Darren chapple Tree Surgery

18/05/2026

Following a recent survey at herstmoncuex castle this large oak was found to have multiple Ganoderma brackets present, alongside signs of declining health. Due to its close proximity to both a house and the road, the decision was made to safely fell the tree to mitigate future risk.

The large trunk is now being carved into a sheep in memory of “ Peter the sheep “

Peter the Sheep was a Southdown lamb born in 1914 who became the highly celebrated military mascot for the Royal Sussex Regiment (specifically the 11th, 12th, and 13th Battalions) during the First World War. Because of Peter and their commanding officer, Colonel Claude Lowther (the owner of the castle), the thousands of local Sussex men who enlisted in these battalions were affectionately nicknamed "Lowther’s Lambs".

Peter lived his days in the grounds of herstmoncuex castle and lived till he was 14 ,into 1920 , he was buried in the grounds of the castle with full military honours

28/04/2026

One of the bigger jobs at herstmoncuex castle ticked off the list this week , This Aspen was marked to be felled by a recent tree survey due to some large limbs failing over the previous months ,
Yesterday spending a few hrs clearing some space and snapped out lower limbs and then installing a tug line for the winch ,
Thank you Dan Lillywhite for the pulling power and tom Ridley for his never ending hard graft , 👍

14/09/2025

With High winds forecasted over the next 24 hrs Should the unfortunate happen to
Your trees please call below 🌲

Darren Chapple Tree Surgery
✅ Emergency call-outs
✅ Dangerous tree/limb removal
✅ Fast, local response

📞 please call 07890567274
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05/07/2025

One of this weeks jobs completed with the removal of a large oak and hornbeam coppice ,

Big Thank you to Dan Lillywhite for jumping in and helping on this, considering it was over 30 degrees 🥵🥵it was a cracking 2 days work 👌,,

29/04/2025

A little bit of footage of a sequoia removal earlier in the year , 🌲🌲

19/02/2024

Any qualified grounds man available for a day or two over the next few weeks ? Preferably with some sort of experience other than just felling your nans apple tree 🙂
Many thanks

13/12/2023

Please share folks 👍🏻.. and if anybody would like anything for the new year ping us a message 👌

07/12/2023

01/11/2023

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With some rather inclement weather heading our way , we shall be on call should you have any tree related issues
07890567274

28/10/2023

Bit of an epic tree in some rather unsavory weather to end the week on .
The removal of this large Ivy clad yew tree in extremely tight surrounding proved a nice challenge . Overhanging a multitude of obstacles including oil tanks, flint walls . Patios, roofs , electric cables the lot .
With the help of a great team and lovely customers with plenty of tea and biscuits it was safely done , plenty of wood to keep the fire roaring in years to come and some lovely pieces kept by myself for future wood projects 👌..