______________________________________________________________________
Have you helped out on 'Ask an Arborist' lately?
http://www.tree-care.info/ask
______________________________________________________________________
Morning Howard,
Pretty depressing assessment of the English public.
That said... was the Book/Paper referring to Street tree planting or
planting along what we now call main roads?
Whenever I hear about "Planting schemes" I am reminded of Chris Ingrams words
in one of my first lectures at Merrist Wood. "Arboriculture is not about
planting trees" he said "it's about growing them".
IMO many of these planting schemes fail because there is no real plan (or
money) to deal with the trees once they are established (in some cases it
doesn't go beyond planting). Like the man/woman said...
"the English population is lacking in the primary instincts necessary for the
creation and maintenance of agreeable surroundings"
I think we are quite good at the creation part but often fall down on the
maintenance bit. Just look at all the lapsed pollards if you really want a
reason to cry into your beer.
Simon Valente
========================================
Message Received: Sep 04 2008, 09:39 PM
From: "Howard Booth"
To: "UK Tree Care"
Cc:
Subject: Roadside Planting
______________________________________________________________________
§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§
‹‹‹‹‹‹‹ Don’t forget! ›››››››
Andy Poynters’ survey on hard surfaces near to trees
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=sVv9yNRZMgYvBpdQalL3Ng_3d_3d
Go on, fill it in now!!
§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§
______________________________________________________________________
I am looking at planting schemes so have blown the dust off a few books. A
great section is copied below from 'Roadside Planting' published in 1930, it
suggests planting new trees may not be that straight forward here in the UK!
"Much of the disappointment caused by failure of road planting schemes is
due to wilful damage, either by the local inhabitants wantonly destroying the
trees and shrubs, or by motorists and others breaking the flowering branches
when in bloom to take home, or digging up the smaller shrubs and plants and
carrying them away, presumably to plant in their own gardens.
"It must be confessed that the English population is lacking in the primary
instincts necessary for the creation and maintenance of agreeable
surroundings to a greater extent than any other nation in Western
civilisation. In France, Switzerland, Italy, and Germany all members of the
community combine to protect the trees along the roadside, but here the
senseless destruction of beautiful plants and shrubs seems to be the rule
rather than the exception, and is without question the most urgent and
difficult problem which those whose aim is to beautify their country have to
tackle. No opportunity should be lost of driving home the necessity of
caring for the beauties of nature in the schools, through the organisation of
Boy Scouts, Girl Guides, and other suitable bodies, by soliciting the help of
the Press, and by short talks on the wireless."
How times change - we can use now TV and the internet too :)
H.
_________________________________________________________________
Get all your favourite content with the slick new MSN Toolbar - FREE
http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/111354027/direct/01/
--
The UK Tree Care mailing list
To unsubscribe send mailto:uktc-unsubscribe@xxxxxx.tree-care.info
--
The UK Tree Care mailing list
To unsubscribe send mailto:uktc-unsubscribe@xxxxxx.tree-care.info
