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About Nelson Arborist

Get a quote for your treeOr call 0800 000 105

Nelson Arborist is Oliver and the team at Urban Forest Tree Care. Oliver has 16 years in arboriculture across the UK, Australia and New Zealand, and he’s the one who comes out, meets you and quotes your job.

Started
At 15, in South London
Training
A diploma in arboriculture
Background
Over 10,000 trees managed for a city council
Team
Oliver quotes; he and the team do the work
Oliver with his visor down and ear defenders on, holding a top-handle chainsaw and looking up a trunk

What a big removal takes

A common Nelson case: a tree taller than the roof, right beside the house, with a narrow side path in.

  • NearHouse or roof
  • HeightAbove the roof
  • Way inNarrow side path
roof line

How the team does it

  • Climbed and taken down in sections, each piece lowered on ropes clear of the roof.
  • The crown comes down first, then the trunk in rounds.
  • Branches carried out along the side path to the chipper on the drive or street.
  • The stump ground out below the surface, if you want it gone.
  • The work area cleaned up before the team leaves.

What Oliver needs for the quote

  • A photo of the whole tree, with the house in shot
  • How far the trunk is from the house
  • A photo from far enough back to show the top
  • The narrowest width of the gate or side path
  • Your suburb
Send Oliver your tree

Visor down, reading the trunk before the first cut.

Sixteen years, three countries

Oliver started in tree work at 15 in South London, and went on to a diploma in arboriculture. After it he spent about six years on UK tree work of every kind: clearing trees from power lines and railway corridors, and working in people’s gardens.

Then came about seven years in Australia on big eucalypts, the kind of tree that tests any climber. Crane removals were part of most weeks: tall gums over power lines, over roofs and between brick houses, taken apart piece by piece.

In New Zealand he has managed over 10,000 trees for a city council. Today he and the team work right across Nelson.

A climber on a tall dead white gum spar against a blue sky
A dead gum spar, in Australia.
A climber at the top of a bare, leaning eucalypt spar with a rigging line running out to the side
Rigging off the top of a leaning spar, in Australia.

Oliver quotes, the team does the work

When you send a tree through, Oliver is the one who rings back, comes out and meets you. He looks the tree over, talks through what’s under it and the way in, and quotes the job.

On the day, he and the team do the work. The work area is taped off, the branches go through the chipper on site, and the section is cleaned up before anyone leaves.

Recommends on Facebook

Oliver is such a hard and keen worker.

He is highly skilled, gives excellent advice.

Cleans up beautifully before he completes the job.

Cant recommend him highly enough.

Vicky C.Facebook recommendation · July 2026
Oliver smiling in his helmet and harness, holding two climbing lines in a garden
Oliver, ready to climb.

Excellent gentleman. Very friendly and knows his job well.

Karen C.Google review · October 2026

Get a quote for your tree

Send the tree through and Oliver rings to talk it over. Then he comes out, meets you, looks the tree over and quotes the job. Once you’re happy with it, he and the team book in the work.

What to send Oliver

  • A photo of the whole tree, with the house or fence in shot
  • Its height against the house
  • What’s under or near it: roof, lines, fence, drive
  • The way in: gate width, side path, steep drive
  • Your suburb
  • Any timing that matters to you

Rather talk it through? Call 0800 000 105

Oliver with his visor down and ear defenders on, holding a top-handle chainsaw and looking up a trunk
Oliver comes out to meet you and quote every job.
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