Late afternoon sunlight falling in dappled shafts through a tall stand of cedar.
Portrait of Rowan Vance, consulting arborist.

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Cedar Dapple Arboriculture

Rowan Vance

Consulting Arborist & Urban Canopy Planner

Independent assessments for people who have to make a decision about a tree — keep it, prune it, plant around it, or take it down safely. Reports written in plain language, from the ground and from the crown.


Service area
Ridgeline valleys, Harbour Flats and the coastal belt
Currently
Booking site visits for late autumn

Consulting arborist · Est. 2014

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What the visit usually covers

Four kinds of work, all of it independent — no removal crew, no nursery stock to sell, no stake in the answer.

  1. 01

    Canopy & condition assessment

    Species, structure, root zone and likely lifespan for a single tree or a whole street, with a marked-up plan you can hand to a contractor.

  2. 02

    Risk & retention reports

    Written for planning submissions, insurers and neighbour disputes: what the defect is, what it means, and the least invasive way to manage it.

  3. 03

    Planting & succession plans

    Species selection for soil, shade and future climate, staged so the canopy is never emptied out in one season.

  4. 04

    Storm response triage

    Same-week walkthrough after wind or flood, sorting genuine hazards from trees that only look alarming.

Get in touch

Request a site visit

Tell me where the tree is and what is worrying you. A reply usually follows within two working days, with a rough window for the visit.

Prefer email? Write to hello@rowanvance.studio and it reaches the same inbox.