Premier Tree Care - Tree Surgeon

23/10/2026

23/10/2026

🚨 24/7 emergency tree surgeon covering West London, Surrey & West Sussex 🌳

Storm Austen has just passed and Storm Boelo arrives tomorrow. Saturated ground and strong winds mean fallen trees, split trunks and storm-damaged branches across the South. This is the sort of thing our crews are clearing right now.
Premier Treecare & Conservation Ltd offers an emergency storm tree service, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

✅ Fallen tree removal
✅ Storm-damaged and dangerous trees made safe
✅ Fallen branches cleared from roads, driveways and gardens
✅ Fully equipped crews, ready to go

📍 Covering the whole of West London, Surrey and West Sussex

A tree down on your property, road or fence? Stay well clear and call us now.

📞 07973346096
📩 Or DM “STORM” for urgent help

16/10/2026

With October half term here and bonfire night coming up fast, this is a good moment for a reminder that’s easy to forget. If you’ve built a log or branch pile in the garden over the last few weeks, hedgehogs and other wildlife may well have already moved in for winter. Always check underneath before lighting anything, or better still, build your bonfire on the day rather than leaving it standing for weeks.

If you’re out and about with the kids this half term, there’s some lovely woodland activity happening locally too, Surrey Wildlife Trust’s Nower Wood sessions and Painshill’s wild woods camp are both running this month if you fancy getting the children outside among the trees.

Have you spotted any hedgehogs or wildlife setting up home in your garden this autumn? Always nice to hear what people are seeing out there, share it in the comments.

05/10/2026

Leaves are really starting to come down across Surrey and West Sussex now, and rather than bagging them up for the green bin, this is actually the best time of year to start a leaf mould pile if you’ve got the space. Collect them while they’re damp, run the mower over them first if you can, shredded leaves break down a good 40-50% faster than whole ones, and you’ll have a lovely, crumbly mulch by next autumn.

It’s also a handy time to spread mulch around the base of any trees or shrubs, a few inches deep, which helps protect the roots as the temperature drops.

Do you save your autumn leaves for anything, or do they just go straight in the bin? Curious what everyone does with theirs, let us know below.

01/10/2026

The Met Office released this year’s storm names back in September, and if last season’s any guide, October is usually when the first one actually hits us here in Surrey and West Sussex. Storm Amy was the opener last year, landing in early October.
Once the ground gets properly wet and the wind picks up, that’s when trees with hidden weak points tend to give way, not usually the healthy ones, but the ones with root damage, cracks, or decay you can’t see from the pavement. If you’ve been putting off getting a tree looked at, this is really the window to do it before the first named storm of the season reaches us.
Anyone had a tree issue during a named storm before, branch down, fence damage, anything like that? Be good to hear what happened in the comments, it’s useful for everyone keeping an eye on their own garden.

21/09/2026

Autumn tree care season is here, and it starts with your Horse Chestnut 🌰

Those spiky green cases you’ll spot in the branches right now are conkers, just about ready to drop.

If the leaves are already going brown, don’t worry, that’s almost always a tiny leaf miner moth, completely harmless. The one to genuinely watch for is dark, weeping bark, that’s bleeding canker, and it’s worth getting checked.

As the leaves thin out, it’s actually the best time of year to spot deadwood hiding in the canopy. We hold off on the bigger pruning jobs for now though, trees are pulling nutrients back in, so it’s not the right moment for fresh cuts.

Fun fact for the comments: there’s a real World Conker Championships, held every October in Northamptonshire since 1965, string and all.

Do your trees need a proper look before winter sets in?

We’re Premier Treecare & Conservation Ltd, tree surgeons covering Surrey, West Sussex, West London and the home counties.

Drop a comment or send us a message for your autumn health check.

21/09/2026

A more serious one for landowners in Surrey and West Sussex this week. Ash dieback hasn’t gone away, and both county councils are still working through infected trees on public land, which gives you a sense of how widespread it is.

The tricky part is that an infected ash tree can go brittle and drop a limb, or fail entirely, without much warning. That’s a real problem if it’s near a drive, a footpath, or somewhere your family spends time. September through to March is the window for dealing with it properly, since it avoids nesting season.

If you’ve got ash trees on your land, it’s worth a proper look before winter sets in. Have you noticed any dieback on your trees, or had one looked at recently? Tell us in the comments, happy to point you in the right direction if you’re not sure what you’re dealing with.

19/09/2026

There’s a reason we love this time of year. Once the leaves come down, we can finally see a tree’s whole structure, which makes late autumn through winter the best stretch for serious pruning work on most deciduous trees. It’s also outside bird nesting season, so it’s the right time legally as well as practically.

It’s a good window for planting too. The ground’s cooler and wetter, which helps new trees and hedges put down solid roots before everything wakes up again in spring.
If you’ve got garden plans brewing for next year, this is when the groundwork actually happens. What are you hoping to get done this autumn, whether that’s a bit of pruning, a new tree, or something else entirely? Let us know below, always good to hear what people around Surrey and West Sussex are planning.

25/07/2026

Tree surgeons don’t talk about willow trees enough, and honestly, we think that’s a bit of a shame. 😳
These weeping willows (Salix species) are absolute wildlife heroes. They support 452 species of insects and 160 species of lichen, more than any other native British tree, including the mighty oak. Not bad for a tree most people just think looks pretty by the water.

Here’s the bit that surprises most people.
Willows only really thrive in wet ground, so if you spot one, there’s almost always a river, stream or low lying valley nearby. But here’s the bit worth knowing if you’ve got one in your own garden. Willows are fast growing and their roots go looking for water, which sometimes means they head straight for drains, foundations or driveways nearby. It’s one of the main reasons we get called out to assess willows specifically, and it’s a completely manageable problem if it’s caught early.
This is where we come in. As your local tree surgery and forestry specialists, working out of depots in Laleham, Surrey and Loxwood, West Sussex, we don’t just turn up and start cutting. We look at the whole picture, tree health, root behaviour and what that tree needs long term, whether it’s one willow in a back garden or a whole treeline like this one.
Got a willow (or any tree) near your house you’re not sure about? Save this post for later.
Or if you’d rather leave it to us, message us or tap the link in bio for a free quote. We’re always happy to have a chat.

12/05/2026

It was our pleasure to be the headline sponsor again for this lovely local event in West Sussex

Meeting lots of customers old and new!