Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

Why the Council has to prune our lovely trees in spring?

The Council has just pruned the tree in front of my window to the bare bone and it is doing the same with other trees in the area....I know there is much worse in life but the thing is quite upsetting given that it was just busting to life after a long, bare winter and the green crown is uplifting to look at .....

I wondered whether spring is the right seasons for pruning and from a quick search it does not seem so. Autumn is (which would make perfect sense...)

Any hints on why the Council is doing this now and whether it is the right thing to do?

Many thanks

Candida

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on June 5, 2013 at 13:40

I raised the question of the OOD tree maintenance schedules with the Council on Twitter yesterday and today received the following:

@harringayonline Hello there - summer and winter tree maintenance schedules have been updated. Apologies for delay: ow.ly/lJdDi
— Haringey Council (@haringeycouncil) June 5, 2013

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Permalink Reply by linka on June 7, 2013 at 22:29

Interesting info sheet here on why removing the whole leaf canopy can be really bad for the long-term health of the tree. I was prompted to look it up because of the drastically-pruned tree that just toppled over in Orville Square.

Another site:

http://www.broward.org/Regulation/Engineering/Pages/ProperTreePruni...