Our Blog
4th June 2026
AWA Trees spent a day visiting the Old Park at Chatsworth Estate as part of an Ancient Tree Forum event hosted by the Yorkshire & East Midlands Group.
6th May 2026
We’re pleased to welcome Max Caulton to the team at AWA Trees as our newest Arboriculturist. AWA Trees provides professional arboricultural consultancy services throughout the UK, including tree surveys, BS5837 surveys, arboricultural impact assessments and tree risk surveys for planning and development projects.
8th April 2026
At AWA Tree Consultants, we spend a lot of time helping clients navigate difficult planning situations, particularly where trees are seen as a block to development rather than part of a solution. Our recent appeal success in Wetherby Leeds is a good example of how clear, evidence-based arboricultural advice can unlock development, even in the face of strong Local Authority resistance. The Situation A proposed development at the former Mercure Hotel site, comprising a Lidl foodstore and care home, was […]
8th April 2026
At AWA Tree Consultants, we spend a lot of time helping clients navigate difficult planning situations, particularly where trees are seen as a block to development rather than part of a solution. Our recent appeal success in Wetherby Leeds is a good example of how clear, evidence-based arboricultural advice can unlock development, even in the face of strong Local Authority resistance. The Situation A proposed development at the former Mercure Hotel site, comprising a Lidl foodstore and care home, was […]
3rd June 2025
The Government’s review of Biodiversity Net Gain for small housebuilders highlights the clash between metrics and reality. Learn how AWA Trees helps navigate tree surveys for planning while supporting biodiversity and sustainable development.
3rd June 2025
4th October 2024
At AWA Tree Consultants, we’ve always believed that company culture isn’t just something you can frame and put on a wall. It’s the energy, attitudes, and sense of purpose that our team brings to work every day. There’s a saying that resonates with us: “Your company culture is not words on your website or a poster on your wall. It’s how your team feel on a Sunday night.” We’ve always been more focused on the lived experience of our team […]
2nd September 2022
What is a tree? Such a seemingly simple question. But when examined closely, even the best minds struggle to find an to find a satisfactory answer. When forced to provide an answer, experts ranging from Phylogenetic biologists, the High Court of Justice in England, and even Mahayana Buddhist masters, ultimately all come to the same conclusion: there is, in fact, no such thing as a tree. Do trees exist, scientifically? All life on Earth is part of a single phylogenetic […]
6th December 2019
Many great artists have drawn or painted trees, yet increasingly artists have used trees not a subject but as the substance of the art itself. Some of the best art using trees includes chainsaw sculptors carving into dead or fallen trees, or tree-shaping – making living trees grow into artworks – or artists harnessing the natural colour and beauty of trees to sculpt amazing geometric shapes. Here AWA Tree Consultant Dr Felicity Stout details what is possibly the best example […]