Newlands is famous for two things that shape our work here: its cricket and rugby grounds, and being one of the wettest suburbs in Cape Town. That extra rainfall, thanks to the mountain right behind it, means bigger, lusher gardens and larger, faster-growing trees than almost anywhere else in the city.
Properties backing onto Newlands Forest often have mature trees that have grown undisturbed for decades, and the higher rainfall means root systems can be more extensive than in drier parts of the Southern Suburbs. We factor this into every assessment, a tree that looks manageable can have a much bigger root spread here than the same species elsewhere, and that affects everything from felling direction to how carefully we work around nearby structures.
The combination of rain and mountain shelter also means Newlands gardens support a wider variety of species than more exposed suburbs, including moisture-loving trees that would struggle in drier, windier parts of the Southern Suburbs. That variety is part of what makes tree assessment here more involved than a quick look from the street.
We handle the full range in Newlands, from routine crown thinning on mature trees to full removals where a tree genuinely needs to come down, always starting with a free on-site assessment.