Tree removal in Ashgrove: what's local
A heritage avenue
Glen Lyon Avenue, on Brisbane's local heritage register, is about 30 Hill's weeping figs and bunya pines planted alternately along the old drive from Waterworks Road to Glen Lyon villa, built in 1876-1877.
Bunyas are on the list
Brisbane's significant landscape tree schedule (2013 consolidation) names bunya and hoop pines from 60 cm trunk diameter, measured 1.4m above natural ground. A big bunya in a private yard can be protected.
Gardens can be heritage too
Council says local heritage places can include gardens, landscapes and trees. On a listed property, the tree may be part of what's listed.
Low ground after big rain
The Bureau lists Enoggera Creek among the creeks of Brisbane's northern and western suburbs, and says flash flooding hit the northern suburbs hard in February 2022. If your yard sits low, check council's Flood Awareness Map.
Common trees in Ashgrove
Bunya pines drop very heavy cones, and in-ground Moreton Bay figs grow vigorous roots that the Australian Native Plants Society says can damage pavements and foundations. Neither is a reason on its own to take out a healthy tree.
An arborist can lift or thin the crown, take out deadwood, deal with cones before they fall, or advise on a root barrier. The protected vegetation report tells you what council will want to see.
Questions to ask an arborist in Ashgrove
- Whether the tree appears on the protected vegetation report
- Which branches come off, and that the work follows AS 4373-2007
- How pieces are lowered over the house, fence or neighbour's roof
- For a bunya, whether cones are being removed and when
- The clean-up: wood, chip and cones
- Who lodges any permit, and who meets its conditions
Hiring an arborist in Ashgrove
We'd keep a healthy old tree and manage it: a prune to the standard, deadwood out, cones dealt with before anyone's under them. If removal is the only fix, we'd order council's report first and let the arborist's written assessment carry the application.