Hi, I’m Jesse Lloyd. I live in the Forest of Dean with my family, and I’ve been earning my living up the trees for about 15 years now. Through my career I’ve gained knowledge and experience from lots of different settings and places, becoming the expert tree surgeon I am today. I am experienced in handling jobs of all shapes and sizes, whether that’s a complex takedown or just a bit of seasonal pruning.
I like to keep things simple and sustainable. If a tree has to come down, I hate to see the wood go to waste. So I can be found in the workshop making things out of it like side tables and log stores. Everything I make comes from locally sourced wood.
Now I’m blessed with a family and enjoying putting down roots I’m able to offer a more bespoke service. Beyond simply cutting and removing trees, I’m inspired by the opportunity the wood has for a new purpose. Working with what is available naturally, rather than picking it up from a builder’s yard often makes for a more beautiful and meaningful project with a unique character of its own. I can offer customers bespoke, personalised and meaningful items made from their own trees.
It’s a priority for me to give my customers a simple, straightforward and relaxing experience. I’m aware having people in to do work can be stressful so I focus on clear communication. I pride myself on doing a proper, safe job without any fuss. Drop me a line if you’d like to chat about a project.
Tree surgery experience includes:
Pruning Dustin Hoffman’s magnolia and removing the waste cleanly through his completely white London property (on a wet day)
Creating bird and bat habitat in a nature reserve in Sweden
Dismantling trees for our local Dame Gwyneth Jones in Tidenham
Many years worth of large crown reductions on oak trees in Southampton
Safely pruning apple trees over a glass roofed car port in Oxford
Felling and dismantling mature ash trees with dieback for Forestry England
Removing hazardous dead wood over the paths in PuzzleWood
Countless willow pollards / leylandii reductions / apple tree prunes / storm damage cleanup
Complex rigging over houses / utility cables / sentimental roses / waterways / busy public areas / tight spaces
I’ve worked on trees in tiny city gardens / farms / parks / roadsides / estates / universities / hospitals / canals / ski slopes
& much more that I cant recall right now…
When it comes to woodcraft every project is unique.
It’s lovely to remember a fallen tree with a stump throne or bench.
It could become beautifully figured chopping boards and tables.
How about your new garden gate?
and with enough timber and enough time a whole cabin
The tree is the inspiration

