Company News
4th October 2017
AWA Tree Consultants undertook a tree survey for planning in Nottingham for the new tram bridge at Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC), which was officially opened on Friday July 28, which was also the QMC’s 40th birthday. AWA were the project arboriculturists throughout the duration of the scheme. The new bridge links the tram platform with the second floor of the hospital. The tram bridge is 90 metres long and eight metres off the ground, and features two rest areas and […]
4th October 2017
Cannon Hall is located within the Barnsley Metropolitan Borough, South Yorkshire. The site has many historic and veteran specimen trees and historic woodland and we undertook extensive tree surveys and woodland surveys as part of wider restoration works. Originally built as a large country house in the 1690s, the hall, its extensive park and intricate walled gardens were rebuilt and extended using wealth from the local iron industry, and became a superb example of a Georgian estate. Publicly owned since […]
3rd November 2016
At the end of October we were helped out at AWA Trees by Elva Preston. Elva is currently studying Environmental Science at the University of Birmingham, and wanted some work experience as she is considering arboricultural consultancy as a career, following her degree. After her time with us, Elva wrote us this lyrical account of her first impressions of professional arboriculture: Arboriculture. A word few have heard of, but is so important to our lives. The combination of […]
18th December 2015
Pro Arb Magazine is an industry magazine and website that offers business tips, latest news, and the latest equipment information relating to arboriculture. The magazine promotes best practice and highlights the positive aspects of the arboriculture industry, and works closely with the associations to advance the arboriculture market in the UK. Pro Arb contacted us recently as they were looking for suitable people to feature in a magazine feature that was promoting and focusing on young people in the industry. […]
9th July 2015
The Institute of Chartered Foresters (ICF) is the Royal Chartered body for forestry and arboricultural professionals. They are the UK’s leading professional organisation relating to forests, woodlands and trees, and are the only body to award Chartered Arboriculturist status. This year saw the ICF reaching its highest ever membership. It hoped to build on this by attracting more people into professional Forestry and Arboriculture, from school-leavers to experienced workers. Ask an average member of the public to describe a Forester […]
16th July 2014
Like most jobs, working as an arboricultural consultant has its ups and downs. This light-hearted list suggests a top ten of the emotions we face in our daily struggle through the urban forest. 10. Telling someone you’re an arboricultural consultant and they say “Oh, you mean a tree surgeon?” 9. After explaining how you’re different to a tree surgeon, they ask you to prune their tree. 8. You’re on site and you’ve forgot the Latin name of a tree. 7. Reading on-line forum […]
23rd October 2013
AWA Tree Consultants have been busy this summer, surveying trees alongside waterways across the Midlands. Having previously never really given the waterways much of a thought, I’m now an enthusiast! Originally built to serve the needs of trade and industry, the iconic aqueducts, lock gates and bridges are technically and architecturally impressive historical features. However, what struck me most was how the waterways have now become a haven for nature. They form a vast network of green (and blue) spaces running from remote […]
10th October 2013
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27th July 2012
Green Space is the UK’s parks charity; they work to improve parks and green spaces by raising awareness, involving communities and creating skilled professionals. Green Space’s magazine, Green Places, brings together the latest thinking, best practice and debate for the green space sector. The magazine is dedicated to providing up-to-date news and features for professionals charged with planning, designing and maintaining public green spaces. Green Places recently published a more accessible version of my urban forestry research paper, ‘Flourishing Trees, […]
18th July 2012
These are a few images from some recent promotional photos I needed (I work as an arboricultural consultant to keep the wolf from the door). The photographer, a family friend, had her work cut out – They were taken on a drizzly afternoon in Grimsby, and I always find having my photo taken uncomfortable and embarrassing. So with these odds against her, she did a sterling job!