Yes wouldn't it be great to have a Whomping Willow to snare itinerant
tree loppers :o)
Ian May
Arboricultural Officer
Planning
Rushmoor Borough Council
01252 398737
PS - I'll trade you a Horse Chestnut for two extra heavy replacements.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Hinsley [mailto:markhinsley@xxxxxxxxxxx.info]
Sent: 14 November 2007 12:19
To: UK Tree Care
Subject: RE: Do Cypress trees have souls?
Ian
You have been reading too much Beatrix Potter.
Mark
PS - Horse Chestnut?
-----Original Message-----
From: Ian May [mailto:ian.may@xxxxxxxxx.gov.uk]
Sent: 13 November 2007 18:26
To: UK Tree Care
Subject: Do Cypress trees have souls?
Here's an ethereal question to lighten the forum:
I started out as a 'tree lopper' in the mid seventies with my interest
focused on climbing higher and felling bigger (particularly Elms at the
time) in a feast of self-indulgence and not sparing a moments thought
for the trees I was murdering. Later as a tree surgery contractor
running my own business my views changed from doing whatever the client
wanted for a price, to that of only murdering or mutilating mature and
veteran trees if justified by poor condition. More recently as a Tree
Officer, I find myself pleading for the retention of old and veteran
trees whatever their condition and getting frustrated by the blinkered,
single-minded selfishness of tree owners that think just because they
own the tree they have the right to destroy it, all the history it has
witnessed and all the pleasure it might have provided for future
generations.
My journey has taken over 30 years (over 45 if I include my childhood
climbing trees), you might say this is just about growing-up and views
change as we mature and yet I have been better placed than any
lay-person to become sensitised to nature or more accurately, to realise
my part in the degradation of our environment. So why have I taken so
long to see the light and why despite that in an age of
anti-discrimination, I nevertheless believe that of all trees, Cypress
trees (generic) have no soul and I could murder them at will with no
loss of Karma (BTW I use the word Karma in a broad sense as I don't
think I am a Buddhist)?
However as open-grown trees, Cypress can be a striking landscape feature
and as close-grown they are very effective for screening. Birds and
animals shelter from storms in them and they are tolerant of poor
conditions so why then are they considered lower caste (IMO) and not
valued as other trees?
Am I indoctrinated to think this way by the Arb World, is this just my
value-stilted view or is it shared by others independently?
Are there other species you consider to be 'soulless', what are your
bottom 10 trees, what are your top 10 and what has influenced these
choices?
Ian May
Arboricultural Officer
Planning
Rushmoor Borough Council
01252 398737
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