AV Arboriculture Ltd

INSPECTIONS, SURVEYS & REPORTS

• Tree Inspections & Surveys
  Tree condition and safety assessment for tree owners
• BS5837 Reports
  Tree surveys for planning, for home owners, architects and developers
• AIA, AMS & TPP Reports
  Risk and nuisance assessment with prioritised work recommendations
• Bats in Trees Inspections
  Required by law prior to any tree surgery or property development

TREE PROTECTION & CARE

• Tree Planting & Aftercare
  Ensure the best possible care for your trees
• Woodland Design & Management
  For ecology, amenity, timber production and flood prevention
• Soil De-compaction
  Prevent tree death in areas compacted by machinery or pedestrians
• Root Excavation
  Tree root mapping, investigation and trenching to protect tree health

Professional and experienced arborists
Arbor Vitae Arboriculture is owned by Mike Charkow, a consulting arborist with over 19 years of professional arboricultural experience.

Our tree experts are dedicated to providing a helpful, comprehensive and professional advisory service, working with a broad range of commercial and domestic clients across Scotland and the UK.

Expert advice
Arbor Vitae Arboriculture offers all aspects of tree consultancy:

• Tree condition surveys to meet the property owner’s “duty of care”
• Tree planting advice, plus advice on the safety, care and protection of trees
• Commercial tree surveys to British Standard 5837:2012
• Services to help reduce the impact on trees during development and to enable successful completion of construction projects

All our consultancy and tree work is guided by industry best practice and the latest developments in arboricultural research.

Professional tree consultants in Edinburgh
Arbor Vitae Arboriculture was established in 2010 to provide professional tree inspections, surveys and reports plus knowledgeable advice regarding tree care and protection.

Owned by Mike Charkow, the company works mainly in Edinburgh and the surrounding area – the Lothians, the Borders, Fife, Perthshire, Angus, Stirlingshire – as well as further afield in Scotland and the UK.

Our commercial partners include many architects and developers in and around Edinburgh.
Clients include local authorities, utility providers, large land-owners, housing factors, private home-owners and community projects across Scotland.

Advice on any aspect of your trees
Our arboricultural consultants provide a broad range of professional tree services:

• Planning and pre-development surveys
• Inspections for bats in trees
• Air Spade trenching and soil decompaction
• Tree planting and the essential care and management of trees and woodlands
• Arboricultural Reports & Surveys | Tree Planting & Care

We are happy to carry out any size of job, from the inspection of a single tree through to BS5837 surveys for hundreds of trees on a site to be developed.

We also have extensive experience in tree lighting for public events.

Our philosophy
We believe that trees are just one component of an inter-dependent, diverse and complex ecological symptom, providing food and habitat to all manner of flora, fauna and fungi.

We take a holistic approach to tree management and care and will always consider (and try to retain or increase) the ecological values of trees and woodlands. Bats, moths, birds, squirrels, deer, mice, beetles, lichen, Porcini mushrooms – they all rely on trees to some extent.

For more information please feel free to Get in Touch!