Jeremy Barrell
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Possibly more interested in trees and animals than people!
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In my experience of randomly checking landscaping projects around the country, the death of newly planted trees often exceeds 50% of the total number planted. This is a staggering rate of failure that would just not be tolerated in other walks of life. Would you accept a 50/50 chance of a new TV not working the first year of use? Through a process of elimination, it is often possible to identify the likely causes of the death of newly planted trees, with contractor incompetence in plant transport, storage, and planting, seemingly being the most likely.
Jeremy Barrell275,991 görüntüleme • 2 yıl önce
Here's some impressive tokenistic nonsense! These trees are never going to make it, but most shocking is that an architect obviously designed it, a landscape architect must have overseen it, and a planning authority consented it! The cumulative incompetence is staggering.
Jeremy Barrell137,375 görüntüleme • 2 yıl önce
Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) trees are the ecological workhorse of the British countryside, providing flowers and nectar in spring, and berries for birds and small mammals throughout the winter, often doing this against all the odds in the toughest of conditions.
Jeremy Barrell116,887 görüntüleme • 2 yıl önce
The survival rate of newly planted trees on many large UK development sites is truly shocking for a range of reasons, including incompetent councils not enforcing planning conditions, poor planting practice from landscape contractors, and terrible quality trees from nurseries, so it is rather refreshing to discover something a little more positive!
Jeremy Barrell34,194 görüntüleme • 1 yıl önce
A great example of why tree ties must be fixed firmly to stakes. The stem abrasion damage is obvious. It was the same for all the trees. It's a catalogue of incompetence in every aspect, from design to contract oversight, on the A27 near Lewes. Disappointing, isn't it!
Jeremy Barrell22,750 görüntüleme • 2 yıl önce
This pistachio tree (Pistacia atlantica) is reputed to be the oldest tree in Cyprus at about 1,500 years of age, and was recognised as such in 2004 by being given protected status by the Cyprus Department of Forests. However, it is under threat from an adjacent road construction project, with no obvious protection from excavation harm. If it dies because of these works, it will be the loss of an irreplaceable natural heritage asset, and makes its government protected status a mockery.
Jeremy Barrell12,541 görüntüleme • 1 yıl önce
Centuries of erosion of this crumbly soil has exposed many of the roots of this yew (Taxus baccata) providing insights into what root systems look like below ground, but also what this ancient track looked like. All these roots were originally hidden below the soil. Catsfield, E Sussex.
Jeremy Barrell17,241 görüntüleme • 2 yıl önce
More excellent veteran tree management from Leeds castle in Kent. Note the crown reduction to reduce the risk of unnecessary failures, the coronet cuts to branches to mimic natural breakages, the retention of broken branch stubs on the trunk as ecological niches, the retention of fallen branches beneath the crown to deter public access, no mowing beneath the crown to encourage natural ground cover, the retention of low branches touching the ground to provide an opportunity for layering and future natural supports for the deteriorating trunk, and the healthy foliage debunking the myth that mature beech (Fagus sylvatica) cannot tolerate heavy pruning. Great balance between proactively reducing the risk to visitors while retaining an historic landscape feature, with the big bonus of excellent biodiversity enrichment. Great effort from the Leeds management team. Well done.
Jeremy Barrell12,322 görüntüleme • 2 yıl önce
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