Tony WoottonStorm recovery: the usual suspectsStill reeling from the calamitous weather events. What surprises me is that people were surprised by the flooding and heavy rain. Hello…...
Tony WoottonRight tree, wrong spot!I feel so blessed to be able to work with trees. I read recently that forest-bathing has been approved in Japan as an activity that...
Tony WoottonBig Tree, Fall Hard!At the time of writing, we are coming out of the rain event that inundated large areas of New South Wales and southern Queensland. As...
Tony WoottonTree Management Over TimeIt was immensely gratifying recently to carry out a tree assessment/property visit for a long-standing client of 13 years. I was able to...
Tony WoottonRaise your grasses! About That Tree (September '20)I am an arborist, or arboriculturalist. That means I am a horticulturalist who specializes in large woody plants, i.e. trees and shrubs....
Tony WoottonTrees and Climate Change - About That Tree (July, 2020)I am now the proud owner of a vehicle which reads the outside temperature as you drive along, something the Barina could never do without...
Tony WoottonCOVID-19 and Maleny Tree Life - About That Tree (April, '20)Thankfully the virus hasn’t really affected our tree work. We are still joyfully doing all the normal things we do at this time of year,...
Tony WoottonHow trees deal with illness - About That Tree (March 2020)Whenever there is a situation like Covid 19, I think to myself "What would a tree do?". When a tree is faced with a serious infection it...
Tony WoottonPreserving nature's gifts! - About That Tree (Feb '20)We recently had the pleasure of pruning and shaping a large Lemon-scented gum tree, Corymbia citriodora, in Maleny, see photo. The...
Tony WoottonYour trees this storm season - About That Tree (Jan '20)As I predicted, the first good storm of the year has resulted in quite a lot of tree damage. This prediction was possible because I have...
Tony WoottonChristmas tree, oh Christmas tree! - About That Tree (Dec '19)I'm writing this just before Christmas, and I got thinking about Christmas Trees....
Tony WoottonConnectedness in the 'forest of humanity' - About That Tree (Nov '19)We all need to know that when we need support, someone will be there to reach out a helping hand...
Tony WoottonThe responsibility of hosting Sunshine Coast Trees! - About That Tree (October, '19)If you are lucky enough to have one or more of these amazing lifeforms on your property, it is both an honour and a responsibility...
Tony WoottonBeing proactive vs. reactive (About That Tree - September '19)There is a reactive approach where the perception is that there are better things to spend money on than tree maintenance...
Tony WoottonPlant more trees! - About That Tree (August 2019)I read recently that China had created large areas of desert in their country by over clearing, and that they had begun to try to...
Tony WoottonWinter: optimal pruning season! - About That Tree (June '19)The Sunshine coast Winter is the optimal time for carrying out major pruning work on mature trees!
Tony WoottonSo long, Autumn! (About That Tree - May '19)Work with your trees to make the most out of the Sunshine Coast Winter
Tony WoottonWet season trees! (About That Tree - March 2019)This time of year on the coast is characteristically RAINY! What does that mean for our trees? We recently had the pleasure of pruning...