Regulations21 min read
Felling a tree: permission and rules
Protected woodland, listed sites, dangerous trees, tenants, nesting season: when a prior declaration is required to fell a tree in France, and how to check it at the town hall.
Advice on upkeep and regulations
The questions that come back job after job, answered properly, by the person who does the work.
No opinion pieces and no gardening news. What is published here answers a question we are asked ten times a year on the phone, and that deserves better than a two-minute reply: what the law actually requires, what makes one quote four times another, and what costs more to repair than to avoid.
Advice on upkeep and regulations
Regulations17 min read
Lawn mowing and garden noise hours
Mower, hedge trimmer, chainsaw: permitted days and hours, prefect’s or mayor’s order, owner or professional, fine. What the Drôme says and how to check the rest.
Choosing a contractor21 min read
Choosing a tree surgeon
SIRET, insurance, quote, pruning method, green-waste removal: twelve checks before you hand a tree to someone, and the warning signs to watch for.
Upkeep20 min read
When to prune a tree
The right month for plane, olive, oak or cypress, the periods to avoid, and the cases where you prune without waiting.
Upkeep13 min read
When to trim a hedge
What the law really forbids private owners, the period to avoid for nests, and the right month for each type of hedge.
Grants and tax credits11 min read
The French gardening tax credit
The real cap, the jobs actually covered, the condition almost nobody spells out, and where PJ Espaces Verts stands on its own registration.
Neighbours13 min read
Neighbour’s tree or hedge on the boundary
Planting distances, overhanging branches, roots and fallen fruit: what French law allows between neighbours, and the process that avoids court.
Regulations16 min read
Mandatory brush clearance
What the 50 metres really cover, what happens when they fall on your neighbour’s land, and why clearing does not mean cutting everything down.
A tree, a hedge, a plot: tell us what you have.
The visit, the on-site assessment and the written quote are free and commit you to nothing.