Dodgy tree loppers are scamming elderly homeowners and hacking up healthy trees. Here's what you need to know

  • Written by: Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, The University of Melbourne
Dodgy tree loppers are scamming elderly homeowners and hacking up healthy trees. Here's what you need to knowShutterstock

Have you had a knock on the door or perhaps a card in your letterbox telling you the trees in your garden are dangerous and need urgent work? Maybe you’ve been a bit worried about the trees, which seem to be getting bigger each year, and think: “Well, it can’t do any harm […] can it?”.

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