Tree Da Vinci

Tree Da Vinci is run by Josh Nicholas, an arborist who holds a Diploma of Arboriculture and has more than 20 years on the tools across both Australia and the United Kingdom. The business leans towards keeping trees rather than clearing them, and much of the advice starts from what will keep a tree healthy and safe on the property. The work is fully insured to 20 million, so councils, property managers and homeowners can bring Josh in without worrying about who carries the risk.

Pruning is done to the Australian Pruning Standards, and the range is broad: formative pruning to shape young trees, weight reduction and dead wooding on mature ones, fruit tree pruning, hedge cutting, conifer topping and cabling where a limb or stem needs extra support. The aim across all of it is a cleaner, healthier tree rather than a hard cut back, with consultation offered before the saw comes out.

When a tree does need to go, Tree Da Vinci handles tree and weed removal, taking out dead, dying and diseased trees along with self seeded and weed species that are better off gone. Ongoing tree maintenance keeps trees, hedges and shrubs in order, backed by plant health advice, and the wider service list runs to tree planting, mulch spreading, general garden tidy ups and even putting up bird nesting boxes for the local wildlife. It is a list that suits a suburban block and a larger rural property alike, with the same care taken on both.

For anyone dealing with council, Josh also prepares arborist reports and assessments, including impact assessments, preliminary assessments, health and condition reports and risk assessments. These provide the data councils ask for when tree controls apply in an area, helping owners get the right permits and avoid fines. The business is available seven days a week from 7:30am to 5pm, with a 24 hour emergency call out on offer for trees that come down or turn dangerous outside those hours.

Tree Da Vinci works across the Macedon Ranges, Mount Alexander and Central Victoria, covering towns such as Woodend, Gisborne, Sunbury, Trentham, Lancefield, Romsey, Daylesford, Castlemaine and out to Bendigo. From a single fruit tree that needs shaping to a report for a tree the council has flagged, the focus stays on keeping the area's trees healthy and standing wherever they safely can.