May’s issue of Arboricultural Consultant, the magazine of the American Society of Consulting Arborists (ASCA) has side-by-side articles by James Urban, FASLA, and Nina Bassuk, Ph.D. discussing different methods for providing trees with soil underneath paving. Jim’s article is on “Comparing Silva Cells and Structural Soil,” and Nina’s is on “The Why’s and How’s of… More
Today I am incredibly excited to share a project that has been months in the making – a time lapse video of a Silva Cell installation at the Haas School of Business at UC-Berkeley that took place this winter.
Downtown Lincoln, NE. Flickr credit: Edward Stojakovic A trees-and-stormwater Silva Cell installation is set to take place in Lincoln, NE in July that will provide over 400 cubic feet of soil per tree to 12 trees in a parking lot. This will actually be our fourth installation in this city of just over 260,000 people…. More
The city of Derby has been in the midst of an ambitious urban regeneration project since 2003, a key aspect of which has been the development of a public realm strategy that increases pedestrian freedom and enhances major civic spaces such as the Derby Railway Station. Derby City Council laid out a plan to modernize… More
The Silva Cell has officially been designated as an approved equal for bioretention facilities by the Washington State Department of Ecology. Designers and engineers who want to incorporate Silva Cells in to their projects can now refer to the official document, Using the Western Washington Hydrology Model (Version 4.0) to Size Silva Cells for Runoff… More
Here’s one thing we don’t talk about too much on this blog: the Silva Cell has completely changed how we do business. It used to be simple – we would supply our products to local distributors for resale. With the Silva Cell, however, the model is not so straightforward.
Toronto has one of the most ambitious urban forestry plans in North America. In addition to setting minimum soil volumes for street trees of 30 cubic meters (1,059 cubic feet) per tree, they have set a goal of increasing their overall tree canopy from 17 percent to 40 percent. In 2007, the Bloor-Yorkville Business Improvement… More
Hey, Philadelphia-area readers! James Urban, FASLA will be presenting his “Up By Roots” seminar at the Morris Arboretum at the University of Pennsylvania on Wednesday, April 17th from 9am to 4pm.
The DeepRoot office is closed today in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. This photo shows trees planted outside the new MLK Memorial in Washington, DC. This is a Silva Cell project where nine trees were planted along West Basin Drive, the road adjacent to the memorial. Each tree is planted in approximately in… More
We’re here again. That time of year when everyone seems to look around and experience mild confusion over the rapid passing of days, weeks, and months that has just occurred. It’s a time of gathering with family and friends, and of reflecting on both the good and the bad of the past year.
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