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Angus · Arbroath · Carnoustie · Forfar

Tree Surgeon in Angus

Professional tree work keeping trees safe, healthy and well-shaped. Serving Arbroath, Carnoustie, Forfar, Brechin, Kirriemuir, Montrose, Edzell, Friockheim and the surrounding communities.

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LM Trees & Landscaping provides tree surgery throughout Angus, covering Arbroath, Carnoustie, Forfar, Brechin, Kirriemuir and the surrounding villages. Professional tree work keeping trees safe, healthy and well-shaped. Over 20 years of experience, fully insured, all waste removed, and free written quotes — call 07361 488 565.

Tree Surgery · Angus

Looking for tree surgeon in Angus?

Tree surgery covers everything from a light crown lift on a garden birch to the safe sectional dismantling of a large, failing conifer beside a house. We work for homeowners, landlords, farms and estates across Fife, Dundee, Angus and Perthshire, dealing with trees that have outgrown their space, become unsafe, or simply need shaping so more light reaches the garden. Every job is planned around access, the health of the tree and the safety of everything around it, from greenhouses and fences to overhead cables and neighbouring property in Scotland's older residential streets.

The coastal strip from Carnoustie up to Montrose is windswept and salt-exposed, and shelter planting takes a beating over winter. Inland towards Forfar, Kirriemuir and the mouths of the Angus glens the ground is more sheltered and fertile, with substantial mature hardwoods and long-established beech and hawthorn boundaries that need regular management to stay dense rather than gappy at the base.

Rural Angus properties usually have good access for machinery, which keeps costs down on larger jobs — but they also bring more overhead line proximity, livestock fencing and roadside safety to plan around. Conservation areas in Montrose, Brechin and Kirriemuir and protected trees on older properties mean we still check with Angus Council before any tree work that might be restricted.

We cover Arbroath, Carnoustie, Forfar, Brechin, Kirriemuir, Montrose, Edzell, Friockheim and the villages in between, and you can read more about our wider work on our Angus page or the full tree surgery guide.

If the job goes further than this, we also handle Landscaping Angus.

Tree Surgery carried out by LM Trees & Landscaping in Angus
  • Tree removal — Full felling where there is space to drop the tree safely, or careful sectional dismantling with ropes and rigging in tight gardens where a straight fell is not an option.
  • Tree pruning — Targeted removal of dead, diseased, crossing or storm-damaged limbs to improve the health and shape of the tree without stripping it back unnecessarily.
  • Crown reduction and thinning — Reducing the overall height and spread, or thinning the canopy, to bring light back into a garden and take weight off longer limbs.
  • Stump grinding — Grinding the remaining stump below ground level so the area can be turfed, planted or paved rather than left with a trip hazard and regrowth.

Why Angus homeowners choose us

Tree work is the part of garden maintenance where getting it wrong is genuinely dangerous. We are fully insured, work to recognised safe working practices, and use proper climbing and rigging techniques rather than shortcuts. Just as importantly, we care about how the tree looks afterwards — a good reduction should look natural, not butchered, and should leave the tree in a healthier condition than we found it.

Typical Angus jobs: shelter belt and boundary tree maintenance on rural properties, long beech and hawthorn hedge reductions, and clearing neglected gardens back to usable lawn.

Fully insured

Documents shown before any job starts.

All waste removed

Every quote includes clearing away and tidying up.

Free written quotes

No obligation, honest advice and no pressure.

What customers say

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“Friendly service, hard working lads and gets the job done. Highly recommend, you won't be disappointed.”
Jordan Granger · Facebook recommendationTree Surgery ·
“Lee and team did a garden clearance for me after moving into a property with a pretty neglected garden, including a pretty hefty ivy growth on the back of the house. They did an absolutely cracking job of clearing all the growth, the ivy, some unexpected branch piles and taking away all the rubbish. Did in a day what would have taken me many days to do myself. Also got some great advice on the next steps of bringing the garden back to life.”
Marty Page · Facebook recommendationGarden Clearance ·
“Had Lee and team lay a patio and path. Work was done in a good manner and to a high standard, everything was left clean and tidy and nothing was too much hassle. Thanks Mr McDonald.”
Js Js · Facebook recommendationLandscaping & Garden Design ·
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