Ashmore
Tree removal in Ashmore
Tree pruning, removal and stump grinding in Ashmore, from private frontages on the Nerang River to the bush edge of Sun Valley Park.
Tree work in Ashmore
Private river frontages and a park of big trees
Ashmore runs along the Nerang River, yet most of the suburb lacks public access to the water, apart from a couple of small parks between privately owned frontages. So a riverbank tree in Ashmore is usually on a private block with no public land behind it, the gear and the timber go in and out through the property from the street, and branches lowered on the river side are kept out of the water.
The City's tree records list a 20-metre veteran mango in Tranquility Park as one of its remarkable trees, an exceptional mango tree on the banks of the Nerang River. Old mangoes on the river flats carry wide, heavy crowns that drop limbs and fruit, and on a private riverfront block the job is often a crown thinning or reduction rather than a removal.
Services in Ashmore
Riverfront crowns and bushland edges
Tree pruning
Heavy mango and gum crowns thinned or reduced on riverfront blocks.
Tree removal
Taken out through the property where a riverfront block lacks public access to the water.
Stump grinding
Ground out on river blocks, with the grinder brought in from the street.
What it costs: tree removal cost, stump grinding cost, palm removal cost
Compared: removal, lopping or pruning, stump grinding or stump removal, council tree rules compared
How it works
Four steps, and the permit comes before the price
Nothing happens without a written quote you have agreed to.
- 1
Call or send the form
Include the suburb, your details and what needs to be done.
- 2
A contractor comes to see it
On site, not off a photo, because access and what sits underneath change the job.
- 3
The permit position is checked
Against the city's vegetation mapping and the koala controls, before a price is given.
- 4
Quoted in writing
The quote sets out the scope, the timber, the stump and the date. Then a date is booked.
Ashmore questions
A gum that looks dead, and the bushfire overlay
Does a dead-looking gum on our block have to come out?
Not always. At the edge of Tranquility Park, the City's records list a 32-metre Queensland blue gum that appears dead but is still alive and reshooting from its base, an impressive habitat tree. A dead-looking gum is checked for new shoots and hollows before removal is quoted, and dead limbs high in the crown come down in sections.
Do trees near Sun Valley Park need cutting back before fire season?
For homes on the bushland edge, yes. On the City Plan's bushfire overlay, parts of Sun Valley Park carry a Very High Potential Bushfire Intensity rating, and other parts are a Potential Impact Buffer. Keep your own trees and shrubs back from the house, roof and gutters, with the low limbs lifted, and leave the park's trees to the council.
