MGS Tree Services

MGS Tree Services MGS offer a broad range of specialised Tree services & Firewood in East Lothian & Edinburgh.

MGS Tree Services - Local dependable business providing professional tree surgery service to residential / business clients throughout East Lothian & Edinburgh.

Some of our work from last week!
20/07/2026

Some of our work from last week!

A very overgrown Apple tree and a very severe prune. Even with the severity of the prune and the amount of mass removed,...
20/06/2026

A very overgrown Apple tree and a very severe prune. Even with the severity of the prune and the amount of mass removed, the size of the cuts were still small enough to not be damaging and there is enough foliage left for the tree to come back and thrive.

It is always a compromise between trees and the people around them. Ideally this would not have had as much removed and it would have been done when it was dormant but with its location, the client wanted the space back. Thankfully they chose a company that knows what they’re doing when it comes to pruning.

Two separate jobs completed in one day. First being a Birch heavily laden with Witches Broom (Taphrina), we removed 100%...
13/04/2026

Two separate jobs completed in one day.
First being a Birch heavily laden with Witches Broom (Taphrina), we removed 100% of what was visible of this fungus to try to eliminate it and stop further spreading to neighbouring trees. The Birch was also lightly reduced and shaped.

Second job was a Cherry that had been historically pollarded. The customer wanted more light and to take it away from over the house/gutters. She thought the only option was to re-pollard. This would have gained max light temporarily but looked unappealing and it would have grown back with vengeance. Sometimes a pollard may be the best option, but in this case I suggested a fairly heavy reduction and internal canopy thin. The tree canopy is still there looking natural and when the leaves come in there will be a huge difference. Much more direct light with where the canopy used to reach and now dappled light from the canopy thin.

Along with the cherry, we also removed an Ash tree that was affecting an old stone boundary wall and had signs of Ash Dieback.

As per the last post, this was stage 2 of 2. A very different but equally satisfying bit of work. Our client wanted a co...
06/04/2026

As per the last post, this was stage 2 of 2. A very different but equally satisfying bit of work.

Our client wanted a couple groups of multi stemmed Himalayan Birch trees (he admired the ones from where he used to live). We devised a plan of one group of 3 in the most central location and another group of 2 in another location nearby.

The main idea was creating this design for sturdy but aesthetically pleasing tree guard frames. This location is prolific for dear and other tree destroying creatures such as rabbits.

There were some hurdles working around/removing old roots to put the trees and the frames in the position required but in the end it worked out well!

Very guarded trees that should be able to grow at a good rate, become and really lovely living feature and eventually not require their guards.

A really enjoyable job we did a month or so back at a location in the Archerfield estate. This location is within the lo...
06/04/2026

A really enjoyable job we did a month or so back at a location in the Archerfield estate. This location is within the local conservation area and so needed permission from the local tree department - this was a service we carried out for the client. The permission came back before our provisionally booked date so we were able to complete the work when scheduled.

The work consisted of pruning, reductions, limb removal and small tree removals. The reason for the works mostly consisted of failure mitigation from the heavy winds in this location and correcting miss-formed growth. Including the removal of two smaller sycamore that had struggled to grow from under the canopies of the larger trees.

We considered this stage 1 of 2. The next post will be stage 2 where we carried out planting of 5 Himalayan Birch trees.

This ancient Ceanothus had partially failed. First thoughts were to try to correct the angle and try to support it, then...
04/04/2026

This ancient Ceanothus had partially failed. First thoughts were to try to correct the angle and try to support it, then when it became apparent it had “dead man’s fingers” fungus it was deemed too much of a losing battle.

It was decided to remove and replant.

We ended up planting 3 in replacement. We planted a very pot bound Birch that had been in the garden for years, then the client went and purchased 2 new Ceanothus in two completely different forms.

The result was half their garden back and use of their summer house after they had dealt with the partially failed Ceanothus for quite some time, hesitant to deal with it.. probably because deep down they knew it needed to be removed! Though a shame, it was the only thing we could do in the end.

The two before and after snaps I got from a large job we completed on Thursday. First being a slightly overgrown and den...
07/03/2026

The two before and after snaps I got from a large job we completed on Thursday. First being a slightly overgrown and dense eucalyptus. We lightly reduced and thinned the canopy. Secondly, was this large area of Holly that clients wanted the humps removed, the way Holly grows made it quite difficult but we were able to suit their expectations and make it look nice!

Before and after of this previously “topped” and overly pruned Beech tree. The spec was to turn this tree that had been ...
07/03/2026

Before and after of this previously “topped” and overly pruned Beech tree.

The spec was to turn this tree that had been forced to become a bush and hedge like, due to the extreme reaction growth, back into a tree!

Customers were delighted with the result and having a much more natural tree back!

A Job from mid January in Edinburgh: Removing/coppicing a previously pollarded Eucalyptus that was within a conservation...
13/02/2026

A Job from mid January in Edinburgh:
Removing/coppicing a previously pollarded Eucalyptus that was within a conservation area.

Though the tree was essentially removed - we managed to gain permission from the council under the premise of a coppice. This is allowing the tree to regrow into a more manageable size.

Not all species can cope with this, yet Eucalyptus is one that can absolutely handle being cut right down and regrowing.

A fairly big job from a few weeks ago. These trees were part of a TPO grouping and required the planning permission to d...
07/02/2026

A fairly big job from a few weeks ago. These trees were part of a TPO grouping and required the planning permission to do the works.
Three Horse chestnuts - one tree needed to be removed due to decay and two others locationally reduced due to their form and some decay.

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