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Trees - good or bad?
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Posted 1 year ago #
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As so many of us bring a tree home for Christmas, Tom Heap and Helen Czerski consider our feelings about street trees, the sweet hit of nature that provides year round shade and wildlife habitat in the least promising of city circumstances.
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No lesser a creation than Whipsnade Tree Cathedral is also having to deal with ash dieback. It was very sad to see, but happily there are many other varieties of tree there.
The tree cathedral - or at least, a small part of it
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Sandi's Great British Woodland Restoration The UK's ancient woodlands are at risk of extinction. Sandi Toksvig and her wife bid to save and restore a wooded patch using wit and a chainsaw
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https://www.channel4.com/programmes/sandis-great-british-woodland-restoration
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We’re sad to announce that #StormÉowyn has caused severe damage across our Gardens. At #Edinburgh, 15 trees have been lost – either uprooted or damaged beyond recovery. This includes the Garden’s tallest tree, the 29-metre Cedrus deodara, planted in 1859
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Back in the days of Expo's The 1988 Expo in Seville eschewed the provision of air conditioned link s between the pavillions, in favour of avenues of trees, watered at night & sweating all day>
With the latent heat of evaporation sucking out 2.5 million calories per gallon, trees are the carbon zero air conditioning units for streets and parks
Somewhere I have a copy of the BW report 44, plus a few other papers, that provide figures of property value uplifts gained from natural features. Good quality open water (ie housing beside a nice canal) gets a value boost of up to 50% compared to similar properties in a general housing development, likewise the proximity of green space, or mature trees, & even cycle routes
A 1988 study of house sales along the Burke Gilman Trail beside Lake Washington (Seattle) noted the references to the cycle trail as a selling feature, as well as assessing the value uplift for proximity to the trail. Wonder if anyone has done this for the Edinburgh paths network or other routes?Posted 1 year ago # -
I don't know about a large review but IIRC Dave made a post when he moved house detailing how much he saved by living next to a bike park.
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‘It’s just a tree’: Sycamore Gap accused couldn’t understand media interest, court hears
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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/may/06/sycamore-gap-tree-newcastle-court-media
Posted 12 months ago # -
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Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers have been found guilty of cutting down the iconic Sycamore Gap tree. The deliberate felling of the tree on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland angered people around the world. For the man who was first on the scene, it was a moment that changed his life forever.
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Posted 11 months ago # -
It's a lovely tree, but I'm not convinced that it's "in the heart of Glasgow", or that that stretch of Argyle Street can be described as "one of the city’s busiest roads."
And this is just nonsense: "The Argyle Street ash is the only tree on the street."
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It is certainly the only significant tree on the street.
Posted 7 months ago # -
The tree is very old. Older than Kelvingrove. Give it a break
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As with any city, the greenery in public space needs maintained. We’re increasing our activities to check the condition of trees, making sure they are not diseased or a danger to the public. Inevitably, we’ll need to remove trees which are threat to people’s safety as well as actively manage woodland. We estimate that around 2,000 trees a year will need to be removed, meaning we’ll lose around 20,000 trees on public spaces between 2020 and 2030.
That brings the estimated number of trees in the Edinburgh area to around 744,000. That’s why we need to plant at least 250,000 trees by 2030. We need the help of residents, communities, businesses and other organisations to do that.
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Edinburgh Million Tree City
Increasing the number of trees in urban Edinburgh from 750 thousand to 1 million trees working towards the ambition to be carbon neutral by 2030.
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https://www.elgt.org.uk/projects/greenspace-improvements/million-tree-city/
Details of some recent plantings
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Contractor that cut back ancient oak in London park identified
The oak’s trunk, or main stem, is all that remains of the tree after all its branches were chainsawed off. It shows no sign of snapping or splitting, according to Russell Miller, a specialist in ancient trees. He said the document appeared to refer to an “open cavity” on one the main branches felled by contractors.
Miller said: “Any tree professional would describe that as an old semi-occluded tear-out wound … it was obviously years old at the time of the fell and not a hazard. And even if someone thought it was a hazard, you wouldn’t have to cut down the whole tree.”
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“It really was something,” said Jack Beesley, a senior gardener. “We were shocked the morning after when we saw what had happened. We had been caring for these trees for years and to see so many of them down was very sad. We’ve worked hard to get the place ready for the Easter visitors but it will still be a month or more until we’re back straight.”
Once they are sorted, the gardening team will pause to work out what to do next after losing 80% of the Cornish tidal island’s tree cover to the 100mph winds.
Replanting trees such as Monterey pines, which had grown to the height of a four-storey building, may not be wise given the threat of more frequent storms because of the climate emergency. “We’ll take time, think what the best plan is,” Beesley said. “There’s also an opportunity to adapt, do things differently.”
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