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Welcome to the Tree Care Professionals with Passion: b-Tree Tree Care
The best care for your trees and their growing area
Do you have a sick or infected tree and don't know what to do? Or are you afraid that your trees are no longer safe? Do you want to be sure that trees will only be felled when it is really necessary?
Then you have come to the right place at b-Tree Boomverzorging and its passionate team of tree surgeons. And you will suddenly have all the necessary tree expertise.
Do you have questions about trees in a legal file? Are you wondering how old trees are effective? And how can you prove this? Or do you want to know exactly what the damage that has been done to your trees?
Bert Janssens also works here as tree manager, together with his team, will prepare your file down to the last detail.
In other words, we are happy to help you with your tree technical challenges. And provide sustainable solutions, full of expertise. Feel free to read the reviews above.
To give you some information about tree care and what tree surgeons can do for you, you will find many useful articles on this website about good tree care. Such as about correct tree pruning, tree effect analysis, tree protection plans and much more.
Also about being successful plants of transplanting trees you will find all the information on this website. And we will explain everything about the how and why.
We like to share our knowledge. Because that pays off. Both for you and for the trees.
And the more people we have to ensure a high-quality and healthy tree population, the better for our planet. And the cheaper for you. tree management afterwards.
TIP: When the trees have all their leaves, this is the most ideal time to prune them, and not in the winter. Read all about when is the best time to prune your tree and why.
Why is tree care important?
To ensure that trees can fully provide their ecosystem services, it is necessary to take good care of them.
And with tree care you take care of the... good health (or fitness) en vitality of trees. So that you can keep them as much as possible. Also in the long term.
This also provides a sustainable and pleasant living environment for people and animals.
Because trees are among the largest living organisms on our planet.
They are home to many insects and animals.
And they deliver a lot ecosystem services, such as shade, cooling, meeting place for social contact, relaxation and filtering particulate matter.
And note that with our climate change, where the weather is becoming increasingly extreme, trees are an important solution.
Both to moderate extreme heat and make it more bearable. As well as to collect more, and in a better way, storm water. So that flooding is reduced.
Tree care in the spotlight
We would like to share some impressions of a recent tree care measure that we took in response to a tomographic examination on an old beech. Thanks to this intervention we were able to preserve the valuable tree, which showed signs of rot at the base, for longer and it did not have to be cut down.
To move the seriously damaged beech tree in the avenue to the landscape heritage domain Pilgrim's Court In order to keep it safe in Heist-op-den-Berg, we have a mechanical reduction pruning executed.
A preliminary sound tomography applied to the tree. This showed that the base of the beech trunk is susceptible to breakage and poses an increased risk to the environment.
As a tree specialists we therefore opted for a heavy mechanical crown reduction. This intervention significantly reduced the weight of the crown, and therefore the tree. As a result, the risk of breakage was drastically reduced to an acceptable level.
Although such a drastic pruning a large tree is not good, the alternative was – the beech skins – a worse option.
The tree is now preserved as an ecological hub that contributes to biodiversity, as it provides nesting opportunities for bats, insects and fungi, among other things.
In addition, we will be adding three new ones to the avenue this winter, planting large trees to guarantee the natural succession. And we choose other native species, which are both drought stress resistant. And can withstand wetting. Because in this way we suddenly make the avenue more climate resistant.
Tree management and tree protection
How does tree care ensure a climate-adaptive living environment?
We take care of it with tree care good growing places for trees en to manage we do them correctly.
So that trees can grow into big ones future trees, which can be retained for a long time.
This allows them to provide their ecosystem services more and for longer.
Good growing places ensure that the trees you plant have plenty of room for root penetration and can collect a lot of rainwater and storm water. And that they are protected so that people cannot damage them.
This allows trees to grow into large future trees and give them a large crown projection. As a result, they provide more ecosystem services such as shade, cooling and so on.
And because as arborists we specialize in... planting trees en sustainable tree management, we ensure healthy and vital trees.
This way we know how much space trees need above ground and underground to fully develop into their final appearance.
But we also know how being able to prune trees correctlyso that they do not contract infections or damage.
With tree care we take care of the entire process from design, soil preparation, tree species selection, planting trees, up to and including aftercare and the management of it in the long term.
Why are trees important?
Trees are important because they provide many ecosystem services that make and improve our environment.
Also because they play a central role in supporting other life forms and biodiversity.
For example, trees produce oxygen that we breathe. And they capture carbon dioxide.
More oxygen promotes the well-being of people, animals and plants.
And less carbon dioxide in the air reduces the greenhouse effect. Which in turn counteracts global warming.
Trees also filter fine dust, which they capture through their leaves, from the air.
In addition, trees provide cooling and shade. On the one hand, by evaporating water through their leaves, which causes them to extract heat from the environment and lowers the ambient temperature on hot days.
On the other hand, trees prevent direct radiation from the sun due to their large crown projection or canopy cover. So you can enjoy shade.
The shade and cooling that trees provide counteracts the heat island effect in urban areas. As a result, the perceived temperature in the city decreases locally by up to 15 °C compared to places without large trees.
And where there are large trees, people like to gather. It provides relaxation, more social contact and better general well-being.
Nature also benefits from the presence of trees
Trees also care for soil life, because of the sugars they produce in their leaves through photosynthesis. And then deliver it to the soil via their roots.
They support fungi, micro-organisms, bacteria and insects, which increases biodiversity. And increasing biodiversity in turn means fewer diseases and pests. They play a central role here.
And because the water that trees absorb to maintain their life processes, trees also cause less flooding and prevent soil erosion. Because trees hold the soil together better with their roots and their growing areas absorb a lot of rainwater and storm water. So that this does not run straight to the sewer.
What does b-Tree Tree Care do?
As a tree specialist we offer all services of tree research and tree advice to it planting large trees, pruning trees en sheets. Also the felling trees using a telescopic crane is one of the possibilities.
Just like all other services such as tree safety checks. Then drawing up a tree protection plan. Then valuing trees, with or without damage assessment.
You can contact us for structured and very useful information, among other things management plans. Also for landscape heritage. A specialty in itself.
This year there are some novelties in the field of tree care and... tree advice. You can count on it tree expert advice of ours Certified Tree Manager.
You can also count on carrying out tree research, root research, growth site research and tree protection of trees on yards. Also for watering trees during well drainage you can contact us.
Our tree technical advisor gives you the necessary information for existing trees involved in landscaping, project development, road works and the like. So that the existing trees are not damaged.
Also for advice and calculations underground growing place facilities, to combine civilly usable spaces with good quality growing places for trees, you can contact us. So that these trees can grow into their intended final image.
Who does b-Tree Tree Care work for?
We work for private individuals, companies, public authorities en fellow arborists. To support them and help them with it pruning en felling of more difficult trees and giving tree expert advice.
We therefore have internal knowledge, experience and our own equipment for this.
Growth site design for two oak trees in the Pelgrimhof park garden. Installation of tree lighting in the root zones of the trees, without causing root damage.
Put good and well-thought-out tree advice at the center of your tree care
And you can of course count on a passionate arborist to monitor and guide your projects. Our tree technical advisor supports and advises your contractors during tree-critical works in the root zones of trees. Because there are often beautiful large trees where you want to carry out civil works.
We are happy to assist you in projects as a tree care professional tree specialist, right from the design phase, to help you integrate existing trees professionally and correctly from a tree-technical perspective.
We then carry out extensive root research in advance under the supervision of a Tree Manager. In order to create a tailor-made tree protection plan. And the tree afterwards, with a good one growth site construction, to be integrated into your project.
This will make your project more... ecosystem services such as shade, better air quality, better water management and much more.
Involve us in the design in a timely manner. Before there is irreversible damage to your monumental future tree in your project.
Arborist and Certified Tree Manager Bert Janssens is happy to help you with expertise tree advice.
As a tree technical advisor stayed Bert Janssens provide you with advice and assistance in disputes or legal proceedings. After a site visit, analysis of the situation and the problem, a detailed and very useful report is drawn up. What your counselors can get started with.
Example of advice for designing and implementing a growth site construction
To prevent root damage to the oak and to still be able to create a parking space, this growth site construction with sandwich panels has offered a very good solution.
The roots of the oak can grow under the parking lot. And the soil is not compacted when using it.
Laying the sandwich elements in the pressure-spreading and pressure-relieving granulate-based growth site device. Image of the arborist placing the conical plugs to connect the parts of the structure.
And available over a large region
We work in the nearby regions of Putte, Heist-op-den-Berg, Keerbergen, Bonheiden, Mechelen and the wider regions of Antwerp, Leuven, Brussels, Turnhout and Hasselt.
Tree care with the best advice, site improvement, pruning, VTA control, ...
b‑Tree Tree Care takes care of happy trees from the roots to the crown. With the deeply rooted knowledge, also about fungi and mushrooms or fungi and the best climbing and rope techniques we can offer you always solve the problem.
We'll give you it best advice and therefore the best long-term result for your garden or park. This allows you to enjoy your tree heritage even more every day. That is the most important.
So don't hesitate to contact us contact. Because the living monuments in your garden and their surroundings deserve the best concerns from arborist b‑Tree.
Would you like to read more about it? why you should choose b-Tree Tree Care?
In tree care, knowledge about fungi cannot be ignored. Here you see one real honey fungus at the bottom of the trunk of a rough birch. The honey fungus is a parasitic fungus that attacks the tree and will eventually cause the tree to die.
The story of a day of pruning with b-Tree Tree Care
This way you already get an idea when b-Tree Tree Care works for you for a day
At five o'clock in the morning: our alarm goes off. The first rays of sunlight shine through the trees. The weather is nice, which gives you energy... so early, quiet and enjoying the fresh air.
After a strong cup of coffee, the first employees soon arrive at the b-Tree Tree Care company.
We discuss what we are going to do and how we are going to approach the day. Who will be the climbers today? And who will be the ground man. As an arborist you enjoy working in the crown of a tree, but you realize that you are just as important as a ground manager. And as a climbing arborist you need the unconditional support of your ground manager. Tree care is truly teamwork. And you literally take care of each other safety, because it is dangerous work sometimes.
All tree care workers discuss the pruning work with each other in advance and load the machines
We discuss the work in detail and go over what materials we need for it pruning the tree and carefully select the machines we bring with us.
Should we bring a large or small chopper? Which chopper gives the best return for today's work? Will we be able to get to our work in the garden as quickly as possible? We check that the machines have already been refueled the night before and we load them onto our trailer. Together with our wheelbarrows.
Climbing equipment and safety equipment immediately at hand
As a tree care professional, we always have our climbing equipment and safety equipment with us in the van. Every day, neatly in its place. So that we can find everything quickly.
Because when you're climbing as an arborist and you need something, you wish your grounder didn't have to look for it. But it can be given to you this way. It is also a part of us safety in tree care.
We quickly check whether everyone has enough drinking water, because we use it diligently on a summer day. Especially as a climbing arborist, you must drink on time.
Once everything is loaded, we leave for the garden where things can be done. We enter the address into the GPS and travel to the location via the fastest route. When we work in Brussels or Antwerp, we are happy that we got up so early. Because then we will be ahead of the traffic jams.
There is laughter and conversation in the van. And discusses the challenges of the day that await us as arborists.
A good task risk analysis makes tree care a lot safer
Once we arrive on site, we first make an extensive task risk analysis. A must in tree care. You ensure that all risks are detected as much as possible and limited with the necessary safety measures.
And if something were to go wrong, as a tree care professional you want to be well prepared. So that you immediately know what to do. These are suddenly also the agreements in our tree care team. Every arborist must know what is expected of him and how he can work safely.
Together we look at how we can improve the to prune a tree. We look at how the crown architecture has been built up, which problem branches there are and where exactly taking branches for crown reduction of crown parts will highlight.
We also inventory our anchor points for the climbing lines. We install the climbing lines at the most suitable anchor points using a throwing line. Then we can achieve maximum results, with as little effort as possible. Because if you climb all day and... prunes in tree care, you have to be strategic with your energy. Planning an energy-efficient route through the canopy in advance also speeds up your work.
The climbing arborists go upstairs and start pruning the tree
Once all climbing and pruning material has been collected at the base of the tree, the first arborist climbs up via an SRT line. That is the fastest method. And it costs the least energy.
A second climbing line is immediately installed there and in front of the collage arborist. Just like a safety line, to lower slightly heavier branches safely, so that they cannot cause damage during the process pruning the tree.
Two climbing arborists from b-Tree tree care at the top of a tree during pruning.
In the meantime, the groundsman installs a capture tool such as a bollard or line brake anchor (port-a-wrap) at the bottom of the trunk. In this way, branches can be lowered in a controlled manner. It pruning the tree can begin.
The arborists are mainly active on the outside of the crown and therefore extend as far as possible onto the branches. One branch after another comes down. It's going to be busy for the groundsman.
And just in passing: if you would like to assist us in this fine work, please feel free to read our outstanding vacancy tree caretaker after it.
The ground manager keeps an overview and stacks the branches as an arborist
The groundman collects the branches and stacks them neatly. So that they can be chopped afterwards. And the working environment remains easily accessible; that's also part of it safety in tree care.
We often blow the chopped wood into a thin layer under the pruned tree. In tree care we suddenly call that: one site improvement or growth site improvement for the tree. Over time, the wood chips will be colonized by saprophytes (fungi), which help ensure a good ecosystem specific to the tree species. So more soil life. And a healthier tree.
The ground manager is always vigilant to ensure that the climbing lines of the climbing arborists do not become tangled and directs them from ground level. There you have a different view of the crown than high up in the tree itself. And in good time the groundsman gives a bottle of water upstairs.
When the customer is at home, he regularly asks whether the tree care work is proceeding as expected, and adjustments are made where necessary.
Chop branches, but never while climbing
Once the crown has been completely pruned and the problem branches have also been pruned, the climbers will come down. Together as one team we start it chopping the branches.
chopping We never do this while an arborist is still climbing. That makes too much noise and then communication between ground crew and climber is not possible. If a rope were to get stuck between one of the pruned branches and it entered the chopper, you could cause a serious accident.
We try to blow the chopped wood into the right place at once so that it doesn't take much work to level it. Or we blow it into the trailer for disposal. As the customer wishes.
The climbing arborist and assistant groundman chop the branches together after pruning, with a powerful and efficient chopper.
Finish neatly; icing on the cake by the arborists
Once everything has been completed, we neatly tidy up the working environment and neatly put all our used materials back in their place. Ready for the next yard. And the leaf blowing at the very end creates the perfect final image.
And you could say that the final image is perfect, because if you see the tree as a layman you cannot say that it has been pruned. But a lot of branches have come off. Then you have pruned properly, with respect for the natural habit of the tree.
The working environment after the work: everything neatly cleaned up after pruning the trees and chopping the branches.
Everyone can now go home tired and satisfied. Where the machines are unloaded and refueled for the next day of tree care.
More about tree care and the team
PS: feel free to read more about our team and company b‑Tree or take a look at the work we have carried out for customers, such as: pruning a large tree in the center of Antwerp.
Greetings from the b‑Tree Tree Care Team!