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Valuing and Managing Veteran Trees
Trees that have stood the test of time and show some battle scars, dead branches, and other signs of aging are often referred to as veterans. On a once-beautiful tree, these signs might suggest a ‘mortality spiral’ to tree owners, and to arborists. ‘Death with dignity’ may seem simpler than dealing with maintenance and liability…
Read MoreSoil and the City, Episode 5: Trees – the Love Child of Soil, Water and Air
by Amy Bell, PLA, ASLA, ISA Certified Arborist FBT Architects Landscape Architect This six-part blog series investigates the reasons why we have fallen out of love with soil (or at the very least taken it for granted) and how we can rekindle that relationship through an amended approach to the design and construction of our…
Read MoreSoil and the City, Episode 4: Romancing the Soil – Towards Making Amend(ment)s
by Amy Bell, PLA, ASLA, ISA Certified Arborist FBT Architects Landscape Architect This six-part blog series investigates the reasons why we have fallen out of love with soil (or at the very least taken it for granted) and how we can rekindle that relationship through an amended approach to the design and construction of our…
Read MoreSoil and the City, Episode 3: Sorry Soil, It’s Not You, It’s Us – The Break Up
by Amy Bell, PLA, ASLA, ISA Certified Arborist FBT Architects Landscape Architect This six-part blog series investigates the reasons why we have fallen out of love with soil (or at the very least taken it for granted) and how we can rekindle that relationship through an amended approach to the design and construction of our…
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