The planting of trees AnniD is seen as an end in itself, and the virtue-signalling of doing "something" green burnishes the credentials of those who believe themselves to be the great and the good! They fail to realise that trees are plants and therefore, just as you wouldn't plant shrubs etc in your own garden and then expect them to survive without maintenance, trees also need to be nurtured once planted. I worked on the parish council where we used to live. A short piece of new road was laid, and I liaised with the landscape architect to develop the area. Not all of the shrubs and trees were planted as agreed, and there was no plan in place for aftercare. Only one tree survived. (I would have tried to do something myself, but the site was awkward, steeply sloped with no access to water other than a council bowser, had they thought to provide one).
Our town is touting that they are planting a “welcoming woodland” near the motorway entry to the town. From what I saw today it’s a few rows of regimented trees, far too close together and clearly going to be wretched as right next to them they are building a 7 story appartement block. Any that do take will undoubtedly be hacked to within an inch of their truncks within a few years as the building residents complain about getting no light! Guess urban planners are the same shortsighted bunch in any country.
Marne la vallée, basically just outside Paris 🇫🇷, but definitely Scottish at heart.
My recent proposal to plant some oak trees on a local "park" that is not much more than a muddy field, was met with the comment that planting trees was a waste of time , vandals only break them down.
urban trees have a survival rate of about 50%, as I understand it. Cutting down ones that are healthy and doing well is sad - the replacements may not 'take' and years could be lost with dead and dying trees in their place
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
urban trees have a survival rate of about 50%, as I understand it. Cutting down ones that are healthy and doing well is sad - the replacements may not 'take' and years could be lost with dead and dying trees in their place
Yes, the failure rate of the replacement trees in Sheffield has been high. Once 'planted' there is little after-care if residents don't step in.
Clay soil - Cheshire/Derbyshire border. I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
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https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2022-09-22/thousands-of-newly-planted-trees-die-after-council-fails-to-water-them
They fail to realise that trees are plants and therefore, just as you wouldn't plant shrubs etc in your own garden and then expect them to survive without maintenance, trees also need to be nurtured once planted.
I worked on the parish council where we used to live. A short piece of new road was laid, and I liaised with the landscape architect to develop the area. Not all of the shrubs and trees were planted as agreed, and there was no plan in place for aftercare. Only one tree survived. (I would have tried to do something myself, but the site was awkward, steeply sloped with no access to water other than a council bowser, had they thought to provide one).
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Yes, the failure rate of the replacement trees in Sheffield has been high. Once 'planted' there is little after-care if residents don't step in.
I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful