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Transform Your Garden – Drought Tolerant Trees
As we weather another Australian summer, ensuring our gardens are resilient to drought is more important than ever. At Dixons Trees, we’re passionate about helping you make sustainable choices for your outdoor spaces. This month, we’re spotlighting the best native...
Exciting News – Introducing Our New Elevated Work Platform!
We’ve just welcomed a new Elevated Work Platform (EWP) to our collection of machinery. This bit of gear helps make our job easier, especially for those pesky ‘powerlines over tree’ situations. We’ve already had a few test runs, and it’s been a dream to work with. For...
Why you shouldn’t plant that Christmas pine
It’s a common scenario: the holiday season is over, and you’re left with a small potted pine tree that’s outgrown its spot indoors. You might be tempted to plant it in your garden, but before you do, there are important considerations to keep in mind. While it may...
How to Tell if your Tree is Dying or Dead
In honour of Halloween, we recently created a post highlighting some ways to help gauge if a tree on your property could be dying or dead. Have a read below and see if you might have a tree that is soon to join the other side. 1. Branches Dropping If you notice...
Tree Protection
Protecting trees during any kind of garden renovation or earthworks is an important step for keeping them healthy and meeting environmental rules. At Dixon’s we’ve been involved in setting up tree protection sites across multiple projects. Offering tree protection...
5 Common Mistakes People Make When Hiring Arborists
Just like no two trees are the same, no two arborist companies operate in exactly the same way. When searching for the right arborist for your tree work, it’s essential to avoid common mistakes that could cost you more in the long run. 1. Assuming All Companies Have...
Why You Should Start Your Bushfire Season Prep Now
We’ve seen huge rainfalls early in the year contributing to above average grass and vegetation growth. Combined with lower-than-normal rainfall in the months that followed, we now have an excess of very dry tinder - Perfect bushfire fuel. With heavy winds throughout...
Tools of the Trade Video – Fitting a New Chain
Our most recent tools of the trade video features Mick, our operations manager, fitting a new chainsaw chain. In a previous video in this series, we saw Mick making new chainsaw chains and this is the next step in that process. In this video Mick shows the steps...
Happy Birthday Alex!
We had a lovely day celebrating our general manager, Al, for his birthday in late August. (Any day for our office to have cake is a good day in our books)
Meet Our Mechanic – Matt
Some of you might have met our in-house mechanic Matt, but in case you haven’t, there’s no time like the present. Matt is a licenced plant mechanic, with a Certificate 3 in Mobile Plant Technology. He’s worked as a plant mechanic for 12 years, after learning his trade...
Tree Transplants
Have you ever heard of tree transplanting? It’s not something that every tree company offers so we won’t hold it against you if you don’t know what it is. Tree transplanting is the process of carefully moving a tree from one location to another. This job is much more...
Tools of the Trade Video – Making Chainsaw Loops
We recently added a new ‘Tools of the trade’ video to our social media. The video features Mick, our Operations Manager, as he creates new chainsaw chains that will be used on our teams’ chainsaws. An important part of our business operation is ensuring our machinery...
