A 250-300 year old Beech tree has sadly had to be removed at St. Peters School, York, due to it having Meripilus giganteus fungal butt rot. A tricky dismantle next to the Victorian school house, public highway & garden area. The tree leaned towards an antique summer house & required a full team to remove, with winch assisted felling. Our grab lorry will remove the main trunk, which weights 4 tons back to our yard for processing. A successful but tricky operation. Well done team & even the sun shone today!!!
From handling a chainsaw to passing a rugby ball, our young fella me lad Ethan, is going to the USA. Part of the Scottish International under 19 team, he will be heading out in a couple of weeks time. Better get some trees done then!!!
Just a few days works infilling a pond & using existing materials on site to lay down a shed base. Little jobs like these make a garden more in keeping with the customers ideas of use and enjoyment. It doesn’t cost much in the great scheme of things but make a huge difference to how a garden is used and enjoyed.
Mr Stuart Whicker, senior foreman at Ryland Horticulture Ltd. started as a YTS trainee back in 1985. Stuart ( Stu Bob or Bob as he is affectionately known) has been a loyal and important member at Rylands for 40 years.. man & boy! Having worked on many landscape & tree projects over the past 4 decades, Stuarts knowledge of the contracting industry is broad & professional. Having started his career at Askham Bryan College on the City & guilds courses, Stuart progressed through his LANTRA training & NPTC Assessments to become fully qualified in many aspects of arboriculture & landscape construction. He is a very hands on practical person, who achieves high standards of works & has a pride in what he does. Over the years he has become well liked & respected by Rylands customers, producing many high quality schemes for customers to enjoy.
Well done Stuart.. here’s to the next 40 years!!!!!
David Gregory (BSc (Hons) Arboriculture, Fellow of The Arboricultural Association, Arboricultural Association Approved Contractor, BALI Approved Contractor (ret.), Member of The Institute of Horticulture, Chartered Horticulturalist, Lantra Instructor ( ret.), NPTC Assessor ( ret.)Trustmark Approved Contractor, LOLER Assessor), owner & founder of Ryland Horticulture Ltd. has achieved 40 years as an Approved Contractor & Fellow of The Arboricultural Association. Quite an achievement in a long career in the tree industry. Starting as a college student at Askham Bryan College, working for Comtec (UK) Ltd in Kent, hydraseeding in Africa, to setting up Rylands in 1983. After a career climbing trees as a working arborist, age takes its toll.. onto another 15 years as a LANTRA Instructor & NPTC Assessor & then into a consultancy roll. Never a dull moment and always enjoyable & fulfilling.
We have a lot to do today so let crack on!!!!!
Scots Pine dismantle.
