Wedgetail Tree Services climbing arborist on a cut spar above the Yarra Valley at Healesville
Climbing arborist · Healesville

Big trees, tight spaces, nothing left on the lawn.

I'm Alex. I climb and take down the trees other people would rather not touch, right across the Yarra Valley. The gear goes up, the tree comes down in pieces, and when I drive off you shouldn't be able to tell I was there.

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5.0 from 32 Google reviewsFree quotesEvery job cleaned up
5.0
from 32 Google reviews
Climbed
not just cut from the ground
Yarra Valley
and the surrounding hills
Cleaned up
chipped and carted away
The work

Rope, harness, and a good look at it first.

Most of the trees around here can't just be dropped. There's a house under them, or a shed, or a fence line and a neighbour's garden. So they come down the other way: up the trunk on ropes and spikes, out along the limbs, cut and lowered piece by piece until there's nothing left standing but the stem.

It's slower than a chainsaw and a wedge, and it's the reason nothing gets broken on the way down.

A tall tree being taken down in sections beside a house, cut rounds stacked below
Sectioned down beside the house
Arborist roped into a bare tree directly above a garden shed and pergola
Straight over a shed roof
A stripped spar held on a rigging rope in Yarra Valley bushland
Rigged before anything is cut
What I do

Six things, done properly.

If you're not sure which one you need, ring me and describe the tree. I'll tell you straight whether it needs doing.

Tree removal

Whole trees taken down in sections when there's no room to fell them, roped out over rooflines, sheds and fences. The timber gets cut into lengths you can actually shift.

Pruning and shaping

Selective pruning to take weight off long limbs, lift a canopy or get light back into a garden, without leaving a tree that looks hacked at.

Dead and hazardous trees

Standing deadwood and trees that have started to fail, brought down safely from the top rather than dropped in one piece.

Overhanging limbs

Branches sitting over a house, a driveway or a neighbour's fence, rigged and lowered rather than let go.

Palm cleaning

Climbed rather than topped, so the dead fronds and the seed pods come off and the palm keeps its shape.

Hedge trimming

Hedges brought back to a straight line and a sensible height, with the clippings taken away the same day.

Two crew, the chipper and the tipper truck on a misty job site with split timber stacked
The bit people remember

The chipper goes on the truck last.

Four of the five reviews on this page mention the same thing, and it isn't the climbing. It's what the place looked like afterwards. Brush goes through the chipper, timber gets cut into lengths and stacked where you want it, and the lawn gets raked before I load up.

Nothing left on the grass
Chip, sawdust and small stuff raked off, not blown into the garden bed.
Timber cut to a size you can lift
Stacked if you're keeping it for the fire, carted if you're not.
Turn up when I said I would
On site at the time given, and you'll hear from me if that ever changes.
Climbing arborist high in a eucalypt cutting a spar against a blue Healesville sky
"By far the best service of all the tree removal companies in the Yarra Valley. Alex responds promptly and is 100% honest."
Justin Capell · Google review
Something worth asking about

A dead tree is somebody's house.

Old hollows are where the possums, parrots and owls live, and around Healesville there aren't many spare. When a standing dead tree has to come out for safety, that hollow goes with it.

So if you want them, nesting boxes can go up in the trees that stay. It's a small thing at the end of a job and it puts back what the removal took away. Ask when you ring.

"He did a fantastic job safely bringing down some dead trees around the property and adding nesting boxes."Adam Reker · Google review

Arborist roped into a tree in an established Healesville garden
Afterwards

What you get back.

Light on the garden, a view out the back, and a roof nothing is hanging over any more. Both of these were sent in by the same customer after the job.

A deck at Healesville looking out over the Yarra Ranges after tree work
Morning sun coming through the remaining canopy onto the same deck
Reviews

Every one of them, five stars.

5.032 reviews on Google

We recently had Alex come to our property to remove a large yucca, and we couldn't be happier with the job. Alex safely removed the tree and cut it up into manageable sections, making everything easy for us to deal with afterward.

What really stood out was how tidy he left the site. Everything was cleaned up thoroughly and there was absolutely nothing left on the grass when he finished. Professional, efficient, and clearly takes pride in his work.

Highly recommend Alex if you're looking for a reliable and skilled arborist.

Jess Anticaglia
May 2026 · Google

I have recently used Alex from Wedgetail Tree Services on two separate occasions to prune and remove overhanging tree limbs and to climb and remove dead fronds and seed pods from various large palm trees in my backyard. Alex's work was of a high standard, removing all materials and leaving the property clean and tidy. He was friendly and reliable, arriving on site at the time given. I would not hesitate to recommend him to others.

Kerri Kirby
March 2026 · Google

Alex was incredibly polite and efficient. He did a fantastic job safely bringing down some dead trees around the property and adding nesting boxes.

Adam Reker
March 2026 · Google

Alex and his crew did a fantastic job removing a very large tree over hanging my house. By far the best service of all the tree removal companies in the Yarra Valley. Alex responds promptly and is 100% honest. Will definitely be using Alex again for more trees in the future.

Justin Capell
October 2025 · Google
Where we work

The Yarra Valley and surrounds.

I'm based in Healesville and I work across the valley and the hills around it. If you're somewhere out along the ranges and you're not sure whether that's too far, just ring and ask. It usually isn't.

0491 102 882
Based in Healesville
Green St, so most of the valley is a short run.
Across the Yarra Valley and surrounds
Township blocks, bush blocks and the properties up the hill.
Mon to Fri, 9:00am to 5:00pm
Quotes are free, and I'll give you a time and keep it.
Get in touch

Tell me about the tree.

A phone call is quickest, and a photo by email is the next best thing. Quotes don't cost anything.

Phone0491 102 882Emailalex@wedgetailtrees.com
Hours
Mon
9:00am - 5:00pm
Tue
9:00am - 5:00pm
Wed
9:00am - 5:00pm
Thu
9:00am - 5:00pm
Fri
9:00am - 5:00pm
Sat
Closed
Sun
Closed

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