Tree Solutions

Tree Solutions is a family run tree care business based at Rainbow Flat on the Mid North Coast, and it started the way a lot of good local outfits do. "Hi, I'm Doug. Together with my wife Lauren, we started Tree Solutions in 2007." Doug grew up around plants, his mother was a horticulturist who ran a nursery, and he worked as a dairy farmer before picking up the ropes and turning high climbing into a trade. Close to two decades on, that same crew of long standing team members is still out on the tools, and the business has grown from a husband and wife operation into a fully insured team trusted with contracts by local governments and insurance companies.

The service list covers the full spread of what a tree on an Australian property tends to need. Tree removal is handled "with care and precision", whether the tree is crowding a house, dropping limbs, or simply in the wrong spot. Tree pruning and hedge trimming take in everything from light limb pruning through to dead wooding a large tree, so the canopy stays healthy rather than just smaller. Stump grinding and excavation removal are done with stump grinders of all different sizes, matched to the stump in front of them rather than forced through with one machine. Wood chipping and mulching runs through the latest and largest wood chippers, and the chip does not go to waste, it comes back as quality wood chips or mulch for the garden. Tree transplanting rounds it out as a genuine alternative to removal when a tree is worth keeping but sitting in the wrong place.

When the weather turns, Tree Solutions is available 24/7. The team is "available and on call 24 hours a day for emergencies such as bad weather events", which on this stretch of coast means storm damage, split limbs hanging over a roof, and trees that have come down across a driveway overnight. Emergency tree care covers removal of fallen and damaged trees, emergency limb removal, bracing and cabling to support a tree that is still standing but compromised, and debris clearance so the mess goes with them. The promise is prompt response and a property restored with minimal downtime, not a callback on Monday.

There is a serious civil tree services side to the business as well, aimed at construction and development work. That includes tree assessments and reports evaluating tree health, structural integrity and risk on site, tree preservation strategies that protect retained trees and minimise root disturbance during construction, root mapping and soil management, and consultation and compliance work guiding clients through permits, regulatory processes and local bylaws. It is the kind of work that only sits comfortably with a team that is fully insured and used to running to a program.

Tree Solutions works out of 1730 The Lakes Way, Rainbow Flat, and covers the Mid North Coast and surrounding areas. The business is also part of the community it works in, sponsoring local junior and senior football clubs and turning up to local events and fundraisers. Phone 0477 022 444 or email [email protected] for a quote, day or night.