Bonny's Wood

Crown thinning is the process of removing selected branches (usually dead, weak, overlapping and duplicated branches) from the crown of the tree to improve the balance and struture of the tree.

Crown thinning lets more light through the branches and 'lightens' the tree making it appear less dense and is less harmful for the tree than crown reductions. The effect of crown thinning will last longer than crown reduction on certain species of tree as the re-growth from a reduction can be very heavy and bushy very quickly!