Construction Tree Protection
Thursday, April 17th, 2008
People share an intangible relationship with trees. Not only do they function as our house keepers, cleaning the air and managing our climate and water table, they are simply beautiful. Consequently we were sad to cut a few down that were in the center of the property where designing around them wasn’t an option for us. These trees were carefully downed to be made into lumber for use in the house for either millwork or other projects.
Chris Weatherman of Weatherhead Tree Service skillfully dropped the trees around our structures and chipped all branches. This mulch was then used as tree protection and nutrients for the remaining trees. In preparation for the construction we are setting up tree protection zones, combining mulch cover and fencing so that we don’t chance losing any more trees to carelessness or stress from heavy machinery on the roots.
This is not only common sense, it’s a fundamental component to LEEDs site management.
