Herbaceous update

A quick update on the blog from 2 Feb. Our Herbaceous Perennials have grown up and are selling fast. Try and get to the nursery soon while our own grown stocks last  - they are fresh and ready to plant. We are still open on Saturdays through May from 9-12 so pop in and our helpful staff will be delighted to show you round and offer advice should you need it.

Harvesting near Banbury

 We are just completing a 1200 tonne harvesting contract  within  just 500 metres of the edge of Banbury. The work has involved felling and thinning coniferous woodland. This autumn we will be planting around 3000 native broadleaved trees to replace the area felled.

Moving big trees

The Nicholsons Forestry team have recently completed a project to plant a number of very large specimen trees in the garden of an Oxfordshire property under the instruction of garden designer James Alexander-Sinclair.  The trees were delivered with root systems of up to 600 litres and could only be moved using some fairly large machinery.

In addition we had to plant an olive tree that weighed in at 1750kg in the centre of the sunken patio next to the swimming pool.  The tree had to be lifted over the wall into the pool area using a crane, and the crane was operating at its maximum safe lifting limit in order to swing the tree round without going over the top of the swimming pool (and its expensive solar cover).

We completed the work without any hitches (phew!).

Nicholsons Arb Team in Action

The Nicholsons Arb Team were recently asked to fell two large and over-mature poplars in the garden of one of our clients, and we managed to get a short video of one of the trees as it went down.

The operation went very smoothly, overseen by Fennel the Forestry Dept labrador.

We have now planted more than 70 specimen trees in the garden, as well as more than 300m of 'instant hedge' (a mixture of beech and native mix), so the removal of these two poplars has, we think, already been compensated for!

The Nicholsons Landscapes team are also working in the same garden.

Nicholsons Win Large Business of the Year for Cherwell

AT the Cherwell Business of the Year awards Ceremony on Friday 30th March we are delighted to say that NICHOLSONS won their category and became the winner of the Large Business of the Year 2012.

Along with the directors, 6 members of staff (chosen by the team)joined in the evening at the John Paul Centre on Bicester, which was a fantastic evening and our thanks go to Spratt Endicott for sponsoring our category and all the organisers and other sponsors.

The award is a fantastic achievement for the company and is a true accolade of the team spirit that the company stands for. Well done everybody!