From majestic giants to scrawny things clinging to the sides of cliffs, trees are the pinnacle of the plant world. Perhaps because they can easily be given personalities, they figure strongly in myths and fairy tales. They are clearly important to us – but how do we care for them when developers, industry and urbanisation threaten them?
Formative Pruning: How to Set Trees Up for the Long Term
Gardeners and landscapers with a passion for long term sustainability will be interested in formative pruning, which is all about the sustainability…
Netting Fruit Trees
If you're a gardener looking to protect your ripening fruit or berries from birds and other hungry wildlife, netting fruit trees can be a real…
Why Living Trees Suddenly Fall Down
It is quite common that in winter or after big storms we wonder why living trees suddenly fall down. In June 2021 in Victoria, savage storms swept…
The Things People do . . . . . . . . . . to Trees!!!
Given the splendour and usefulness of trees in the urban environment, it is really amazing what otherwise sensible and apparently sane people do to…
White Cedar – a Shade Tree
There is always something that makes a plant less than perfect but until I discovered the seeds of Melia azedarach were toxic to humans and other…
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