Sorry to take the liberty to ask here, but maybe with so many acers lovers, someone may come with a recommendation. The reason I am looking for a replacement for my previous majestic acer, now just a mutilated tree, it's because a neighbour, so called "gardener" whom we employed to lay a lawn, decided to chop the lower branches of all our trees without permission. All branches up to 4/5 feet from the ground had been chopped off. Including our fragile and innocent acer and a 20ft Monkey puzzle tree. Can anyone please recommend a lawyer please? Sorry to ask at this thread
You would do better going to the local Citizen's Advice Bureau where they could give you a list of local solicitors. Following the legal route will likely cost a lot, cause a lot of bad blood and is not guaranteed to produce a satisifactory solution.
Better just to spend the money on a couple of nice Acers and put it down to experience.
We have started the small claim court procedure, doing it ourselves as much as possible. But, they have hired a lawyer, so at some point we have to do the same. We are 50 years old. Just starting with a small acer like we did more than 10 years ago, it means we are not going to enjoy it for a long time...Not to mention that for a Monkey Tree one need a lifetime to see it 20ft. Any time I step into our garden I'm really heartbroken, so letting it go without trying to get compensation for a replacement Acer/Monkey tree, not sure I'm that big of a person.
Thank you. I'm looking forward to feedback from this nursery
Visited this nursery and found them to be very knowledgable and willing to help. The Plant I wanted was not in their poly. So on mentioning this, the lady chatting to us, went away for 5 min and came back with an excellent specimen (the one I eventually bought). They have a nice collection and price wise, they are mid way to low and I found them reasonable. I’d recommend a visit as they propogator all their Acers themselves and watching them graft by the dozen is good fun (must have grafted one per minute!) and something ive not seen before! Best with your Acer Hunt!
Try one of the big arboretums (arboreta?) like Batsford or Westonbirt or just go to Kew. They generally all have very large collections of acers on site. Even if you can't buy from them directly, you'll get good info on exactly what you are looking for, including rootstocks, etc. I went to our local RHS garden a few years ago (looking for apple trees), went to the section of the garden where the trees were, found a bod in an official sweatshirt and quizzed him. He was extremely helpful - I think the staff at these National Gardens are generally expecting to help the public - that's what the collections are for - research, education, information.
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We are 50 years old. Just starting with a small acer like we did more than 10 years ago, it means we are not going to enjoy it for a long time...Not to mention that for a Monkey Tree one need a lifetime to see it 20ft.
Any time I step into our garden I'm really heartbroken, so letting it go without trying to get compensation for a replacement Acer/Monkey tree, not sure I'm that big of a person.
Visited this nursery and found them to be very knowledgable and willing to help. The Plant I wanted was not in their poly. So on mentioning this, the lady chatting to us, went away for 5 min and came back with an excellent specimen (the one I eventually bought). They have a nice collection and price wise, they are mid way to low and I found them reasonable. I’d recommend a visit as they propogator all their Acers themselves and watching them graft by the dozen is good fun (must have grafted one per minute!) and something ive not seen before! Best with your Acer Hunt!
I went to our local RHS garden a few years ago (looking for apple trees), went to the section of the garden where the trees were, found a bod in an official sweatshirt and quizzed him. He was extremely helpful - I think the staff at these National Gardens are generally expecting to help the public - that's what the collections are for - research, education, information.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”