Why Forestrees exists
Many councils already do excellent work managing public trees. The problem is not willingness or expertise. It is the way operational data sits across disconnected systems — tree inventories in one place, inspections in another, contractor records on phones, resident requests in customer service.
Forestrees exists to give councils, contractors and arborists a practical resource for thinking about tree records as connected operational data, not as one-off audits or PDF reports.
Who it is for
Council parks and environment teams, urban forest officers, asset and risk managers, vegetation contractors, consulting arborists and operations leads who are responsible for what happens to public trees over time.
What we write about
Tree asset management, council tree registers, inspections, urban forest operations, contractor evidence, public tree risk, and the everyday operational decisions that determine whether the tree record reflects field reality.
Our view
Trees are living infrastructure. They are not map points or spreadsheet rows. They are public assets that grow, decline, drop limbs, attract requests and create risk. The councils that manage them best are the ones whose records reflect what is actually happening on the ground.
Forestrees and Oplerra
Forestrees is an independent resource. Where software, system or operational workflow discussions are relevant, Forestrees may refer enquiries to platforms such as Oplerra. The content here is designed to stand on its own — useful even if no software change is on the table.