Trees in the Townscape; A Guide for Decision Makers

[sean]

A really interesting and informative document available as a free download

 

 

Trees in Hard Landscapes - Trees and Design Action Group.

[Kveldssanger]

Looks good - thanks.

[daltontrees]

According to the foreword "The challenge now is for everyone charged with the design and delivery of sustainable and inclusive public spaces to think how the “humble” tree can make a difference in the schemes they are developing."

 

If the past is the key to the present, and if we have all seen good and bad examples of trees that are making a difference, what does anyone else think of the guidance and why a self-appointed group felt it had to present such a thorough opinion on the subject?

 

It's a sickeningly slow download, by the by. Put the kettle on.

[agg221]

Thanks for that, potentially very useful.

 

In answer to Jules' question - 'we have all seen' may be true for those in the industry, but may not be true of those tasked with designing planting schemes. The guidance is overly long for the uninformed to read, but the pictures are clear and options for management of air, water, planting medium and traffic are well set out, so it may result in the adoption of some good practice which would otherwise have been overlooked.

 

The biggest omission in my view is that the tree selection criteria section doesn't actually follow this through to a list of planting options which meet these criteria - a single table showing the top 16 planted species doesn't indicate the merit, or otherwise, of these 16 - common does not necessarily equal best.

 

Alec