Tree Maintenance
The City takes responsibility for all trees on City property. That means that some regular maintenance is in order to keep people & property safe. Tree maintenance is organized and scheduled in direct proportion to public safety. Trees along roads and in busy areas will receive much more maintenance than trees in parks and woodlands.
Two arborists at the City perform tree inspections and organize all the required work to be done. All required work is completed by contractors. Our current tree maintenance contractor is Davey Tree Expert Company.
We have two Parallel Maintenance Programs for tree safety: Grid Pruning & Work Orders.
Grid Pruning
This is the systematic pruning of all trees on every street & in every park. It takes a few years to prune all the trees in Brantford. When we're done, we start over.
We inspect and prune every tree on every street.
We inspect & prune every tree in parks and along trails. Woodland trees are only inspected if they are close to a trail or park.
Our Arborist crews will perform any work required while they are on site inspecting.
It takes us a few years to prune all the trees in the city; check out the map below. We are currently working in Section A.
Work Orders
Work Orders respond to requests from the public to fix problems that can't wait until Grid Pruning. It takes us a few years to prune all the trees in the City; sometimes issues come up that can't wait until we come to prune the whole street.
If you have a concern like:
- low branches
- dead branches
- dead tree
- safety concern
- bug or disease problems
- you want a new tree
- any other tree question
Call Parks & Recreation 519-756-1500 to report your concern. We can answer many questions over the phone.
- If we can't solve your problem over the phone, we'll make a Work Order so a Certified Arborist can inspect the situation.
- We generate about 2500 work orders a year.
- We inspect work orders in priority sequence. That means if you're request doesn't sound dangerous, it will take us a while to respond. We would like to get to you sooner, but we just have to keep everybody safe. It's our number #1 goal.
We balance both of these programs based on safety priority. We really appreciate all the calls we get each year from concerned citizens with questions about their trees. We love to see people interested in trees!
Grid Pruning Map: We are currently working in Section A
