The Value of Trees and Professional Arboriculture
THE VALUE OF TREES
Your trees are precious! We cannot overestimate the contribution they provide towards our environment & our quality of life. Can you imagine cities without the softening effects of trees?
- Birds or tree animals couldn’t live without trees.
- Temperatures would become more extreme.
- Shade would be difficult to find.
- A higher degree of pollution would prevail.
- Carbon-dioxide level would be higher.
- Oxygen level would be lower.
This is only a short list of how fewer trees would affect each of us. Of course, there is also the global impact that these issues have on our environment & our desire for a sustainable future for our children & ourselves.
THE VALUE OF PROFESSIONAL ARBORICULTURE
Why should you use a qualified Arborist to manage your trees? Arboriculture is an expanded "tree specific" component of Horticulture. Having an understanding of tree physiology gives the Arborist an ability to work with the trees natural mechanisms to effectively manage trees in the urban environment & produce desired results.
Ex: To prune a tree clear of a building and its spouting, a 'lopper' will usually cut the tree back a specified distance regardless of the trees type, form & growth patterns, often allowing the tree to rapidly re-grow structurally poor shoots from unsightly stubs (that will often decay).
Alternately, an Arborist will take into consideration the trees type, form & growth patterns & prune to either discourage re-growth or encourage re-growth in an appropriate position & direction. This reduces both future costs & physical damage (& subsequent health), & leaves an aesthetically & structurally superior tree.
