About Us

We are a friendly Stirling based Arboricultural Company, which is commonly referred to as Tree Surgery.Although our speciality is large and dangerous tree works, we are happy to undertake a huge variety of other tasks such as formative pruning of small trees and hedges to yearly maintenance contracts

BACKGROUND AND VALUES

Heartwood Trees Scotland Ltd was established in 2006 and became a Limited Company in 2014. We are currently enjoying year on year growth based on two very simple criteria: hard work and efficiency, which ensures value for money at every turn for all of our customers.

We at Heartwood Trees Scotland Ltd pride ourselves on our ethos:

  • Maintain 100% customer satisfaction at all times with zero exceptions.
  • Excellent communication throughout
  • Our application and knowledge of current and up to date best arboricultural practices
  • Value for money
  • Meeting deadlines at all times
  • Our Health & Safety Policy is paramount to any works undertaken

INSURANCE

At Heartwood Trees Scotland Ltd we cannot emphasise enough that the tree surgeons you employ have all the relevant paperwork in order. You can relax in the knowledge that at Heartwood Trees Scotland Ltd are up to date and are always striving to improve on our Health & Safety Policy:

  • In depth Method Statement,
  • Site specific risk assessments,
  • Up to date LOLA inspections
  • £5 million Public Liability Insurance
  • £10 million Employers Liability Insurance

CONTRACTS

We are proud to carryout works for a variety of domestic customers and larger companies, which include:

  • NHS
  • Local Authorities
  • Large Developers
  • LBP Outlander Ltd
  • Forestry Companies
  • Scottish Power

OUR TEAM

All our employees and subcontractors are skilled, qualified and experienced to a level that exceeds the minimum industry best practices standards governed by N.P.T.C/ City & Guilds/LANTRA. The combined skills, experience and expertise of our team allow us to deal with the most dangerous of situations with professionalism and ease, in line with all current standards and safety protocols.

DOM MEARNS

The Managing Director of the company is Dom Mearns, who has over 30 years of experience in the trade. He has achieved many qualifications throughout his career, beginning in 1993 with an HND from the Scottish School of Forestry. Dom is an approved Scottish Power contractor, and is a highly skilled Arborist. He has a keen interest in Native Woodlands and Bonsai.

FIONA MELVILLE

We are extremely proud to have Fiona Melville offer her services to Heartwood Trees Scotland Ltd. Fiona’s expertise and depth of knowledge of plant and tree sciences are second to none and we continue to use her as a consultant for sensitive sites and complex jobs in conservation areas. For more information please refer to our Consultancy Page.

ANDREW BURN

Andrew started working in Estate Forestry at the age of 18, beginning his career in handcutting and later gaining Chainsaw tickets. He spent 7 years as a timber harvest operator, working in commercial harvesting before commencing his career with Heartwood Trees Scotland Ltd. He has an employment history which includes extensive coastguard duties and rescue work, specifically enjoying the role of cliff technician afforded by these . Andrew is perfectly at home on a rope at great heights, and now enjoys combining the skills gained in previous fields in his work as an Arborist.