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Valuing and Managing Veteran Trees

September 19, 2016

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…

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Soil and the City, Episode 5: Trees – the Love Child of Soil, Water and Air

April 19, 2016

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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Soil and the City, Episode 4: Romancing the Soil – Towards Making Amend(ment)s

April 18, 2016

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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Soil and the City, Episode 3: Sorry Soil, It’s Not You, It’s Us – The Break Up

March 30, 2016

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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