Yes, and they share more than most people realise — the same crew, the same kit, and often the same season.
Yes, and it is one of the easiest savings available. Both need the same crew, the same chipper, the same access arrangement and the same waste removal.
The main constraint is season — some combinations work in one visit, others naturally split across two.
| Combination | Works in one visit? |
|---|---|
| Deciduous tree work + native or deciduous hedge | Yes — both suit winter |
| General tree work + beech, hornbeam or yew hedge | Yes — both suit late summer |
| Deciduous tree work + conifer hedge | No — conifers want the growing season |
| Cherry or plum pruning + most hedges | Partly — those need summer |
| Any tree work + any hedge, March to August | Restricted — nesting season |
| Deadwooding + any hedge | Usually yes, with checks |
Late summer and early autumn is the window that suits the widest range of both, which is why it is the busiest period — and why booking ahead matters if you want them done together.
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Where a mature suburban garden has had nothing done for years, the tree and the hedge are usually both overdue, and often connected — ivy running from one into the other, a self-seeded sapling grown up inside the hedge line, a tree canopy shading the hedge until its top is dense and its base is bare. Dealing with them as one job means the connections get sorted rather than each contractor working around the other's problem.
This is the practical argument beyond cost. Reducing a hedge and lifting a tree both change how much light reaches the garden, and doing them at different times means judging each change in isolation. Done together, you see the actual result once — and can decide from there whether anything more is needed, rather than commissioning a second round because the first did not go far enough.
See what our hedge maintenance service covers in Fishponds, or read more about the service across the areas we work in.
Yes, and it is one of the easiest savings available — the same crew, chipper, access arrangement and waste removal cover both.
Not always. Deciduous tree work and native hedges both suit winter; general tree work and beech, hornbeam or yew both suit late summer. Conifer hedges want the growing season, which does not pair with winter tree work.
Late summer and early autumn suits the widest range of both, which is why it is the busiest period — book ahead.
On a neglected plot they are often connected — ivy running from one to the other, self-seeded saplings inside the hedge line, or a canopy shading the hedge until its base goes bare.
Deadwooding with hedge trimming, crown lifting with hedge reduction, ivy removal across everything, and any self-seeded saplings in the hedge line.
Because reducing a hedge and lifting a tree both change how much light reaches the garden. Done separately you judge each in isolation and often need a second round.
Yes. Nesting birds are protected from around March to August, which restricts hedge and tree work alike, though not general clearance.
Yes, and it shares the same set-up again — which is usually the cheapest way to handle a plot where all three are overdue.
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