Landsborough
Tree removal in Landsborough
Stump grinding, pruning and tree removal in Landsborough, from the memorial park in town to blocks on the national park and reserve edges.
Tree work in Landsborough
Scribbly gums, swamp forest and slipping slopes
Council's Racemosa Environmental Reserve is named after the scribbly gum, Eucalyptus racemosa, which is common around Landsborough, and the reserve is open forest or woodland with a grassy or shrubby understorey. A big scribbly gum near a house is normally cut and lowered a length at a time, and its hollows are checked for wildlife before the first cut.
Brannocks Environment Reserve, beside Ewen Maddock Dam, covers 92 hectares of native bushland, including endangered coastal swamp sclerophyll forest. That forest grows on wet, poorly drained ground, so trees on nearby blocks can be shallow rooted in soft soil, and heavy machines and stump grinders need dry weather or ground protection to avoid bogging.
Slopes have given way here as well. After heavy rain, council listed Old Maleny Road at Landsborough among the major landslip sites needing significant repairs, so on steep blocks near that road a tree is checked for soil movement and a stable root plate, and heavy gear waits for drier ground.
Services in Landsborough
Gum hollows, swamp ground and burnt bushland
Tree lopping
Gums that now lean over the roof or a shed reduced in height and spread.
Stump grinding
Stumps of scribbly gums and other eucalypts ground below the surface, the grindings left as mulch or taken away.
Tree removal permits
Trees near the roost, a heritage park or a council reserve checked against the rules before work is quoted.
How it works
What happens after you get in touch
The council question is answered before the price, and nothing is booked until you have the quote in writing and have said yes to it.
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Tell us about the tree
The suburb, what the tree stands near and what you would like done with it.
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Someone comes to look
A tree contractor who covers your area sees the tree, the access and whatever is underneath it.
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The council position is checked
Lot size, how close the tree is to the house and the mapping on the block decide whether an application comes first.
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Quoted in writing
Scope, timber, stump and date set out on one page. Nothing is booked until you accept it.
Landsborough questions
The Vidler roost, park burns and the memorial park
What does the Vidler roost mean for nearby trees?
Council's flying-fox records describe its Vidler roost as a nationally significant maternity roost for the grey-headed flying-fox, occupied since 1964, and current works aim to regenerate the site and encourage the bats back to it as a low-impact site. On the blocks nearby, pruning is kept light and nothing is disturbed while the colony is present, above all in the spring and summer breeding season.
Is the bush around Landsborough burnt?
Yes, by the state and by council. In September 2022 the state parks service lit a planned burn of about 25 hectares in Dularcha National Park. Council's 2026 planned burn list adds about 4 hectares of the Mellum Creek Environment Reserve, so on blocks along those boundaries, dead wood and overhanging limbs are worth clearing from around the house before the fire season.
Can a neighbour trim the trees in the Peace Memorial Park?
No. Landsborough Peace Memorial Park contains a number of mature trees including a sausage tree, and the trees belong to council. The planning scheme maps the park as a Local Heritage Place with heritage type park and trees, so overhanging limbs are dealt with through council and the park trees' roots are protected during any work next door.
