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Tree and garden care in Bourg-Saint-Andéol
Josué Poulain works for private homeowners in Bourg-Saint-Andéol, 8 km from his base in Lapalud. Pruning, felling, hedge trimming, mowing and clearing — free on-site quote.
- Postcode and department
- 07700 · Ardèche
- Distance from Lapalud
- 8 km as the crow flies
- Opening hours
- Lun – Sam · 8h – 19h
- Quote
- Free, written, no obligation
Free quote
Visit and pricing with no obligation
30 km around Lapalud
Vaucluse, Drôme, Gard, Ardèche
Monday to Saturday
8am – 7pm
Green waste removed
The ground is left clean
A quote for your ground in Bourg-Saint-Andéol
Two lines is enough. The visit and the written quote are free, with no obligation.
41 customers left a review. Every one gave five stars.
The rating comes from the company’s Google listing. You can read the reviews one by one, and leave your own after the work is done.
Google review summary
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- What customers mention
- abattage 4
- haie 4
- prix 4
- sapin 2
David Andres Visited in février 2026Prestation effectuée dans les temps, Travail sérieux et soigné, personne a l écoute et très professionnelle, je recommande vivement 👍
Corinne Petit Visited in mars 2026J’ai fait intervenue mr poulain pour une taie de haie nous avons été ravie de son intervention. Je recommande sans hésitation
Reply from Josué Poulain — Merci beaucoup pour votre retour et votre recommandation. Nous sommes ravis que la taille de votre haie vous ait donné satisfaction. Ce fut un plaisir d’intervenir chez vous.
Mickael Andres Visited in mai 2026Mr Poulain et intervenue chez moi pour tailler ma haie et niveau prestation et communication je recommande à 100%
Alexis Ranchini Visited in mars 2026Très bon service, réactif ! Et surtout départ en laissant tout impeccable ! Je recommande.
kriss capello Visited in février 2026Intervention très rapide et soignée, mérite largement 5 étoiles je recommande sincèrement
Kenzo Pierre Visited in octobre 2025Intervention à la maison pour l’abattage d’un sapin. Je remercie cette entreprise. À très bientôt.
Reply from Josué Poulain — merci pour votre confiance
Hans Maurice Visited in mars 2026Service au top ....très professionnel..vous pouvez y allez les yeux fermés....je recommande
Eddy Gerard Visited in mars 2026Très satisfait du travail effectué très professionnalisme je recommande les yeux fermés encore Mercii
Compagnon Somon Visited in octobre 2024Merci Monsieur Poulain pour votre travail. Très bon Artisan à l’écoute des clients. Parfait rapport qualité/prix
Reply from Josué Poulain — Merci de votre confiance 😉
Emily Micheli Visited in septembre 2024Équipe dynamique rapidité d’intervention et prix raisonnable. Je vous recommande Monsieur Poulain
Reply from Josué Poulain — Merci beaucoup de votre confiance 😉
Getting to Bourg-Saint-Andéol from Lapalud
About fifteen minutes north-west, on the right bank of the Rhône. It is the only Ardèche anchor in the service area: beyond it, you are outside the 30 km radius. Crossing the river sets the journey time more reliably than the kilometres do.
The gardens here, and what they involve
A tightly built old centre on the riverbank, with narrow town gardens often on terraces, and slopes that climb quickly towards the plateau. It is the commune here where gradient weighs most in a quote: on a terrace, clearing is done on the shoulder, metre by metre, where flat ground is handled by wheeled machine.
Statutory clearance: what applies here
Bourg-Saint-Andéol falls under the Ardèche prefectural order on statutory clearance, and its canton is among the areas covered. It is the fourth regulatory framework in the service area, after the Vaucluse, the Drôme and the Gard: the principles are shared — 50 metres around buildings, 3 metres either side of private access — but the scope and terms are set by each prefecture. When in doubt, the town hall answers.
For how your plot is actually classified — local planning scheme, protected woodland, statutory clearance perimeter — the town hall is the authority. Josué explains the procedure at the visit and commits to nothing until it is settled.
The dominant species, and what they demand
Holm oak, downy oak, box and broom on the slopes; olives, figs and cypress in the gardens. Gradient and summer drought change how the work is done: a lawn here is not kept as it would be on the plain, and raising the cutting height in summer is not a preference but a necessity. On terraced ground, dry-stone walls mean clearing by hand at the foot of each terrace.
Working on terraces: what dry stone changes
Bourg-Saint-Andéol is the only Ardèche town in the area, and the only one whose ground rises in steps. The dry stone walls — faïsses here, restanques across the river — decide the whole job.
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- Mounted machines that get onto a terraceNone. The work is done on ropes, and the timber comes down on a pulley then on the shoulder. The real cost on the quote is not the height of the tree: it is the distance from its foot to the lorry.
- 80–330 m
- The range of the terracesOn clay-limestone soil sitting on bedrock. Rooting is blocked at depth: the tree snaps at the base rather than uprooting. That is why a threatening specimen is reduced, never topped.
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- Hand carrying, for the same volumeHolm oak, box, phoenician juniper, hackberry: very dense woods. A modest-looking pile weighs twice what you expect, and it is the handling, not the cutting, that fills the day.
- 50 m
- Clearance around the buildingGarrigue on the plateau and the communal woodland overlook the town. On sloping ground the length actually to be treated exceeds that of a flat plot of the same area — the slope lengthens everything.
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- Load a dry stone wall head will takeA dry stone wall carries neither load nor vibration above it. No log pile and no chipper at the head of a terrace, and stumps ground rather than pulled: pulling unseats the stones and the wall follows.
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- Lorry access in the old centreNone, in practice. Town houses and courtyards closed by gates: waste leaves through the entrance passage, or the chip stays on site. That is decided before starting, not at the end of the day.
Clearance obligations here fall under the Ardèche prefectural order, and the mayor may extend the perimeter. The mairie of Bourg-Saint-Andéol holds the applicable map.
What moves a quote in Bourg-Saint-Andéol
No price is given without seeing the ground. What can be said is what, here specifically, pushes it up or down.
Slope doubles the time
This is the dominant factor here. Past a certain angle no wheeled machine will go: clearing is done on the shoulder and mowing with a pedestrian mower. For the same area, terraced ground takes twice the time of flat ground, and it is what most separates a real quote from a phone estimate.
Dry-stone walls mean working by hand
At the foot of a terrace, a machine risks dislodging the stones. Clearing there is done by hand, stone by stone if need be. It takes longer, it is stated on the quote, and it is what saves you rebuilding a wall the following year.
Fourth department, fourth set of rules
Bourg-Saint-Andéol falls under the Ardèche prefectural order, which is neither the Vaucluse one, nor the Drôme one, nor the Gard one. That does not change the price per square metre, but it changes the area to be treated — and so the quote.
The services, in Bourg-Saint-Andéol as anywhere else
What changes from one commune to the next is access, ground and regulation — not the trade itself. The detail of each service, its season and what moves its price sit on its own page. What follows applies to Bourg-Saint-Andéol exactly as it does to the other twenty-three towns in the area.
Tree pruning
Reducing, thinning or reshaping a tree safely, without damaging it.
Hedge trimming
A clean, straight hedge at the height you want — and the clippings taken away.
Tree felling
A dead, dangerous or too-close tree: controlled felling and stump removal.
Garden maintenance
Regular visits so your grounds stay tidy all year.
Lawn mowing
Mowing, edge finishing, clippings collected. One-off or all season.
Brush clearing
Overgrown ground, or a legal clearance obligation: back to a clean slate.
Common questions in Bourg-Saint-Andéol
Do you cross the Rhône to work in the Ardèche?
Yes. Bourg-Saint-Andéol is the Ardèche commune in the service area, about fifteen minutes from Lapalud. The neighbouring right-bank villages — Saint-Just-d’Ardèche, Saint-Marcel-d’Ardèche, Saint-Montan — are covered too. Beyond that you are outside the 30 km radius: call anyway, depending on the job it can be discussed.
My land is terraced, on a steep slope. Is that workable?
Yes, but not at the same pace as on the flat. Past a certain angle no wheeled machine will go: clearing is done on the shoulder and mowing with a pedestrian mower, which doubles the time for the same area. Josué measures it at the visit and says so up front, because it is what most separates a real quote from a phone estimate.
Does the clearance obligation work the same way as in the Vaucluse?
The principles are the same — 50 metres around buildings, 3 metres either side of private access roads — but the text that applies is the Ardèche prefectural order, and the canton of Bourg-Saint-Andéol is among the areas covered. The exact perimeter affecting your plot is confirmed at the town hall.
Around Bourg-Saint-Andéol
- Saint-Just-d’Ardèche
- Saint-Marcel-d’Ardèche
- Saint-Montan
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