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
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
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 like to keep track of cities that are doing more for trees, specifically by implementing minimum soil volumes for urban planting. I’m happy to share that we are adding the city of Oakville, ON to the list, where they have recently implemented a requirement that street trees be planted in 30 m3 (1,059 ft3) of soil… More
San Francisco International is one of my favorite airports. Most of the terminals are airy and light, and the food options are pretty decent (as these things go). It’s a good home base. While I don’t usually think of trees when at the airport, I took a long walk there the other day and realized… More
I love time lapse video, and this video, “Why Trees?” from Alabama Cooperative Extension (Alabama A & M and Auburn Universities) features the incredible freehand drawings of Art Director Bruce DuPree as it persuades us to fully recognize for the many, many, many benefits of trees.
This post was written by Theresa Riley and originally appeared on BillMoyers.com. It is reprinted with permission from the author. The poet Joyce Kilmer once wrote: “I think that I shall never see. A poem lovely as a tree.” Trees in urban settings are more than just lovely, they actually clean the air, reduce noise pollution,… More
If you’re an aspiring tree nerd like me, you might enjoy the short “Detective Dendro” podcasts from the International Society of Arboriculture.
I’ve been reading Chip & Dan Heath’s Made to Stick, a book about why some ideas succeed and others fail. It’s fascinating. It’s also very, very funny. And it’s made me think a lot about how we communicate about green infrastructure and the importance of trees, soil and stormwater in our cities and towns. Fundamentally, everyone’s… More
Development necessarily creates giant swaths of constructed areas that have no unifying ecosystem. It also disturbs existing natural areas that are part of the natural cycling of water, minerals, chemicals, plants and animals. Yet despite these complications, density is valuable in terms of impact mitigation on a per-person basis, as least as far as pollutant… More
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