Advancing Arboriculture Through Practical Knowledge & Applied Science.
Better tree outcomes depend on more than experience alone. From site investigations and soil assessments to root zone design, soil rehabilitation, and construction impact mitigation, we provide tailored recommendations that maximise tree health and enhance the ecosystem services urban forests deliver. Whether supporting new developments, streetscape upgrades, or the preservation of mature trees, our urban soil science expertise ensures that below-ground conditions are optimised for sustainable canopy growth and resilient green infrastructure. Our education, research and technical support services are designed to turn specialist knowledge into better decisions in the field.
| Plant Diagnostic | Plant Health Care | Applied Research | Soil Science |
Applied Science & Research To Improve What Happens Above & Below Ground.
Plant Healthcare is a holistic approach that combines scientific diagnosis, preventive treatments, and ongoing monitoring to maintain the overall health of plants. Instead of reactive treatments after issues occur, our PHC program focuses on keeping trees and plants healthy year-round, reducing the need for costly interventions. Heritage translates technical arboricultural knowledge into clear, practical guidance for the people responsible for planning, assessing, managing and maintaining trees.
Soil & Plant Diagnostic.
Identify soil issues and main reasons for plant decline to make consistent decisions in plant maintenance and disease management. Plant Health Consultants provide site consultation with orally given advice.
Soil Health Assessment & Testing.
Use the latest analytical technologies to reach the core of the issue, all driven and proven by science. Our Soil and Plant Health Specialists are expert in sampling the right tissue at the right time and use the most modern tests should it be mineral, microbial, forensics or pathology screening.
Analyse complex scientific ISSUES with comprehensive reports.
Access specialist advice when internal teams encounter unfamiliar or complex issues.
Resolve all soil matters.
Understand your needs and requirements and design customised soil programs to match your constraints.
Forensics investigations to plant & prepare for replacement.
Identify causes of plant failure to design soil remediation and specify recommendations for replacement and preparation of new plantings.
Services?
Soil Remediation Programs & Treatments.
Deliver soil improvement with deep soil injections and soil applied treatments using a holistic approach.
Best Used For: Site remediation.
Pest Management & Control
Use of natural targeting biocontrol treatments for Integrated Pest and Disease management to improve plant health. Our pest management service follows an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach that focuses on the least invasive and most sustainable methods for controlling pests. By managing pests responsibly, we maintain the health of your landscape while minimizing harm to beneficial organisms and the surrounding environment.
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Disease Management.
Focussing on soil microbial activity to support plant health and protect plants from environment stressors and common pathogens. Our disease management service provides comprehensive monitoring and treatment to safeguard your plants against infections caused by fungi, bacteria, and viruses.
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Deep Fertilisation For Soil Nutrition.
Deep soil injections allow for better nutrient availability for readily plant uptake via the use of beneficial soil microbes.
Best Used For: Deep Soil Injections are more suited for areas where trees and their root structures expand well beneath the effective depth of surface level aeration.
Prevention & Care
Monitoring to be upfront of plant symptoms, maintaining soil health and activity to support thriving plants. Heritage Tree Care offers a variety of treatment services that target pest, disease and poison threats while ensuring the long-term health and prosperity of your garden.
Best Used For: Procurement, contract management, planning, construction and tree-management teams.
Applied Research.
Investigate practical soil science and agronomy for arboricultural questions and emerging issues relevant to tree health, soil, risk, construction or urban forest management.
Best Used For: Organisations needing evidence to inform policy, trials, programs or future investment.
Decompaction & Soil Aeration.
Effective solution for improving soil drainage capabilities and boosting plant growth in environments that are suffering from compacted or water logged soil. Soil Aeration improves the ability of soil to absorb and filter water, nutrients and air.
Best Used For: Private & commercial properties, especially in areas where the soil is clay-rich or experiences heavy foot traffic as the ground has a tendency to become heavily compacted..
Plant Tissue & Microbial Testing.
Soil, Tissue and Microbial Testing allow to receive deeper insight into the health and underlying fertility of the soil underneath plants and trees. These services provide a fully complete and comprehensive overview of the plant health and overall condition, which assists our experts in making informed and calculated decisions regarding future maintenance.
Best Used For: Industry education, organisational resources, stakeholder engagement and professional publications.
Plant & Tree Maintenance.
Our maintenance program is set on not only improving the health, prosperity and fertility of your soil and plants in the short term, but helping to maintain and safeguard them over a much longer period of time through consistent check-ups, testing and conditioning.
Best Used For: Organisations considering new tools, systems or assessment methods.
Ongoing Technical Consultancy.
Provide access to specialist advice for complex issues that sit outside routine operational capability.
Best Used For: Councils, asset managers, RTOs, corporate clients and professional teams requiring continuing support.
Not Sure What Service Would Work Best?
The right solution may be a consultation with site assessment, sampling for specialist test, soil treatments, plant treatments or an ongoing advisory arrangement. Tell us what your tree problem is and we will research the best solutions.
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Give our consultancy team a call on 1800 353 053
Soil health built around soil and plant science applied to arboriculture and urban forestry.
Soils and plants are complex systems and living organisms which require a science based and holistic approach to properly manage the system and its interactions.
Heritage Consultancy Develops Applied Solutions To Support Plant Health & Improve Soil.
Recognising symptoms & tree health concerns.
Applying tree protection requirements on construction sites.
Improving soil conditions.
Managing trees as long-term assets.
Reviewing contractor recommendations.
Collecting reliable tree data.
Communicating technical findings to non-specialists.
Understanding when specialist assessment is required.
Implementing tree care programs.
Understanding root systems & soil impacts.
Interpreting Arboricultural, analytical & agronomic reports.
Applying standards & specifications.
Prioritising outcomes & tree health.
Understanding the limits of diagnostic tools.
How we develop plant health care solutions.
Step 1
Understand The Issue
We discuss tree health concerns, symptoms, site history, previous treatments and what concerns the client.
Step 2
Inspect The Tree, Site & Soil Conditions.
A Plant Health Consultant will assess the site, the tree and the soil conditions contributing to the symptoms.
Step 3
Suggest & Perform Testing.
What test might be necessary to identify the cause of the problem, between inhouse soil testing for parameters, mineral soil test, pathogen testing or soil microbiome genotyping.
Step 4
Deliver A Comprehensive Report Including Suggestions.
Recommendations may include soil improvement with deep soil injections, watering and maintenance, application of fertilisers, bio stimulants, improvers, pesticides, fungicides, mulching, soil replacement, vertical or radial trenching, weeding.
Step 5
Implement The Recommendations & Remediation Program.
Treatments will be applied by our Plant Health technicians under supervision of a Plant Health Specialist.
Step 6
Monitor Response & Reassess.
Monitor tree responses to treatments will allow to adjust treatments for the best outcomes.
Treatments.
Solutions to be implemented can be soil orientated for soil aeration, soil decompaction, and drainage improvement or plant orientated with deep fertilisation and foliar applied treatments.
Soil & Training Workshops.
Structured sessions combining applied science, examples and discussion.
Field-Based Training.
Practical training for operation of the geo-injector or plant health care solutions.
Applied Research For Practical Industry Problems.
Evidence that supports better policy, practice and investment.
Heritage’s research focus is grounded in real arboricultural challenges.
Research & Technical Projects May Examine…
Tree health and physiological response.
Soil biology and root-zone performance.
Construction impacts on retained trees.
Diagnostic and decay-assessment methods.
Urban forest condition and resilience.
Species performance.
Tree establishment and juvenile-tree outcomes.
Maintenance effectiveness.
Risk-assessment consistency.
Asset data and inspection systems.
Emerging pests and diseases.
Remediation methods.
New technologies and field tools.
Research Outcomes May Be Used To Support…
Organisational policy.
Technical specifications.
Pilot programs.
Procurement decisions.
Training content.
Industry guidance.
Conference presentations.
Published technical resources.
Future research partnerships.
Innovation in soil science and urban forestry with a clear operational purpose.
New technology is not automatically better technology.
Diagnostic tools, data platforms and emerging assessment methods must be understood in terms of reliability, limitations, cost and practical value.
Heritage can help organisations evaluate:
| Whether a new technology addresses a genuine operational need. |
| What evidence supports its use. |
| Where its limitations sit. |
| How results should be interpreted. |
| What training is required. |
| How the method fits with existing systems. |
| Whether a trial or pilot program is appropriate. |
| How performance should be reviewed. |
Why choose Heritage?
Technical depth combined with practical delivery.
Heritage brings together consulting arboriculture, tree science, diagnostics, construction experience and asset management. This allows education and research to be grounded in the conditions participants encounter in real projects and landscapes.
Applied knowledge
Content focuses on how technical information changes decisions and actions.
Tailored delivery
Programs are designed around the audience, organisation and desired outcome.
Current practice
Research, standards and emerging methods are considered alongside practical industry experience.
Specialist expertise
Training and resources can draw on tree physiology, pathology, soils, diagnostics, risk and asset management.
Clear communication
Complex information is translated into language participants can understand and use.
Ongoing support.
Heritage can continue to provide advice, advanced education and technical review after the initial program.
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