Landscaping

For most amenity and commercial landscape planting, 0.6m–1.2m tree guards are standard depending on browsing pressure. Where deer are present on or adjacent to the site, 1.2m guards are recommended as a minimum. Shrubs and hedging typically use shorter shrub shelters or hedge wraps rather than full tube shelters. On high-footfall urban and highway sites, robust twin-walled polypropylene guards with a stake are preferred over lighter alternatives that can be dislodged. Browse our full tree guards range for size and material options.

Yes — highway verge and median planting is a common application for our tree guards. Roadside sites typically face high rabbit pressure from adjacent farmland and mechanical hazards from verge maintenance equipment. Twin-walled polypropylene shelters provide robust physical protection; vented designs reduce the risk of overheating in south-facing verge positions during summer. Our products meet standard capital item specifications for highway improvement contracts. Contact our team with your project specification for a matched product recommendation.

Bare-root and pot-grown hedging is vulnerable to rabbit browsing in the first 1–2 growing seasons. Our hedge wraps are designed for continuous row planting, protecting individual plants within a hedgeline without requiring individual stakes for each unit. For mixed hedgerows including larger shrub species such as hawthorn, blackthorn or field maple, shrub shelters provide greater height coverage. Both products are available in the volume quantities required for contract-scale planting. Contact us for project pricing.

The temporary presence of tree guards during establishment is a standard consideration on sensitive public realm and designed-landscape schemes. Standard green polypropylene shelters blend well into planted backgrounds. Where visual impact during establishment is a concern, open mesh shelters are less visually intrusive than solid tube guards while still providing effective browsing protection. All guard types are designed for removal once trees are established — typically 3–5 years post-planting — leaving no permanent visual impact on the scheme.

For shrub-scale planting on landscaping contracts, our shrub shelters protect ornamental and native shrub species in a compact height range suited to most amenity schemes. For vole protection around densely planted ornamental or native groundcover, voleguards protect individual root systems from gnawing damage below ground. Our team can advise on the right product mix for multi-species landscape schemes — get in touch with your plant schedule and we will provide a matched specification with volume pricing.