Based on the Berkshire Buckinghamshire border Scarlett Arbor Services have grown by recommendation from our valued customers. We strive to do the very best for all trees while keeping our customer's aesthetic and practical needs in balance. Scarlett Arbor have a green policy of clearing all waste and disposing off at local council sites for green recycling, we will only burn diseased controlled waste.


We are fully qualified City & Guild NPTC Tree Surgeons and have qualifications in Arboriculture. All work is carried out to BS3998 minimum standards and Scarlett Arbor Services carry £5 million Public liability and indemnity insurance.


Scarlett Arbor Services provide Free written estimates, with Tree Preservation Orders, conservation and planning restricted areas welcome. We also work as volunteers for the National Trust forestry and for the charity www.thrive.org.uk, this helps us to hone our skills while working with other professional Arborists and Horticulturists. Here are some of the services we offer:

  • Tree inspections, safety checks and risk assessments

  • Tree disease identification and control

  • Dangerous and dead tree and branch removal

  • Emergency and after the storm service

  • Formative to veteran tree pruning

  • Traditional hedgelaying and planting

  • Leylandii hedge maintenance and trimming

  • Felling and clearance work

  • Stump grinding and replanting

  • Logs and woodchip available

  • Crown lifts and reductions

  • Replanting native species

  • Bespoke care packages and planning

  • Bird & Bat box installations

Advice for August from The Royal Horticultural Society:

  • Prune Wisteria and shrubs such as Pyracantha after flowering.
  • Hebes and lavenders can be given a light prune after flowering.
  • Rambling roses can be pruned now, once they have finished flowering.
  • Give hedges a final trim over now. They will only grow a little before cold weather stops growth.
  • Continue to deadhead shrubs, such as roses, to extend flowering into early autumn. Spindly specimens that have lost leaves can be cut back a little further when deadheading, to encourage new growth.
  • Thoroughly soak drought-stressed plants and shrubs, especially newly planted ones. Use grey, recycled or stored rain water wherever possible.
  • Keep early-flowering shrubs such as Camellia and Rhododendron well watered during dry periods to ensure good flower bud initiation.
  • Get in qualified tree surgeons to remove large shrubs and trees that were casualties of winter waterlogging and summer drought. Remove stumps wherever possible, as rots could spread to other plants.
  • Semi-ripe cuttings can still be taken to propagate many common garden shrubs (e.g. box, Ceanothus, lavender).
  • Rhododendrons, azaleas and Clematis can be propagated by layering. 

As rated on www.ratedtradesmen.com: 'Scarlett Arbor did a great job - excellent value and quality of works. Would happily use them again'..... Douglas S

We recommend local websites www.cookham.com, www.maidenhead-berkshire.co.uk, and www.taplowsociety.org.uk.

Need to know more about Tree Surgery goto www.treesurgery.com