The Tree & Enviro Fella

The Tree & Enviro Fella is Shawn, a qualified arborist working solo out of Stawell in the Grampians, who pairs tree work with the environmental side a lot of tree crews leave alone: weed spraying and pest animal control. He holds a Certificate III in Arboriculture, an Agricultural Chemical User Permit, a high risk work licence for elevated work platforms, traffic management certification and a construction white card, and carries full insurance. Having moved to the region in 2023, he brings six years in the tree and environmental sector to the job, usually with his dog Hunter along for the ride.

On the tree side, The Tree & Enviro Fella handles tree removal and tree pruning, from taking out a dead or hazardous tree through to tidying canopies and clearing limbs off sheds, fences and powerlines. Stump grinding deals with what is left in the ground after a removal, and any usable timber can be turned into firewood through his cutting and log splitting service rather than being carted away.

Where the business stands apart is the environmental work. Pest animal control covers rabbits, foxes, deer and wild dogs, the sort of pests that do real damage on rural blocks and farms across the Wimmera and Grampians. Weed spraying, carried out under his agricultural chemical permit, takes on invasive and woody weeds on acreage, roadsides and paddocks. For a landholder, having the one person able to drop a tree, grind the stump, control the rabbits and spray the weeds saves lining up several separate operators.

Based in Stawell, Shawn covers a wide stretch of western Victoria, working across Halls Gap, Ararat, Horsham, Willaura, Glenthompson, Beaufort, Ballarat, St Arnaud, Marnoo and everything in between. That reach takes in the Grampians towns, the surrounding farmland and the larger regional centres.

As a sole operator, he does the quote, the work and the clean-up himself, so the person on the phone is the person who turns up on the job. Shawn can be reached on 0412 093 445 to arrange a quote for tree work, pest animal control or weed spraying across the Grampians and Wimmera.