I’d be grateful for any advice from people in the know. My yew tree is looking very unwell and I’d be very sad if it died. All the other yews in the area are much greener and more bulked out. It did have a reasonable ‘crop’ of berries which I’m hoping is a sign it’s not quite dead yet – but is there anything I can do to help it out?

I have looked online through tree forums (exciting!) and found one suggestion to dig a mulch bed, put bone, blood and fishmeal mix in it and then cover with bark?

Any advice would be appreciated.

Few more (bad) pics here:

https://goo.gl/photos/oTBRTbHbABBMX97j8

Edit: I don’t mind paying for someone to come and do some pruning / fixing if that would help in any way…

I’m no expert, but how compacted is the ground around the stem?

edit – and i’d post on ArbTalk here – http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/homeowners-tree-advice-forum/

Not too compacted – crappy grass lawn. It’s quite sandy beneath the grass.

Thanks for that link, will give it a go.