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- Latest post made by Matthew Symonds at May 07 08:55 UTC
Hi,
I went yesterday to the second meeting of the Bristol Tree Forum representing
the Bemmy Partnership and thus this e-group. The forum is concerned with
trees generally, but the key focus is on trees that contribute to the street
scene, ie are actually on the highway or very close. Over time it is hoped to
increase the number of trees in Bristol streets, but it's also necessary to
remove some trees that are reaching the end of their life.
Planting trees in streets is exceptionally difficult and quite expensive
because under the ground there are all sorts of drains, wires and what not that
get in the way. The easiest thing is to put a tree into a space that used to
hold an old tree. However, over the years as trees were removed, the council
tended to tarmac over the hole. Today, the tree team (part of Parks) does not
have a record of all of these holes.
To avoid this problem in the future they are tending to leave stumps behind, a
bit like a bookmark. The Tree Forum are asking local people for information
about where trees were and might be again. If, therefore, you know of places
which used to hold a street tree, but have since been tarmacked over, let me
know and I'll pass the information on.
Cheers, Ben.
The Bristol Tree Forum is a great way forward to protect existing and promote more street trees. I recall during my time working on home zones I saw a scheme somewhere in the North East (I think) where because of underground services they couldn't plant trees so instead they came up with the idea of Ivy Trees. The Ivy Tree is basically a metal frame (sort of like a pergola, but in this case shaped like a tree) with Ivy planted around the base. in a couple of years the Ivy has completley covered the frame providing an attractive green 'tree like' street feature but without the need to worry about big roots that will disturb underground cables and pipes etc. To plant street trees you need to have lengthy negotiations with the utility companies (and even then they can say no) but you don't need that to plant shrubs like Ivy. Ivy also provides a pretty good habitat for bugs and birds so good for wildlife <email obscured>> From: <email obscured>> To: <email obscured>> Subject: [GB-Forum] Trees in the streets> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 09:23:23 +0100> > Hi,> > I went yesterday to the second meeting of the Bristol Tree Forum representing the Bemmy Partnership and thus this e-group. The forum is concerned with trees generally, but the key focus is on trees that contribute to the street scene, ie are actually on the highway or very close. Over time it is hoped to increase the number of trees in Bristol streets, but it's also necessary to remove some trees that are reaching the end of their life. > > Planting trees in streets is exceptionally difficult and quite expensive because under the ground there are all sorts of drains, wires and what not that get in the way. The easiest thing is to put a tree into a space that used to hold an old tree. However, over the years as trees were removed, the council tended to tarmac over the hole. Today, the tree team (part of Parks) does not have a record of all of these holes.> > To avoid this problem in the future they are tending to leave stumps behind, a bit like a bookmark. The Tree Forum are asking local people for information about where trees were and might be again. If, therefore, you know of places which used to hold a street tree, but have since been tarmacked over, let me know and I'll pass the information on.> > Cheers, Ben.> > > Ben barker> > Info about Ben barker: http://forums.e-democracy.org/p/benbarker> > This topic's messages may be viewed at: http://forums.e-democracy.org/r/topic/6ER69GZAQy0Lg9mCpWJQhT>
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