Landscape design & arboricultural consultancy focused on treescapes for the Middle East, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Dubai, Abu Dhabi regions.
Why care for trees?
Trees are a vital part of any landscape and especially so in arid climates. With the rapid growth of cities like Dubai and Abu Dhabi has come a huge volume of new landscape creation. As these landscapes mature, new understanding of the way to care for trees is required and this is especially true of broadleaf trees.
Physical safety is one aspect of this work: all trees in an urban setting must be safe for the close interaction that people have. Trees create beauty, shade, evapotranspiration (cooling) plus homes and food for birds and insects. They also play a huge role in giving us our biophilic contact with nature. With ever increasing temperatures caused by climate change, the “ecosystem services” of trees becomes indispensable in creating beautiful and livable urban landscapes.
Services
We survey your trees to assess them for health and form, producing detailed tree surveys & reports listing actions & recommendations
Training of local staff in correct pruning & care procedures using hand tools and chainsaw. Also equipment supply
We examine trees to assess risk to public health in accordance with ISA (International Society of Arboriculture) risk assessments
For large, dangerous or difficult trees that need expert care, we arrange for qualified and experienced arborists to carry out works
We can train teams and supervise the preparation, lifting, replanting & irrigation of mature trees
Selecting poor nursery stock can limit the life and health of the trees on your project. We select and recommend the best stock available, tree by tree
Blog
2022 and back to work!
It’s been a strange two years for all of us, with travel being difficult or impossible, for all the obvious reasons. Whilst Covid has not gone away and we keep a wary eye on the Omicron variant, the world is more open now. Good news, and it means I can travel again! I am once …
Covid and travel restrictions
Due to the on-going Covid 19 pandemic I will not be travelling to the UAE (or anywhere) during the winter season of 2020/21. I am available to carry out remote design or consultancy for certain things, although there are limits to what can be done in this way. Trees are complex things, and don’t always …
Tree Consultancy Dubai
If you need help or advice with your trees, I will be visiting Dubai for the week of February 23rd, advising on trees for private and commercial clients. If you have a tree you need help with, or a developments project with trees involved, I have a few appointments available. I can advise on: Pruning …
About
Mark Laurence is a chartered horticulturalist (MCIHort), consulting arborist and landscape designer (MSGD), with over forty years’ experience. He has a special interest and love of working with landscapes and trees in the Middle-East, principally in the United Arab Emirates.
Recent work has included surveys on trees being lifted for replanting for the redevelopment of Umm Al Emarat park in Abu Dhabi, surveys and training of staff in the grounds of a royal palace and tree consultation on historic and commercial sites.
Visits in 2022 can now resume – Mark welcomes project enquiries for the 21/22 winter season.