Treescapes Garden Services
You have a tree that needs work, and you are not sure if you are allowed to touch it. We check that first, then we quote. Both are free.
A short drive from our yard
We check whether it is protected before we quote, so you know where you stand from the start.
Quotes are free and carry no obligation.
Treescapes Garden Services is a family run firm of tree surgeons and gardeners covering Arlesey from a yard in Lower Stondon, a short drive away.
We have worked in this part of Bedfordshire for 37 years. Every quote is free, every job is insured, and 99% of what we cut goes to be recycled.
Some trees in Arlesey are protected. You need permission from Central Bedfordshire Council before work starts.
Three things decide what your tree needs. Open whichever one applies.
A Tree Preservation Order, or TPO, names specific trees. You apply to the council and wait for a decision. Only then can the work go ahead.
A conservation area works in a different way. There you give the council six weeks of written notice. That is called a Section 211 notice. Both routes are set out in the council's guidance on trees and high hedges (opens in a new tab).
Plenty of trees need neither. A tree under 75mm across needs no notice at all, measured 1.5 metres above the ground. A tree under 100mm across can come out to help others grow. Dead or dying trees need five days of notice instead of six weeks.
Timing counts too. Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 it is an offence to harm an active bird's nest. The main season runs from March to August, so it pays to plan a big job around it.
We check where your tree stands before we quote, so you get the answer early. The full guide to tree permission rules covers the whole process.
Finding out whether your tree is protected costs nothing.
A free visit, and we tell you what the council needs before you commit.
Gardens backing onto the railway
Plenty of Arlesey gardens back onto the East Coast Main Line. Those trees get planned differently from the start. A tree in your garden is still yours to sort out.
The station sits 37 miles from London King's Cross, so the railway boundary runs right through the town. We work out the drop zone and the rigging before anyone climbs. Anything growing on the railway side belongs to Network Rail.
Ground near the water
Other Arlesey trees sit close to water. Ground near water stays soft for much of the year, so we plan the kit and the access before the day.
Arlesey Old Moat and Glebe Meadows is a narrow strip between the River Hiz and the railway. The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire manages the woodland there by coppicing.
We do both sides of the job, so one team deals with the tree and with the mess it leaves.
Beyond the trees, grass, clearance and general garden upkeep keeps things in order, and every kind of tree work we take on lists the full set of tree services.
Every quote is free, and the price we give you is the price you pay.
You get a fixed quotation, not an estimate that can move later.
The quote covers taking the waste away too.
What moves it
Access moves the price more than anything else.
A tree you can park a chipper next to costs less than the same tree behind a narrow side gate.
What moves it
Size and species count too.
So does the job itself, because reducing a crown is smaller work than taking a whole tree out.
What does not
Council approval adds time, not cost.
Where the council has to approve the work, that adds time to the start date and nothing to the bill.
We come out, look at the tree and quote. That is usually inside 24 hours where nothing needs looking up first.
Joe is a fully qualified arborist, and he is the one who tells you what your tree needs. That counts, because the cheapest answer and the right answer are often two different jobs.
The team holds NPTC and Lantra qualifications. Those cover chainsaw use and working at height, and both are assessed in person. We carry £5 million of public liability cover and £10 million of employers liability cover, so your property and our team are covered while we work.
We hold a waste carrier licence, so everything we take away is disposed of legally, and 99% of it goes to be recycled. We are rated 5.0 on Google, family run for 37 years, and every job carries our satisfaction guarantee.
Central Bedfordshire Council keeps a public register of Tree Preservation Orders, and you can ask them directly. We also check before we quote, so you do not have to chase it. Two orders were made near Chase Hill Road and The Green in December 2024.
Work on a protected tree without permission is an offence, so a check first is time well spent. We do that check as part of the quote and tell you what the council needs. Where an application is required, it is usually a form and a wait.
Yes, where the tree itself is in your garden. We plan the drop zone and the rigging before we climb, and keep the work on your side of the boundary. Anything growing on the railway side is Network Rail's to deal with.
Yes. We are not VAT registered, so nothing is added afterwards. You get the figure in writing before we start, and it costs you nothing whether you book or not.
Once you send your enquiry about tree surgery in Arlesey, here is exactly what to expect.
We reply to your enquiry quickly, usually within 24 hours.
We pop over at a time that suits you to look at the job, or quote from your photos where we can.
You receive a clear, no obligation quote and come back to us if and when you want the job done.
Arlesey sits between three places we already work in, and we reach it from our yard on Station Road in Lower Stondon. The next town along in Stotfold and Henlow, where our yard's postcode sits, have pages of their own. Letchworth is about three miles to the south east. We also cover Langford, Shefford, Biggleswade and Hitchin, and the full map of where we work has the rest.
Arlesey to our yard on Station Road, Lower Stondon. Open the route in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
