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Hello, and welcome to the Deep Root blog! We’ll be using this space to talk about issues related to tree growth, stormwater management, and soil biology, with a special emphasis…
Hello, and welcome to the Deep Root blog! We’ll be using this space to talk about issues related to tree growth, stormwater management, and soil biology, with a special emphasis…
This picture here is just one example of what we’re all about at DeepRoot. (Apologies for the car right in the middle of the photo — I swear, we are…
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…
Almost a year ago I guest-posted on Landscape Architecture Resource’s blog about Toronto’s forward-thinking adoption of green utilities like trees and soil to help treat stormwater. In that post, I…
Our Silva Cell installation along Marquette and 2nd Avenue in Minneapolis, MN got some nice press in this month’s Landscape Architect & Specifier News! It’s gratifying to see this project,…
We will be participating in the 2010 International Low Impact Development Conference in San Francisco next week. The theme is “Redefining Water In the City,” and as you can imagine,…
When we were first researching and designing the Silva Cell, Tom Smiley, PhD set up a research plot* at the independent Bartlett Tree Laboratory in Charlotte, NC. We were confident…
Our tree and stormwater intallation of over 10,000 Silva Cell frames in downtown Minneapolis, MN(which we call the Marq2) got another great mention this week — this time in Stormwater…
The Mountlake Terrace Community News website has a nice story about the April 5th Silva Cell installation at a local transit center. The site design specified 14 total tree pits…
In 2008 one of our first on-structure Silva Cell installations was completed in downtown Winnipeg, MB, at the Manitoba Hydro building. (When we say “on-structure” what we are referring to…