Based in Wollongong — serving the Illawarra, Shoalhaven and Southern Highlands.
Cut for the health of the tree
Formative pruning, crown lifting, deadwood removal, clearance from roofs and fences, and hedges shaped properly — by people who understand how a tree responds to a cut.
Trusted by real property owners
Why this matters
Trees in this region grow fast, and left alone they end up over roofs, through powerline clearances, shading out gardens and dropping deadwood across driveways. The temptation is to get up a ladder with a saw, or hire whoever is cheapest, and take off whatever is in the way.
The tree remembers. Lopping and flush cuts open the tree to decay, encourage weak regrowth that fails in the next storm, and ruin the shape permanently. Hedges cut hard at the wrong time of year go brown and take seasons to recover, if they do at all.
What we do
Broadlands Contracting prunes trees and hedges across the Illawarra, Shoalhaven and Southern Highlands. We are qualified horticulturalists, so each cut is made at the right point and the right time of year for the species — crown lifting for clearance, thinning for light and wind, deadwood removal for safety, and formative pruning on young trees so they grow into a sound shape.
Hedges are shaped with proper hedging equipment and cut on a schedule that keeps them dense rather than hacked back once they have got away. On rural properties we also handle felling of smaller trees and storm-damaged timber, and the material can be chipped, mulched or cut for firewood rather than left in a heap.
How the job runs
Good pruning is planned before anything is cut. Here is how we go about it.
Clearance, light, shape, safety or health — we look at what you need and how the species will respond, then explain what should and should not come off.
Cuts are made at the branch collar and sized so the tree can close over them. Hedges are shaped to keep them full from the base up.
Branches are chipped, mulched or cut into firewood as you prefer, and the area is raked and blown off so nothing is left for you to deal with.
Serving the Illawarra, Shoalhaven and Southern Highlands
Based in Wollongong and working across the Illawarra, Shoalhaven and Southern Highlands — down the coast to Nowra and up over the escarpment to Bowral.
The cost of waiting
Leaving trees and hedges to grow unchecked, or having them lopped badly, tends to mean:
Related services
Plenty of properties need more than one approach. Not sure which service fits your situation? Get a free quote and we will look at the property with you and recommend the right method.
Fallen, dead and storm-damaged timber on your property cut into firewood lengths and split and piled, instead of left to rot or burned off.
Learn more about Firewood HarvestingLarge lawns, rural estates and lifestyle blocks mowed on a schedule, with the right machine for the size of the property.
Learn more about Acreage MowingCommon areas, verges, entries and open space for strata schemes and estates kept mowed, edged and tidy on a reliable schedule.
Learn more about Strata Estate MaintenanceInvasive weed removal with a management plan to reduce weeds coming back, tailored to each property.
Learn more about Invasive Weed RemovalStraight answers
For routine pruning of less than about ten percent of the canopy, usually not, but each council in the region has its own tree preservation rules and some species are protected. We will tell you if a job looks like it needs a permit. Obtaining it stays with the property owner.
It depends on the species. Many deciduous trees prune best in winter, flowering natives after they finish flowering, and hedges little and often through the growing season. We time the work to the plant rather than doing everything in one visit if that would harm it.
We fell smaller trees and storm-damaged timber on rural properties where it can be done safely from the ground. Large removals directly over houses or powerlines are arborist rigging work, and we will tell you when a job falls into that category.
Your call. We can chip or mulch them on site as garden mulch, cut larger timber for firewood, or take the green waste away. We agree that before we start so the yard ends up the way you expect.
Tell us what you are dealing with and we will come out, look at the property and give you a fixed quote for tree pruning. No obligation.
