Tree Planting

[Mac McLennan]

I came across this whilst out walking in a local park with my two dogs.

 

Is this really the spec that councils require, and parks officers accept......and we pay for.

 

 

My two 'fully grown' border collies are to give you an idea of the depth of woodchip.

[christreeroot]

I hope that photo was taken on april 1st.... It must be a joke:icon14:

[Mac McLennan]

Nope....These were taken today.

 

Here's another couple.

 

 

[kevwrenn]

that is terrible.... in my previous job we planted a lot of trees in parks and public spaces, if we had left any looking like that we would have been kicked of site and lost the contract.

[christreeroot]

If the Local Authorities cant set a good example to the general public of good practice what chance do we have:cussing:

[Amelanchier]

Email those photos to the chap in charge. Maybe even chuck in a link to this thread with us slating the shoddy spec/results.

 

Andy Summerly tells a good story about the operatives from some landscape firm using a billhook to remove the roots before they spiked the rest of the tree into the ground... Their excuse??? The spec didn't say plant with the roots attached....

[Jason James Gairn]

If the obvious is so free of quality, what must the rest of your LA's work be like? I'd send them to the CE of said council. Maybe you could get the contract next time round and not the out of work plasterers.

[Ian150482]

That's Shocking. Not much you can add when you see that.

[benedmonds]

The way my local council tenders work you can expect shoddy jobs. Many a job I've put a price in and not got, later I've passed and been shocked at how pap the work was. It really irratates me that we miss out on work as we price to do a proper job and someone else prices lower but only does 1/2 the job.

 

I mentioned it to the tree officer and she said that street trees just have to be done as cheaply as possible and so the quality isn't an issue.

[Amelanchier]

I mentioned it to the tree officer and she said that street trees just have to be done as cheaply as possible and so the quality isn't an issue.

 

I think she's got the concept of "Best Value" confused with "Least Price".