Tree Maintenance programme continues across Moray parks and woodlands
Continued tree maintenance works are set to take place across a number of parks and woodland sites in Moray from September 2026, following a recent tree condition survey that identified priority works to help keep these areas safe and healthy for residents and visitors.
The work follows maintenance in Buckie, Keith and Forres earlier this year.
Moray Council's Open Spaces team will be arranging the maintenance activities at sites in Aberlour, Elgin, Forres and Dufftown, to be carried out by an external contractor. The works will include the removal of dead or declining trees, deadwood clearance, ivy management, crown lifting and limb removal where required.
The planned works include:
- Alice Littler Park, Aberlour: Eight dead trees to be felled, with maintenance works on a further 19 trees including ivy removal, deadwood clearance, epicormic growth removal and limb removal.
- Doocot Park, Elgin: Seven trees, mainly dead or in serious decline, to be felled, with additional works including limb removal, crown lifting, deadwood removal and base clearance.
- Cooper Park, Elgin: Five trees to be felled and maintenance works carried out on a further nine trees.
- Grant Park, Forres: Eleven trees to receive maintenance works including deadwood removal, limb removal and ivy management.
- Millbuies Country Park, Elgin: Ten dead trees to be felled and limb removal undertaken on two trees.
- Toll Wood, Dufftown: Twenty-nine dead trees to be felled.
Information signs will be displayed at each location before works begin to keep the public informed.
Following completion of the maintenance programme, replacement tree planting will take place during the next planting season, which runs from November to February.
Chair of Moray Council's Economic Development and Infrastructure Committee, Cllr Marc Macrae, said: “These works are an important part of managing Moray's parks and woodlands to ensure they remain safe, accessible and enjoyable for everyone. While it's always regrettable when trees need to be removed, the survey has identified those that are dead or in significant decline and require action. I'm pleased that replacement planting is planned, helping to maintain and enhance our tree cover for future generations.”