The mobile platform arrived at 8.30 this morning and was set up to remove the offending branches causing the closure of the footpath from Mardon/Holland […]
Tag: trees
Tree works – Streatham
A number of trees on campus have been damaged in the recent high winds. The Grounds team have closed the path by the Institute of […]
New tree planting (and staff) – Sports
Our new Groundsperson, Ross has been kept busy in his first few weeks working with the University. He has been improving areas at Topsham Sports […]
Douglas Fir, Duryard
More fungus spotting on Campus, this time at the roots of a huge (30m+) Douglas fir at Duryard. a Picus survey has shown that there […]
Tree works on Campus
Following the post last week about the essential path closures we have now been able to remove the limbs – as you can see we had […]
Paths closed at Streatham
The Grounds Team have had to close a couple of paths on Streatham Campus in the interests of public safety. The first is the pathway […]
Felled tree near Queen’s
We have recently felled a tree at Queen’s. The Scots Pine Tree located near Queens Drive was recently inspected and a Picus survey carried out. […]
More fungus!
Our Outer Areas team have spotted this fungus on an oak tree at Duryard. We understand it is a Fistulina hepatica, or Beefsteak Fungus. It is, […]
Important notice – essential weekend work taking place at St. Luke’s
Longstanding root damage to the Dawn Redwood tree (Metasequoia Glyptostobodies) near the Smeall Building, St Luke’s Campus, has caused disease and decay which now makes […]
More vandalism on campus
We are sad to report another act of vandalism on campus, this time a young Catalpa tree has been completely broken at the entrance to […]