— Dedication and experience —  

We supply the most beautiful materials for your garden combined with expert advice for the selection of stunning trees and plants to compliment the final design. 

 
 
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Alan Melville

Alan has a portfolio of stunning natural stonework designs some of which have claimed prizes in local garden competitions! He favours use of natural materials in a garden setting which bring a more natural look and feel to the garden changing with the seasons in their own individual way. Alan not only has a wealth of experience and ideas to transform your outdoor living space, but is a real craftsman in the building and traditional restoration of stonework including the recent incorporation of a much loved veteran tree into an equally ancient stone dyke wall using locally crafted metalwork! Alan is highly skilled in traditional stonewalling and carrying out extensive repairs, but also creates new traditional sandstone walls with a modern twist, using cladding over blockwork making an outstanding feature addition to your garden. His walls can if required, incorporate much needed nooks and crannies for nature and making sure your wall is an important haven for biodiversity and climate change adaptation. Alan will change that wilderness outside your door into a much loved and beautiful outdoor living space!

Fiona Melville, Arboriculturalist

Fiona Melville

Fiona, (FM Tree Consultancy Ltd), is a professional Forester, Arboriculturalist and Tree Risk Assessor with a first class honours in Arboriculture, a Diploma in Forestry from the Scottish School of Forestry and the Certificate in Practical Horticulture with Merits from the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh. Having worked in the public, private and commercial sectors over the past thirty-seven years, latterly as a self-employed consultant, Fiona has extensive experience in arboriculture, commercial and urban forestry with projects including the design, strategic planning, management and landscaping of iconic woodlands in Central Scotland and The Queen Elizabeth Forest Park in the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park. Fiona is highly skilled in extensive consultations and communications with various public and private bodies including complex planning applications involving trees. Fiona explores technical solutions to overcome potential difficulties with development build and/or planning progression, particularly where trees are concerned. Fiona is a specialist in Trees Planning and Development, Arboriculture, Urban Forestry and Designing with Trees and Hedgerows in the Landscape. In January 2022, the Scottish Branch of the Arboricultural Association presented Fiona with the Ken Martin Award for “Outstanding service to Scotland’s trees”.

 
 

WHAT WE DO:

  • Garden Landscaping & Professional Stonewalling:

  • Natural Stone Patios, Garden Paths, Gates and Fencing

  • Professional Drystone Dyking, Stonewalling, Extensive Repairs and Renovation

  • Low Maintenance Rockeries

  • Tree Design & Aftercare Advice

  • Public and Employers Liability Insurance

  • Arboricultural and Urban Forestry Consultancy:

  • Professional Tree Risk Assessment

  • Professional BS5837 (2012) Arboricultural Surveys and Associated Tree Plans in CAD Format for Developments

  • Arboricultural Method Statements and Site Supervision

  • Applications for Tree Work (Conservation Areas, Ancient Scheduled Monument sites, Tree Preservation Orders) and Felling Permissions

  • Urban Forest Management Plans

  • Tree Design & Aftercare Advice (Species choice, Planting Design Plans, Plant Specification)

  • Tree & Shrub Planting and Aftercare, Pruning & Training

  • AutoCAD & GIS mapping software

  • Professional Indemnity and Public Liability Insurance