I have several lovely trees in my garden but they are getting dangerously large and near the overhead electrical wires and the roof of my house and my neighbours house.

I should be very grateful if somebody could put me in touch with a tree pruner who could cut back and shape my trees and not just hack them down to the roots, which seems to be the usual approach.

Where are you located?

I always wanted to be a tree surgeon, but I faint at the sight of sap.

Probably better off a tree surgeon than comedian ;-)

depends on the tree variety for shaping, you really need someone that is qualified and knows what each variety needs to have done or they could kill them or ruin their growth.

Where are you located?

Thanks for your response.

I am at Montfort Villa, close to Montfort College just off the Mahidol Road before the intersection with the Superhighway at Don Chan.

Regards - rohitsuk.

Sorry only know my local guys which is far from you. Good luck

Sorry only know my local guys which is far from you. Good luck

Thanks anyway for your reply.

you really need someone that is qualified and knows what each variety needs to have done or they could kill them or ruin their growth.

55555 good luck with that. I'm sure they are around but 99% will typically top them (worst thing you can do to a tree, making them unstable) and hack the things up. The wrong trees are usually planted in the wrong places.

Thing to do is to just ask around your neighbourood, someone will know a pack of monkeys to come and rearrange them for you for sure. ;-)

you really need someone that is qualified and knows what each variety needs to have done or they could kill them or ruin their growth.

55555 good luck with that. I'm sure they are around but 99% will typically top them (worst thing you can do to a tree, making them unstable) and hack the things up. The wrong trees are usually planted in the wrong places.

Thing to do is to just ask around your neighbourood, someone will know a pack of monkeys to come and rearrange them for you for sure. ;-)

Yes, you are right and I have seen lots of that about the place which is why I am trying to find somebody who can do it properly and not ruin my lovely trees but perhaps I am looking for something that is not here.

Hope someone recommends a proper tree pruner.

Just witnessed the 'gardener' hacking off limbs willy-nilly on a medium-sized tree across the way at a neighbor's. This is in keeping with most tree hacking methods I've witnessed in Thailand over two decades. It is to cringe.

Possibly inquire at the huge gardening supply area behind Lotus Kamtieng.

Lots of tree butchers around my area. They have absolutely no idea as how to cleanly trim a tree properly with a machete.

You may want to pm drtreelove (a botanist who has been living in CNX): http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/user/74166-drtreelove/ .

He knows about pruning trees: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/474577-tree-pruning/

and he may be able to refer you to someone here.
And otherwise contact the person recommended by Tywais in this thread: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/564350-tree-pruning/?p=5419974&hl=%2Bpruning+%2Btrees

You may want to pm drtreelove (a botanist who has been living in CNX): http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/user/74166-drtreelove/ .

He knows about pruning trees: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/474577-tree-pruning/

and he may be able to refer you to someone here.

And otherwise contact the person recommended by Tywais in this thread: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/564350-tree-pruning/?p=5419974&hl=%2Bpruning+%2Btrees

Thanks so much for that, I shall do as you suggest. I was beginning to feel a bit desperate as most replies simply confirm my own observations of the hack it down to the roots approach. I have watched these trees grow for the past six years and it would just be valdalism to ruin them now that they need a little careful pruning and they shade my house wonderfully from the sun.

Thanks Nienke, but I am no longer in Thailand, I'm back in San Francisco. I have a couple of possibilities for referrals, two Thai men from Mae Jo area who worked with me and do good pruning work, but I have to have my wife find current contact information. I'll PM if I find them. Dok Mai Garden may have someone to recommend. Don