Shigo or not Shigo?? that is the questian

[Maxwell]

Hi all,

I have my heart set on buying, Alex Shigo's Modern Arboriculture - Touch Trees, but am a bit stumped as there seems to be quite a few different copys out there, ranging in colour, publishing date, condition and price! has the book changed atall over the years? 2008 is the latest one i seem to be able to find. is that the latest?

 

Also how do people rate the book itself?

 

many, many thanks for your time!

 

Max

[scottythepinetree]

The book is standard reading on all arb courses, and a great place to start before getting into some of the more scientific or technical aspects of tree care.

 

Personally I think it should be required reading for anyone who wants to put a chainsaw to a tree other than to fell it.

 

Pretty expensive though. Cheapest place I could find it is here:

Treesource Tree Care Practice

 

Don't think there's much difference between one copy and another, but I could be wrong. The great man died in 2006.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Modern arboriculture was for me the wrong title, more like progressive arboriculture.

 

the style of content delivery is a little wierd, and takes a little getting used to.

 

An essential book on any arbs shelf, but beware it does not leave you with a bias toward perfect pruning and a disdain for what is now eco arb.

[Maxwell]

Cheers for the help and feed back, chaps. Very much appreciated!

[roseyweb]

Anybody seen this book for under £80??

Need for PTI next week

[Adam M]

Need for PTI next week

 

You'll cope without it.

[Gnome]

Modern Arboriculture £55.00 - Arboriculture and Trees - Arboriculture Books on botany from Summerfield Books

 

Got quite a few books from them now.

[daltontrees]

Mine's a first impression 1991, can't see that it has changed much since then and before Shigo's death.

 

What makes the book approachable is the balance between illustrations and text. There isn't a page in it that is less than 50% illustration.

 

I would have thought Mattheck and Breloer or Lonsdale would be better for the PTI, really to pass the theory part of PTI you just have to remember a few key points that you will be taught in the course. Reading the book will just confuse, as it goes way beyond what is needed for PTI.