Tree protection · Galvanized steel

Your trees 100% protected,
0% nibbled.

The galvanized steel guard that keeps your saplings safe from livestock and wildlife. Fitted in 7 minutes, reusable, lifespan over 20 years.

★★★★★2 million guards installed
Bovins au pré parmi de jeunes arbres protégés par un Protecteur Cactus
+20 yrsof service life
2 million
Guards installed
20+ yrs
Lifespan
7min
Fitting time
Trade shows · Autumn 2026

Meet us at two shows this autumn

Rétiers in September, Cournon in October. Order beforehand, collect on site, and delivery costs you nothing.

23–24September 2026
The organic farming show

La Terre est Notre Métier

Parc Expo, Rétiers (Brittany, France)

Protecteur Cactus© is covering your entry. The link below gives you a free invitation, valid for both days. Order your protectors before the show and collect them on the stand: transport is on us.

Offer limited to the first 120 protectors ordered.

6–9October 2026
The world summit for sustainable livestock farming

Sommet de l'Élevage

Grande Halle d'Auvergne, Cournon-d'Auvergne (France)

See you in Cournon. Order before the show, collect on site, delivery is free. And if you are on the truck's route, we stop at your place.

Free delivery along the route
  • Lille → Moulins, 4 October
  • Moulins → Cournon, 5 October
  • Clermont-Ferrand → Gap, Saturday 10 October

Offer limited to the first 120 protectors ordered.

The concept

A fragile sapling. An unforgiving environment.

Left unprotected, a young tree is a target. Protecteur Cactus creates a durable physical barrier that lets the tree breathe and grow — no chemicals, no maintenance.

Without protection

What threatens your plantings

  • Bark-stripping and trampling by cattle and horses
  • Fraying and browsing by deer
  • Damage from boar, beavers and rodents
With Protecteur Cactus

Protection that lasts decades

  • Galvanized steel: no rust, no breakage, no replacement
  • Fit and remove in 7 minutes, no heavy tools
  • Reusable tree after tree for over 20 years
  • Zero plastic, zero upkeep, 100% recyclable
Courber le protecteur
01

Bend

The mesh bends in one move, by hand or with the bending tool.

Installer autour de l'arbre
02

Plant

Fix to the ground with steel rods. In 7 minutes it's done.

Attacher le protecteur
03

Fasten

Close the cylinder with the clips, using pliers or a screwdriver. Press firmly to tighten it well!

The range

A model for every planting

Several heights and diameters. We choose together based on species and animal pressure.

Modèle lapins et lièvres — jeune mûrier protégé

Rabbits & hares model

80 × 100 cm · Ø 25 cm

To counter rabbits and hares where there are no large ungulates.

RabbitsHares
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Modèle pré-verger demi-tiges

Half-standard pre-orchard

100 × 120 cm · Ø 32 cm

Half-standard pre-orchards — suited to (non-acrobatic) sheep and beavers.

BeaversSheep
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Modèle pré-verger hautes tiges

Standard pre-orchard

100 × 160 cm · Ø 32 cm

The all-rounder: standard pre-orchards, resists almost every animal.

RabbitsHaresBeaversPigsWild boarSheepAcrobatic sheepGoatsRoe deerFallow deerCattle
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Modèle parc animalier

Wildlife park model

120 × 170 cm · Ø 38 cm

Intensive grazing and wildlife parks — protects even against deer.

RabbitsHaresBeaversPigsWild boarSheepAcrobatic sheepGoatsRoe deerFallow deerCattleDeer
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Modèle couronne pour arbre

Tree collar model

160 × 30 cm

Protects the trunk and bark of already-established trees.

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Modèle méthode anglaise

English method model

2 × 100 × 160 · Ø 0,66 m

Two guards back to back form a natural thorn bush around the tree; move after ~5 years.

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Our prices Excl. VAT

Guards

Dimensions · diameterUnit price
80 × 100 cmØ 25 cm12,90 €
100 × 120 cmØ 32 cm18,90 €
100 × 160 cmØ 32 cm23,90 €
120 × 170 cmØ 38 cm27,00 €
160 × 30 cmThe collar7,30 €

Accessories

ClipsBox for 10 guards (150 clips)8,10 €
Easy Tied17,00 € / ea
Rebar driver32,40 € / ea
Bender120,00 € / ea

Shipping billed at exact cost.

Examples · Gallery

The guard, out in the field

From orchard to grazed pasture, across Europe: the same results, year after year.

La même parcelle en 2016, avant l'effet du protecteur2016
La même parcelle en 2026, faune et flore régénérées2026

Same spot in 2016 and 2026: the effect of the Protecteur Cactus on wildlife and vegetation

Bovins au pré, arbres protégés
Cattle at pasture, young trees protected
Plantation d'amandiers protégés au milieu d'un troupeau de brebis
Almond plantation among a flock of 450 sheep, fed with hay bales, on a half-hectare plot in August 2026.
Protecteur autour d'un tronc
Barrier around the trunk
Technique du buisson anglais
English bush technique: hawthorn and bramble around the oak
Attache facile
Fastened in seconds
Pie-grièche sur un cactus
Shrike on the lookout atop a Cactus
Pelote de réjection d'un rapace
Owl pellet on the guard — a bird of prey perches to hunt rodents
Pose du protecteur
Recommended fitting: 5 to 50 cm off the ground
Veau à l'ombre du buisson
A calf in the shade of the protected bush (UK)
Pata negra en dehesa
Pata negra in the dehesa, trees preserved
Régénération naturelle assistée en maquis
Assisted natural regeneration in Mediterranean scrubland
Piquets de bois dans le cactus
Wooden stakes inside the Cactus
Couple de pie-grièches
A pair of shrikes has adopted the guard
Buisson anglais à la plantation
English bush technique, right from planting
Pata negra et protecteurs
Pata negra
Golf protégé des sangliers
Golf course protected from wild boar
Livraison en palette au champ
Pallet delivery, right next to the trees
Verger protégé
Protected orchard
Our installations

Protecteur Cactus© in France

Over 180 sites equipped in France, Switzerland, Germany… and beyond.

Sites equipped in the United Kingdom, Spain and Portugal have not been added: the map would have vanished under their sheer number.

In action

See the guard in action

Fitting, strength, results in the field — a few seconds say more than a long pitch.

Protecteur Cactus© and free-range pigs in south-west France
Protecteur Cactus© and animal welfare
Protecteur Cactus©: suckler cattle and a singing skylark
Sheep and donkey at pasture — trees protected by the Cactus
Two curious cows beside a protected shrub
Tutorials

The tutorials corner

Install your cactus guards©, in short videos.

Coming soon

Half a dozen video tutorials are being filmed — coming very soon!

News · Press

They're talking about us

The farming press and European trade shows follow Protecteur Cactus. Presented at the EURAF 2026 Congress.

Abstract de la conférence EURAF 2026
EURAF · 26 juin 2026

Abstract of the 26 June 2026 conference at the European Agroforestry Federation Congress

Réussir Viande
Réussir Bovins Viande

“Young trees, 0% nibbled”

Revue Pâtre
Revue Pâtre

Protecting the tree in the heart of the pasture

La France Agricole
La France Agricole

Guards for trees

Key takeaways from the European Agroforestry Federation Congress — June 2026, Neuchâtel (Switzerland)

  • Agroforestry has gone from a marginal green practice to a key driver of farm productivity: old systems are being rediscovered (pre-orchards, wooded pastures, Iberian dehesas).
  • Trees are now seen as production infrastructure: less crop stress and erosion, better soil fertility, resilience to drought and heat, diversified income and higher land value.
  • Water is the central concern: trees improve infiltration, retain water, reduce evaporation, build organic matter and stabilise the water cycle.
  • Profitability matters as much as biodiversity: installation costs, success rates, return on investment, risk reduction and income diversification are now at the heart of research.
  • Protecteur Cactus© lets you deploy every protection strategy for your trees, these vital allies. Because thriving trees have a positive impact on asset value on the balance sheet and on profitability in the income statement. And Protecteur Cactus© is widely mentioned for tough missions among ungulates. No surprise!
Charles Lienard installant un Protecteur Cactus
Blandine Lienard avec un Protecteur Cactus
About us

Designed by farmers, for your plantings

Charles and Blandine Lienard invented Protecteur Cactus in the field, from a simple observation: young planted trees don't survive livestock or game. They needed sturdy protection, quick to fit and reusable.

Today, over 2 million guards protect orchards, parks and pastures across Europe — made in France, built to last over 20 years.

Today, over 2 million Protecteur Cactus© guards equip orchards, pre-orchards, dehesas, wooded pastures, forests, parks and grazing land across Europe, California and New Zealand.

Orders prepared by a dedicated team within a work-integration company in northern France; shipping handled by a major French carrier operating across Europe.

Charles & Blandine LienardBlandine, veterinary student · Charles, member of the Croqueurs de Pommes
Partner
Contact · Custom quote

Get pricing tailored to your project

Tell us what you're planting and what you're protecting against. Reply within 48h with a bespoke quote and technical advice.

  • Reply within 48 working hours
  • Volume-based pricing
  • Advice on the right model for your ground, your trees and the animals you want to protect against. Call +33 660 47 31 89 or email charles@protecteurcactus.fr. We speak English, French, German and Spanish.
  • Delivery across Europe
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The last word
“Without Protecteur Cactus©, I’d have stopped planting.”
Joseph, Louise, Laurent, Carlos, Pierre, Philippe…On the phone, at trade shows, out in the field among the plantings… Nearly the same words every time.