Greys Green Golf Course, located near Henley on Thames, had a two-pronged requirement.
“I originally called four companies to ask about moving a vast amount of trees which we wanted to save and work into our redesigned course,” said Lee Rawlings, an ex-professional golfer who runs L & N Golf Management, a company that designs and builds golf courses. “I also wanted on-going consultancy to act as an expert sounding board.”
The Proposal
Lee appointed Hortlands for the job as we have vast experience with the handling of mature trees. We advised Lee on moving a vast number of trees, from self-seeded whips up to larger trees of 35cm in girth, as well as clumps of shrubs, such as gorse bushes.
With many trees being closely planted together, some unfortunately had to be sacrificed to allow others to be successfully transplanted. In addition to the tree moving and planting, we put together a bespoke maintenance plan, which included (amongst other things) some foliage reduction of the trees. This took place over a two-year period to ensure the re-plating would be fully successful.
