Tree Surgery & Garden Servicesin Kinross & Loch Leven
Exposed loch-side plots, commuter-belt gardens and mature estate trees — handled by a fully insured Perthshire crew with a fixed price agreed before we start and every cutting taken away.
16 verified 5★ reviews · Fully insured · SEPA-registered waste carrier · Free site visits across KY13
- Fully insured
- SEPA registered
- 4.9 · 16 reviews
- Mon–Sun 8am–6pm
- ≈ 45 minutes from our Crieff yard via the A9 and M90
Working Kinross plots, week in, week out.
Coverage across KY13
Kinross is a straight run south for us — down the A9 and onto the M90 — and we cover the whole of KY13: Kinross itself, Milnathort, Kinnesswood and the Loch Leven shore, Crook of Devon, Blairingone and the villages under the Ochils and the Cleish Hills.
Response times to Kinross
Free site visits are usually arranged within a few days, with a written fixed price back the same or next day. Because the run down the M90 is quick and predictable, we can group KY13 work efficiently and start booked jobs typically within one to three weeks. Safety work after a storm gets priority inside our Mon–Sun 8am–6pm week.
Familiarity with Kinross property types
Kinross is two places at once. There is the older town and the Loch Leven estate landscape, with mature parkland trees, established beech and lime, and long-standing boundary hedges. Then there is the modern commuter belt — Edinburgh and Perth in half an hour each — with a lot of 1990s-to-current housing on plots where the developer's topsoil is thin and the fencing was built to a price. The work splits fairly evenly between the two.
What we do most in Kinross.
Every service linked below is a full, self-contained page — pricing basis, methods, materials, guarantees and FAQs.
Tree Surgery
Mature parkland beech, lime and ash around the loch and the older town — reduced, deadwooded or removed by qualified climbers.
Read full service pageFencing
Replacement of failed panel runs with concrete-set, pressure-treated close-board — the honest answer on open, wind-hit KY13 plots.
Read full service pageLawn Installation
Turf-laid lawns on modern estate plots where compacted subsoil under an inch of topsoil has never grown decent grass.
Read full service pageHedge Trimming & Removal
Beech, hawthorn and leylandii boundaries — annual cuts, or hard reductions where a hedge has taken over the garden.
Read full service pageGravel Drives & Pathways
Full-depth gravel drives with proper edging and drainage — important on the flat, slow-draining ground near the loch.
Read full service pageLow-Maintenance Gardens
Designs for commuters who want the garden to look after itself between long working weeks.
Read full service pageConcrete reasons — not marketing lines.
One team, every trade
Tree work, fencing, turf, drives and planting from the same insured crew — no coordinating three contractors around one garden.
Fixed price including travel
Free site visit, written quote, no deposit. The number covers the run down the M90; nothing gets added later.
Waste removed legally
SEPA-registered waste carrier — cuttings, brash and turf leave in our truck, with paperwork if a factor or agent needs it.
Perthshire-spec work
Fences set in concrete, drives built with a sub-base and drainage, turf laid on prepared ground. It costs a little more once and a lot less over ten years.
Kinross plots we work on.
Kinross town and Milnathort
Older stone houses with walled or hedged plots and long-established boundary trees. Typical work is hedge reduction, tree safety work and reinstating tired borders.
Modern estates and commuter housing
Compacted ground, thin developer topsoil, standard panel fencing already failing. We strip and prepare properly for turf, and replace fence runs with concrete-set close-board rather than more panels.
Loch Leven shore and Kinnesswood
Exposed, wind-hit plots with damp, slow-draining ground and heavy bird and wildlife interest. Drainage design and robust boundaries matter far more than decorative detail.
Rural properties under the Ochils and Cleish Hills
Bigger plots, shelter belts, farm-adjacent boundaries and long fence lines. Project-scale visits rather than half-days.
What comes up in Kinross.
Wind off Loch Leven
The loch basin is genuinely open, and westerly wind crossing it hits garden boundaries with nothing to slow it down. Panel fencing here is a short-term purchase; close-board with concrete-set posts is not.
Flat ground that will not drain
Much of the low ground around the loch is heavy and slow. Lawns sit wet, gravel drives turn to mud where no sub-base was built, and paving heaves. We design drainage in rather than hoping.
New-build garden failure
The classic KY13 estate problem: turf laid over compacted subsoil, patchy within a year. Fixing it means stripping, breaking up the pan and adding real topsoil — not another roll of turf.
Over-mature parkland trees
The older estate trees around the town and the loch are at an age where limb failure becomes likely. Deadwooding and reduction before winter beats an emergency call-out after it.
Ash dieback along field boundaries
Ash is heavily represented in KY13 hedgerows and boundaries, and dieback has taken hold across the region. Affected ash becomes brittle quickly, so it is dealt with earlier rather than later, and always by a climber who knows what brittle wood does.
Same five steps, every Kinross job.
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Free site visit
Andrew comes out, walks the site with you, and takes proper measurements — usually within a working day of your call.
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Written fixed price
You get a written quote with everything included: labour, materials, waste removal. No deposit taken.
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Scheduled properly
We book a start date and stick to it. If materials or weather move it, you'll know before the morning of.
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Work done cleanly
The crew works to spec, protects the ground and boundaries, and clears every branch, cutting and offcut before leaving.
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Sign-off & guarantee
You walk the finished job with us. Workmanship is guaranteed after handover — real recourse if something isn't right.
Also covering these areas around Kinross.
All services available in Kinross.
- Tree Surgery — Felling, pruning, crown reduction and removals — all by fully qualified climbers.
- Fencing — Vertical close-board, ranch-style and bespoke gates. All timber pressure treated.
- Soft Landscaping — Full garden transformations — planning, planting, clearance and finishing.
- Low-Maintenance Gardens — Practical designs that stay tidy through the Perthshire seasons.
- Hedge Trimming & Removal — From annual cuts to overgrown-hedge rescues, all cuttings taken away.
- Lawn Installation — Turf-laid lawns, prepared and levelled properly — guaranteed if aftercare is followed.
- Gravel Drives & Pathways — Full groundwork: drainage, edging and surfacing — not just gravel on top.
- Bark Mulch & Woodchip — Bulk supply for beds, borders and pathways. Call for pricing and delivery.
- Hardwood Logs — Kiln-dried and fresh-cut hardwood logs. Free delivery within 10 miles of Perth.
- Stump Grinding — Stumps ground out below ground level — no digging, no scarring, garden usable again.
- Garden Maintenance — Regular grass cutting, borders and tidy-ups. No contract, all cuttings taken away.
- Emergency Tree Work — Storm damage and fallen trees made safe — priority response, fully insured.
- Tree Surveys & TPO Advice — TPO and conservation-area checks, condition reports and council applications.
Get a fixed price for your Kinross garden — usually within 24 hours.
Free site visit. No deposit. Fully insured. Waste taken away under our SEPA licence. Workmanship guaranteed.
Mon–Sun 8am–6pm · Based at Templemill Farm Cottage, Crieff