Trees in Johannesburg keep growing whether the gutters can take it or not. Send one request with the trees, the work and the address, and we pass it to alien clearing teams and tree fellers who work in Johannesburg and nearby areas of Gauteng.
Alien & Invasive Tree Removal in Johannesburg
Around Johannesburg, alien tree removal usually means old bluegums, wattle thickets, syringas and in some areas pines. Check the listing for your trees and area first, then send one request with photos and the size of the area, and teams in Johannesburg and Gauteng can quote for felling, stump treatment and follow-up.
The main alien and invasive tree removal page explains the work, the safety points and the costs in more detail.
Johannesburg notes on tree care & clean-up
Pruning work in Saxonwold, Melville and around Zoo Lake is mostly deadwood removal, lifting crowns off roofs and thinning plane trees that have been weakened by borer damage. An arborist can tell you whether a tree is worth saving before you pay for felling. Ask for thinning, not topping, and ask whether the chips can stay on site as mulch for the beds along the Braamfontein Spruit side of the garden.
What grows around Johannesburg
Johannesburg is often called one of the largest planted urban forests in the world, and most of that canopy sits in the old northern suburbs. Parktown, Houghton, Saxonwold, Parkview and Melville grew up under plane trees, English oaks, pin oaks, jacarandas and towering bluegums planted a century ago. Many are now old, top heavy and sharing small stands with houses, walls and overhead cables. The shot hole borer beetle has weakened plane trees in parts of the city, and summer thunderstorms bring down limbs that were already dying. Homeowners ask for crown reductions, deadwood removal and sectional felling over roofs. Street trees usually belong to the city, so check with the municipality before anyone cuts a pavement tree.
The requests we see from Johannesburg usually come from:
- Homeowners: removing syringas, young gums and wattle from a garden before they spread
- Estates, complexes and body corporates: clearing invaders from common areas, streams and green belts in estates
- Schools, churches and municipalities: clearing invaders from parks, rivers, school grounds and road reserves
Local tips for Johannesburg
Common here: sectional felling and crown reduction of century old planes, oaks and bluegums. Ask each team or supplier about this: ask whether the tree is a pavement tree and who has to give permission first. Where they work from: teams based in Randburg, Roodepoort and the south, travelling into the northern suburbs.
Alien & Invasive Tree Removal usually suits bluegums, wattle, syringa, pines, Port Jackson, done like this: felled, stumps treated, follow-up visits. For homeowners, the biggest group here, that usually means removing syringas, young gums and wattle from a garden before they spread. On the weather side: afternoon storms and hail from October to March; dry, frosty winters suit big pruning.
Service area: Johannesburg and surrounds
Tree fellers, hire yards and suppliers on our network work in Johannesburg and surrounding areas, including Sandton, Randburg, Roodepoort, Soweto, Rosebank, Fourways, Melville. Give the suburb and a rough idea of the job, so the quote can allow for travel and the right crew and machines.