Hi, welcome to GoY, yes I have 1 suggestion, ignore them, if you're happy with the tree as it is, then it does not need pruning, and good "tree surgeons" do not need to go touting for work, they usually have more work than they can handle, it sounds to me as if they're just chancers, looking to make a few, sorry make that a lot of pounds, and wont have a clue what they're doing, Derek.

Totally agree.

i agree too

yes I also think that they are just chancers. Because it is on the corner they think they will 'unsettle' you into asking them to do it. If it was a problem the council would inform you to hire a tree surgeon. they did with our neighbour.

I've had local travellers, from the permanent travellers site [surely that is an oxymoron] knock and tell me that a tree needed radical work. I asked why and they said it looked wrong. They hadn't a clue.

Yes, they may well be tree butchers rather than surgeons.

Totally agree with all the above do not let these folk touch your tree! What is more report them to the Council!

Thanks everyone. Just the answers I was hoping for. Someone once told me, 'you'll never be poor if you have a Rowan tree in your garden'. (unless the government considers taxing them!)

hello,
you can find some images of garden and home with pruning trees at http://nickbaileytreesurgeonwarrington.co.uk/pictures/p14/
,so that you will have idea about your garden and you will able to the right decision.

Barry doesn't want to prune his rowan Oliver - some chancres told him he needed to!

Thanks for the link Oliver. It's good to see from the pictures examples of pruning that hasn't devastated the trees. I'll get professional help when my tree eventually needs it.