Arborum ltd offers an effective solution in controlling Japanese Knotweed, Giant Hogweed and Himalayan Balsam alongside our tailored amenity weed control programmes.

Japanese Knotweed’s aggressive nature and ability to damage both property and land makes this plant a pest to residents and a danger to the local environment by destroying bio-diversity.

The most cost effective method of eradication is a programme of chemical treatment over a period of time appropriate to the chemical used and determined by the sites environmental sensitivity.

All operatives are trained to the highest NPTC standards, as demanded by strict UK regulations.

Apart from its damaging effects on the natural environment Japanese Knotweed can significantly add to the cost of land development.

It is an offence under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to plant or cause Japanese Knotweed (or Giant Hogweed) to grow in the wild. This means it would be illegal for you to intentionally or accidentally spread these plants such that they grow in the wild. This can easily happen if machinery is used in the vicinity of Japanese Knotweed.

When little time is available for herbicide eradication the excavation and removal of knotweed contaminated land to landfill is required to allow development of a site to continue, this is extremely costly.

It would often be possible to have eradicated the Knotweed from an entire site for a fraction of the cost. It is therefore far more cost-effective to start your eradication programme sooner rather than later.

Arborum Ecology can help you comply with the legislation quickly and cost-effectively.