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The Inside Of A Tree Sounds Like…

  This video installation, “Years,” from artist Bartholomäus Traubeck, uses an optical… something… to “read” a thin cross section of a tree (the “record”) and translate it in to piano music. 

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A Cat’s Literal Treehouse

Meet Almond the cat, demonstrating both the independent feline spirit and the importance of tending to the trees and/or cats in front of your house. 

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What Would Harold and Maude Do?

I remember the first time I saw Harold and Maude. It was here in San Francisco, in Dolores Park, on one of their movie nights. I’m sure it was freezing cold and foggy.  There is a scene, for those of you haven’t seen it or saw it years ago, where Harold and Maude liberate a… More

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TED Talk on Canopy Conservation

I liked this (short) TED talk from Dr. Nalini Nadkari, a faculty member of Evergreen State College who researches the role that canopy-dwelling plants play in forest ecosystems. Even if you just want to watch the first few minutes, it is worth it for the incredible shots of climbing a very, very tall strangler fig… More

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New Silva Cell Layout Guidelines & Video Tutorial

Complimentary Silva Cell plan reviews are a service that DeepRoot Urban Solutions provides for each project we work on. We do this because we aim to be partners in the design process and want to ensure that the use of the Silva Cell is optimized for your tree, stormwater, and site design goals. Up until this… More

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Video Tour of ASLA Green Roof

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E278d5d0z0 Neat video from the ASLA giving us a tour of the green roof on their Washington, D.C. headquarters. I wouldn’t mind a place like that to each lunch when nice weather arrives.

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Leveraging the Ultra Urban Landscape

I like the ASLA blog The Dirt quite a bit. They cover a variety of topics and showcase different voices and viewpoints (I especially liked Rene Bihan’s “Nature is Dead” piece and the “Landscape Architects Must Fight For Public Health” editorial). A recent entry, “Leveraging the Landscape to Manage Stormwater,” combines an article and a… More

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Olympic Village Promenade Trees Thriving After 2.5 Years

Here’s our latest Silva Cell video (you can see our entire YouTube channel here) demonstrating how well the maple trees planted in Silva Cells in 2008 are doing. These trees, installed at the Athlete’s Village in Vancouver, are from one of our biggest installations to date. Each tree received, on average, 700 cubic feet of… More

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We’re On YouTube!

Did you know that DeepRoot had a YouTube channel? Indeed we do, with a handful of videos from Silva Cell installations. Right now you can see footage from installations in New York City, Washington D.C., and Florida. We plan to continue making videos of installations, as well as general interest videos about the Silva Cell… More

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