A SALE woman whose garden was partly obliterated by a fallen tree was stumped while finding someone to accept responsibility for its removal.

Louise Goss returned home from work on Monday, June 22, to find the large Manchester black poplar strewn across the lawn of her property in Arcadia Avenue, Brooklands.

After going back and forth between Trafford and Manchester City Councils, the former has agreed to spruce up the mess.

“I spent a lot of time doing my garden and this has just ruined it,” said the 33-year-old mother of one.

“My husband and I were worried about our home’s security, because people could just walk through the hole in the fence.

“I got a tree surgeon to come round. They described the situation as a ‘nightmare’ and said they would need to bring a crane in to lift the tree and the process was potentially very risky.”

Neighbour, Pamela Nettles, recalled: “My grandson was in the back room.

“There was a rumble and a smash and he came galloping down the stairs. It was like a swooshing sound.

“I came out because I thought someone might have been trapped under it.”

Rob Reid from Trafford tree unit said the tree was rotten and its weight had caused the trunk to split.

“It’s in a no man’s land between the brook, owned by the Environment Agency, and woodland owned by the council,” he explained.

“Technically speaking, it’s on land that doesn’t belong to Trafford Council, but we can’t just leave it.

“The difficult thing is going to be getting rid of the trunk.”

But after a tree-rific effort from the council and the Environment Agency, Lisa’s garden is now getting back to normal.

“Between the pair of them they’ve now taken it all out and we are putting an insurance claim in for the damage,” she added.