Will Deep Soils Become Anaerobic?
All areas of study and their industries have to cope with inaccurate but often widely accepted mythologies, and arboriculture is no exception. There are a few of these that we…
All areas of study and their industries have to cope with inaccurate but often widely accepted mythologies, and arboriculture is no exception. There are a few of these that we…
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,…
Sure, one is on the street and one is in a park. But surely there is a better middle ground for urban trees?…
Today’s guest post is from international tree consultant Jeremy Barrell, arborist and principal at Barrell Tree Care. You can see more photos of the Bomber Command Memorial Silva Cell installation…
In March the CBC Community Blog asked people whether cell phone towers look better when disguised as trees. The results were pretty clear – over 71 percent of people said…
Our office is closed today in observance of Memorial Day. We’ll be back to our regular posting schedule later this week! Image: D. Clow…
Jim Urban and the International Society of Arboriculture are offering his “Up By Roots” one day seminar on June 28, 2012, in Rochester, MN! The event is hosted by the…
It’s spring, and lots of Silva Cells are going in the ground! Here are teaser photos from five recent installations. To see more photos, click on the title of the…
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…
A Silva Cell installation at the University of North Carolina campus in Chapel Hill, NC, took place in a plaza by the (LEED Certified Silver) Genome Science Building on the…