About
Dan is an urban forest specialist & arboricultural consultant with 20 years experience
Daniel Tipping is the director and principal consultant behind Arb Advice Limited - an arboricultural and urban forestry consultancy.
Qualifications
Graduate Certificate of Urban Forestry - AQF Level 8. University of Melbourne, Australia
Diploma in Arboriculture - Level 6. Wintec Hamilton, New Zealand
Advanced Certificate in Horticulture (Arboriculture) - Level 4. Wintec Hamilton, New Zealand
Certificate in Trade Technology (Horticulture) - Level 2. Wintec Hamilton, New Zealand
Experience
Dan’s focus is on urban forestry and delivering climate-resilient treed landscapes for the benefit of communities. He has 20 years of urban forestry and arboricultural experience delivering multiple planting projects, community consultation, tree stock quality audits, tree assessments, large-scale tree population management, tree risk assessments, post-bushfire risk assessments and tree protection for development works.
Dan has previously worked for ten years at the City of Melbourne as an arborist and senior urban forester managing the tree planting program and tree protection portfolios. Dan has also worked for the Auckland Council and tree consultancy firms in Australia and New Zealand.
Expertise
Arb Advice specialises in delivering resilient treed landscapes for current and future climate scenarios. As trees are a long-term asset, tree selection needs to consider the current and future climate scenarios which the tree will experience throughout its lifespan, to ensure that future generations can enjoy what we plant today.
Arb Advice specialises in tree selection, tree stock quality audits, tree planting methodologies and tree establishment maintenance advice.