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Arborists and tree removal in Brunswick

Tree removal, pruning and stump grinding in Brunswick, matched to a local arborist.

If a tree in your Brunswick yard is crowding a lane, a footpath, the power line or the neighbours, here's what Merri-bek expects and who to call.

  • We match you with the local arborist who does your kind of job.
  • Tell us the job once, and the arborist who takes it calls you.
  • Storm damage and fallen trees flagged urgent.

Tree job in Brunswick?

What needs doing?

If anyone is in danger, call 000. For storm damage to your home, call the SES. Then tell us the job.

Only one local arborist gets your number.

A worker in a helmet, earmuffs and a visor feeding a leafy branch into a wood chipper on a grass verge

Matched by the job, not just the postcode

A big gum over a roof, a stump and a council report are different jobs, so the job comes first.

Only one local arborist gets your number.

Your contact details go to one arborist for your job, so you deal with one person.

Storm jobs flagged urgent

Pick storm damage and the arborist sees it marked urgent. If anyone is in danger, call 000 first.

Council rules before the cut

Many councils protect bigger trees. The permit guides cover every state, so you can check first.

What happens next

A local arborist calls you.

Tell us the job

  1. Tell us the job

    What the tree needs and your postcode. A few taps.

  2. We pass it on

    To a local arborist near your postcode.

  3. They call you

    They talk it through, usually see the tree, and quote in writing. You decide.

Trees and power lines in Brunswick

Stay away from the tree and the line, and keep others back. Brunswick sits inside CitiPower's network area, so for a street line ring CitiPower, and call 000 if anyone is hurt or in danger. CitiPower says never try to clear branches that have fallen onto a powerline.

Tree removal in Brunswick: what's local

Park Street to Moreland Road

Brunswick runs from Park Street to Moreland Road, between Pearson and Lygon Streets. Brunswick East (3057) and Brunswick West (3055) have their own postcodes.

Bluestone lanes

Many Brunswick laneways are bluestone. If the wood will leave through the lane, ask the arborist where the truck and chipper will park and how long they'll be there.

Brickworks ground

Brunswick's clay was dug for brickyards west of Sydney Road, and several parks sit on former claypits, including the Hoffmans parklands. Bluestone was quarried mainly in the eastern half.

Your own service line

Merri-bek says owners must inspect private overhead power lines on their property and act on any letter from the utility company. Energy Safe Victoria says to keep trees clear of your service line before they grow within one metre of it.

Tree pruning and lopping in Brunswick

Merri-bek says branches over footpaths and roads must be cut back to the property line, with a 3-metre clearance above. Owners can be fined if they ignore a council request to do it, and the council doesn't prune trees on private property.

Clearing small growth you can reach from the ground is a homeowner job. Anything bigger is worth an arborist's eye, because Merri-bek's Tree Works Permit covers pruning more than 15% of a mature tree's canopy. A mature tree is 8 metres or taller with a trunk over 40 cm across at 1.2 metres.

A neighbour's tree hanging over the fence is a private matter in Merri-bek, and the council points people to the Dispute Settlement Centre of Victoria. In Victoria you may cut back what crosses your boundary at your own cost, but the cuttings belong to the neighbour unless you agree otherwise. Our neighbours' trees guide has the rest.

Hiring an arborist in Brunswick

We'd sort the footpath and lane clearance first, because that's the part council can chase. Then we'd get an arborist to look at anything near the service line or over a roof, and to say in writing whether the pruning stays under Merri-bek's 15% line. If it's more than that, apply for the permit before the work is booked.

Arborists and tree removal in Brunswick: common questions

Can I trim a hedge or small tree over the lane myself?

Small growth you can reach with both feet on the ground, using hand tools, is fine to tackle. Leave anything near a power line, anything above head height and anything on a mature tree to an arborist. Our hedge trimming page covers bigger hedges.

Does the council need to know about a tree in a Brunswick back yard?

If it's a mature tree, on the Significant Tree Register, or protected by a planning overlay or permit condition, yes. Merri-bek's register is listed by suburb, including Brunswick, so check it and VicPlan before work starts.

Need an arborist in Brunswick?

Pick the job and give your postcode, and a local arborist calls you.

Tree job in Brunswick?

What needs doing?

Only one local arborist gets your number.

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Sources

Tree rules change, so check with your council before anything is cut. How we write and check these pages.