Kinda Like “The Story of Stuff” – For Trees
This video from Tree People reminds me a little bit of Annie Leonard’s “The Story of Stuff,” except it’s about the role of trees in green infrastructure.
This video from Tree People reminds me a little bit of Annie Leonard’s “The Story of Stuff,” except it’s about the role of trees in green infrastructure.
This post is written by Melinda Housholder and originally appeared on Loose Leaf, the blog of American Forests. Earlier this month, I attended a workshop in Davis, California, called “Urban Forests & Carbon Markets” that American Forests participated in and co-sponsored through a grant with the U.S. Forest Service’s Urban & Community Forestry Program. As California takes the lead to… More
I read a lot of news about trees in the urban environment. These stories are usually about how important trees are, and frequently cite statistics like the number of tons of carbon storage and sequestration trees provide, the quantity of pollutants they remove, the amount of money they save us, or their contribution to controlling… More
Here is this year’s photos from the Bartlett Tree Lab study comparing different planting methods for urban trees. For comparison, check out last year’s set. And for a fuller chronological picture, you can see each year’s photos, from 2004 onward, here.
Our recent Silva Cell installation at Rodney Square in Wilmington, DE is an excellent example of how Cells can be installed on a site without access from the sides.
Now that it’s August, I wanted to remind everyone that the wildlife babies have grown and fledged, making this the safest time to prune.
Our 2010 blog entry by James Urban, FASLA, on the topic of how deep tree roots grow is consistently one of our most popular. Obviously there is a curiosity about this topic and a need for useful data about it. But the original post is a little technical and not as image-heavy as we’d like. So… More
We’ve just updated our Silva Cell standard details! Here’s what’s new:
Exciting news! As of July 9th, 2012, the Silva Cell has received approval from Montgomery County, Maryland, as a stormwater best management practice (BMP). This is beyond the acceptance on a project by project basis that we had previously. It means that anybody who wants to implement a stormwater BMP is their designs in Mongtomery… More
Don’t you hate when you can’t remember the name of a tree? Maybe you learned it long ago, and haven’t seen it since. Maybe someone is describing it to you, and the answer is on the tip of your tongue, but… If you live in San Francisco, the Urban Tree Key is a unique and… More
This post was originally published in Next American City. Look at any renderings of landscape architecture and you are sure to see beautiful trees on every drawing. That happens for a reason: Whether they realize it or not, people want to see trees on their streetscapes. They can’t help it: Trees make people feel good. But we… More
We previously took a look at how to do an emergency utility repair where a Silva Cell system is installed. Today we’ll look at how to do a planned repair. Broadway Avenue, in Winnipeg, which went in the ground in July 2007, was one of our first Silva Cell installations. Several years later, they had a planned… More
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