuine consideration of the feedback they receive.

Tree removal is a core part of the work, and the team takes it on for the usual reasons a tree has to go, whether it is dead, diseased or posing a safety hazard, or because it is obstructing construction plans or interfering with powerlines. Tree pruning looks after the trees that are staying, keeping them healthy and structurally sound, while trimming and maintenance handles the regular upkeep that stops small problems turning into expensive ones. Every service is tailored to meet the client's particular needs and requirements rather than pulled off a fixed menu.

The name is a fair clue to the rest of the offering. Stump grinding takes out the stump left behind after a removal, so the ground can go back to lawn, garden or paving instead of being worked around forever. Wood chipping turns the branches and green waste from the job into useful chip rather than a problem to be carted away, which fits the environmentally friendly approach the business has stuck to since it started. The crew is fully equipped with current technology and machinery, which keeps the work efficient and the site tidy.

Safety and property protection are treated seriously here. The team is made up of highly trained and certified arborists, and the business is fully insured and accredited, working to the highest industry standards on every job. Great care is taken around structures, fences and gardens, and the crew follows proper safety protocols rather than improvising, which is exactly what you want when heavy timber is coming down in a suburban backyard.

Spitting Chips services Canberra and the ACT comprehensively, covering suburbs from Belconnen, Gungahlin and Tuggeranong through to Woden Valley, Weston Creek, Molonglo Valley and Canberra Central, including Lyons, Kambah, Curtin, Dickson, Yarralumla, Kaleen and Narrabundah. The business is based at 53 Port Arthur St, Lyons ACT 2606. Phone Peter on 0412 623 130 or 02 6282 1016, or email [email protected] for a quote.