Western Tree Surgeon

Significant trees, the ones sitting on a council register that cannot simply be taken out, are the work Western Tree Surgeon was built around. Kieron Fiford is the owner and operator, a qualified tree risk assessor who has extracted dangerous trees and limbs with cranes and helicopters in other parts of the world before bringing it back to Perth. This is a family run business, our two lead climbers have more than 30 years in the industry between them, and the whole operation carries $10 million public liability along with workers compensation.

Tree removal and tree lopping take in the hazardous, the dying and the ones that have simply run out of room. In a tight backyard the tree comes apart in sections on rigging rather than coming down in one piece, and stump grinding or full stump removal finishes it so nothing shoots again. For a block being cleared before a build we handle land and lot clearing, root zone fencing and vegetation mulching.

Keeping a tree is usually the better result, and there is a fair bit we can do to get you there. Our tree pruning is carried out to AS 4373, and a tree evaluation from a licensed risk assessor will tell you plainly how hazardous a tree is and what your options are. Beyond that there is root management, nutrition and fertilisation, pest and disease control and custom tree support systems, all of it aimed at holding on to a tree that is worth holding on to. We take on hedge trimming and garden shaping as well, and we sell and deliver mulch.

Perth palms want annual cleaning of dead fronds and fruit, done properly rather than with the hurricane cut that wrecks the crown, and we look after palms right through the western suburbs. Work near live lines is a separate matter again: we are certified for power line clearance and work to Western Power requirements.

Our emergency tree service runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week. A trunk across the driveway, a limb through a fence, a tree leaning hard after high winds: we get there, make the site safe, clear it and sweep up, and the mulch either stays with you or goes with us. Where a claim is involved we document the job with photos, reports and disposal receipts and will liaise with your council or with Western Power.

Our base is at Greenwood and we work the metropolitan area, taking in Cottesloe, Peppermint Grove, Mosman Park, Claremont, Nedlands, Subiaco, City Beach, Floreat, Scarborough, Fremantle, Joondalup, Wanneroo, Duncraig, Ellenbrook, the Swan Valley and up to Yanchep. Councils, schools, strata and property managers keep us busy alongside homeowners. Call 0418 717 955 or (08) 9448 2227 for a free quote with no obligation attached.