Mike Barker - Managing Director

My skill set is arboriculture and landscape. In 2009 I formed a tree and landscape business Ace of Spades Gardens.From a standing start the company has grown rapidly and currently employs 4 members of staff 1 surveyor consultant and 3 tree surgeons.

Skill development through education and training is an essential element of our organic growth strategy and will continue for myself and the companies staff.

For myself this has included the achievement of the Technicians certificate in arboriculture in 2011 which was followed by the Professional Diploma level 6 in arboriculture in 2013 which is regarded as the premier award in arboriculture. This means that I now provide a high level of expert consultancy in the following areas: tree surveys for hazard and risk, development site consultancy,structural damage investigations, mortgage reports for house buyers, planting schemes for landscapes, expert witness reporting, diagnosis of ill health in trees and landscapes, woodland management,special and veteran trees expertise, landscape design,landscape architecture and liaison with local authority partners.

I ensure the company works to the correct British standards in contractual works. I am also a professional member of the arboricultural association, institute of chartered foresters and consulting arborists society.