Herne Hill
Tree removal in Herne Hill
Tree removal, pruning and stump grinding in Herne Hill, from yards on the fall toward the river to fences shared with a reserve or the cemetery.
Tree work in Herne Hill
A fall to the river and the old cemetery's trees
Victorian Places describes Herne Hill as land that slopes down toward the Moorabool River. On a block with that kind of fall, the lie of the ground decides where the cut pieces land, where the chipper and the stump grinder can stand, and how each section reaches the truck. So a removal is quoted once the slope has been seen.
The National Trust's State level classification of the Western Cemetery, made in the late nineties, cites nineteenth century trees, among them three large elms, a Canary Island pine and a Norway spruce. It also cites early twentieth century Italian cypress pathway plantings, which it calls perhaps the finest in a Victorian cemetery. When a limb from one of those old trees hangs over a neighbouring fence, cutting it back to the boundary is arranged with the cemetery's managers first, then done in small sections from ropes or an elevated platform.
Sources: Herne Hill, Victorian Places (retrieved 15/10/2026); Western Cemetery, National Trust classification, Victorian Heritage Database (retrieved 15/10/2026); Trees dataset, City of Greater Geelong (Geelong Data Exchange), park London planes (retrieved 15/10/2026); Trees dataset, City of Greater Geelong (Geelong Data Exchange), Finchaven Street reserve (retrieved 15/10/2026)
Services in Herne Hill
Sloping yards and limbs from over the fence
Tree removal
Trees on a sloping block taken down in pieces small enough to carry up or down the slope to the truck.
Tree pruning
Limbs reaching in from the cemetery or a reserve cut back to your boundary, once the tree's managers have agreed.
Stump grinding
Stumps on a fall ground out once the machine is set level and steady.
What it costs: tree removal cost, stump grinding cost
Compared: removal, lopping or pruning, stump grinding or stump removal, council tree rules compared
How it works
From the first call to a clear garden
Nothing happens without a written quote you have agreed to.
Tell us about the tree
Call or send the form with the tree and what is worrying you.
A contractor comes to see it
A local tree contractor looks at the tree, the access and whatever sits underneath it, because a quote off a photo misses the things that change the job.
A written quote
The quote sets out the scope, what happens to the timber and the stump, and the date. It is the contractor's quote, and nothing starts until you accept it.
The work and the clean up
On the day the tree is dealt with as quoted, the green waste leaves on the truck and the lawn is raked.
Herne Hill questions
London planes in the parks and sugar gums over the fence
Who decides how the park planes are pruned?
The City, since they are its trees. The City's tree records list 28 of their 53 park London planes under Herne Hill, more than under any other suburb. A plane grows into a broad shade tree with heavy limbs, so a limb over your fence is raised with the City first, and work on your own trees keeps its drop zone clear of the plane's crown and roots.
What about the sugar gums at the reserve?
They are the City's too. Sugar gums make up most of the park trees the City's records list at a reserve on Finchaven Street, and they grow into tall, heavy eucalypts. A home backing onto the reserve plans the pruning of any limb hanging over its fence, and the drop zone for work in its own yard, around the gums on the other side.
Limb over from the cemetery?