Reducing tree hazards in urban horticulture
As a species we are conceited, we live on earth, believing we will be here forever, and that we are the most important event the world has witnessed…
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Get down and get dirty! A practical approach to assessing soils
Many tree planting and establishment problems are the result of an inadequate assessment of the characteristics of the medium into which trees are planted…
Constructing root space for trees in Australian cities
Over the last 6 years Brisbane’s central business district has grown significantly greener and more pedestrian friendly,..
Pyrus in the Waite Arboretum
The genus Pyrus stretches from north Africa through southern Eurasia to Japan. It does not extend to the Scandinavian or Siberian levels nor to India and S. E. Asia…
Quality Trees = Quality Streetscapes
I contend that the success of a tree in the landscape is determined by four factors…
City of Salisbury Streetscape Review — C. Pitman
The City of Salisbury has been propagating and planting an average of 50,000 trees per annum, with a peak planting season in 1997, totalling 212,000 plants in a year…
A Management System and Choices for Australia – Dr G.M. Moore
The role of trees in the urban landscape is essential not only to the aesthetics of cities, but also for the well-being of their citizens. Australians tend to take their parks, avenues and boulevards for granted, but in recent years there has been a significant loss of public open space, and a series of dramatic and often unintended attacks on trees growing in urban environments…