The other day I was on Beacon Hill and spotted this mostly dead hemlock tree, completely swathed in Boston ivy: Perhaps the owners were simply neglecting their courtyard garden, but I like to think that they saw the mature tree’s size as an asset to the place, and decided to use the deadwood as an [...]
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Boston hemlock
Posted in Biodiversity and Biophilia, Gristmill, Landscape architecture, Plant management, What we're thinking, tagged engage with landscape, landscape, landscape architecture, Plant management, Plants, spatial design, trees, vines on July 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Hemlock root flare excavation
Posted in Biodiversity and Biophilia, Deb's posts, Gristmill, Landscape architecture, Plant management, Plants, Working Landscape, tagged air spade, Carl Cathcart, innovative arboriculture, landscape architecture, Matt Foti, Plant management, Plants, root excavation, root flare, tree planting, trees on June 20, 2011 | 2 Comments »
It has been a while since I’ve written about root flares. I got some photos from my friend Carl Cathcart the other day, showcasing the excavation of a hemlock root flare. This tree is one of a hedge of 7-8′ tall hemlocks planted two years ago. Its owner had noticed that while the hedge wasn’t [...]
a new rain garden at UMass Amherst
Posted in Biodiversity and Biophilia, Landscape architecture, Plants, Toby's posts, tagged landscape architecture on May 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
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The Commissioner Weighs In
Posted in Biodiversity and Biophilia, Plants, Toby's posts, tagged allergies, wind-pollination, urban forest, thomas lee ogren, new york times, adrian benape, new york city on April 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I wrote here that “a big tree does more to keep a city cool and clean than a small one does.” Adrian Benape, New York City’s parks and recreation commissioner, has the numbers. The first number is 102. New York, he says, plants “102 different unique cultivars and species of street trees in pursuit of [...]
Pollen’s only part of the story
Posted in Biodiversity and Biophilia, Deb's posts, Plant management, Plants, What we're thinking on April 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
ZZZZZZZZZZZZSSSSSSDDDDchew!! Excuse me; Toby’s photo of the pollinating pine in that last post just makes my nose tickle. His points about pollinating trees make sense to me; wind-pollinated trees are different in nature from insect-pollinated trees, and have quite different effects on those allergic to fine particulates. I have to say that Mr. Ogren’s original [...]
a city without pollen, a city without oaks
Posted in Biodiversity and Biophilia, Plants, Questions, Toby's posts, tagged allergies, bees, honey, new york times, pollen, thomas lee ogren, urban forest, urban forester, wind-pollination on April 12, 2010 | 2 Comments »
On Saturday the Times published two letters that responded to its recent op-ed piece by Thomas Lee Ogren on trees, pollen, and allergies. One reader, Christine Lehrer, wrote: Honeybees collect pollen from the very trees that are causing all the sneezing and runny noses. By taking a spoonful of honey daily, approaching and during allergy season, you [...]
Deskside greenery
Posted in Biodiversity and Biophilia, Deb's posts, Miscellaneous, Plants, What we're thinking, Working Landscape, tagged Plants on February 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Another grey and cold day in a long, cold month. Going to my desk and working is a good antidote to the gloominess, especially when the Cattleya next to my drawing board blooms (as it did last fall), or the Ripsalis in the window each January reliably turns from a mop of green string into [...]
Lichen what I see
Posted in Biodiversity and Biophilia on July 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Gratuitous lichen photo. Not replicable by man, though we can help create the conditions for it to happen . . .
Just one
Posted in Biodiversity and Biophilia, Deb's posts, Gristmill, Miscellaneous, tagged moss on July 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Speaking of systems:
How green is your lawn?
Posted in Biodiversity and Biophilia, Places, Plant management, Plants on July 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Here are two good and different ways to think about having a lawn that you can love all summer long. One way is to use a seed mix that promises lush green summer growth without requiring (after an initial establishment period) watering, fertiziler, or frequent mowing. Prairie Nursery in Wisconsin has long offered a “No-Mow [...]
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